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Old 04-01-2011, 03:28 PM   #1
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New Build for a friend

My buddy wants to build a pc and asked me for help. The parts list looks good to me, but I wanted to get some expert opinion before I tell him to buy - it's been a while since I did this. He's going for a decent (but low cost) gaming computer. Any input would be appreciated, thanks:

Antec Three Hundred Case

BIOSTAR A770E3 AM3 Motherboard

AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus Quad-Core Desktop Processor

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler

CORSAIR 430W ATX12V Active PFC Power Supply

Galaxy GeForce GT HDCP Ready Video Card
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Old 04-01-2011, 04:21 PM   #2
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how much does he want to spend? does he have an os or other parts?
gskill isnt the best right now corsiar adata or kingston are better.

with a price i could help more. the case looks good you shouldnt need a cpu cooler unless you want to do overclocking. Asus has much better quality than biostar
cant really recommend much without a approximate budget.
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sorry forgot to post a budget. Without the fan and the coolant we're at $380, he wants to spend $450 max. We're going with a 32bit version of Windows 7 Professional.
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Antec Three Hundred Case

Good case.

BIOSTAR A770E3 AM3 Motherboard

Replace that with an Asus.
Newegg.com - ASUS M4A78LT-M AM3 AMD 760G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus Quad-Core Desktop Processor

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL

Replace that with Corsair, Crucial, Kingston, or A-Data DDR3-1333.

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler

Not needed.

CORSAIR 430W ATX12V Active PFC Power Supply

Replace that with an Antec Earthwatts 500D.
Newegg.com - Antec EarthWatts EA-500D Green 500W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

Galaxy GeForce GT HDCP Ready Video Card

Not a good gaming card. It's a HTPC card.
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100287VGAL Radeon HD 5670 (Redwood) 512MB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
You are missing a hard drive and optical drive.
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