Watchit's Tired-of-gaming-on-his-laptop Build

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  1. Watchit

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    Well, I've finally had enough of gaming on my laptop and I have enough money left over from my summer job to build myself a nice desktop :D

    anywhere here's the build I'm looking at:

    CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4GHz
    MOBO: ASUS M5A97 AM3+
    Memory: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB)
    Graphics Card: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit (instead of the GTX 550 ti)
    Power Supply: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply
    HDD: SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 HD204UI 2TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

    Any critiques?

    Edit: I've decided to go with the Phenom II x4 over the FX-4100, from what I've read the Phenom II x4 965 is much better than the FX.

    Thanks in advance for your advice! :D
     
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    Watchit, Jul 18, 2012
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    you might consider the gtx 560 instead its a much better gaming graphiccard for ~50 bucks more
     
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    I'll have to see if it's in my budget but yeah sounds good :D
     
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    wow, that's really useful. thx :)
     
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    Update: after some thought I've decided to go with the SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit, better then the GTX 550 ti, but at the same price. Perfect from my budget :D
     
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