I've been toying with getting a desktop and so far this is what I've come up with after a bit of research:
Antec Three Hundred Black
ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO
Radeon HD 5770
SeaSonic S12II 620 Bronze 620W
AMD Athlon II X3 450 Rana 3.2GHz
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM
Hanns·G HW-191APB Black 19"
some random dvd drive
Windows 7
Total: ~$825
I don't need speakers or keyboard/mouse, but I will need a monitor and OS. I'd like to keep it at around $800+/- $50 including the monitory/OS, but with enough persuasion/reasoning I'm willing to go up to $1000. Is there anything that could use some swapping out or is there anything worth waiting for within the very near future? Or is there anything important missing from the list? I don't plan on buying an aftermarket cooler for the CPU because I'm not sure that I'll be doing any OCing (never having done it before) and to sort of cut costs.
I don't need to be able to play the very latest games on Ultra High on highest resolution humanely possible (mostly cause I probably won't be able to afford a monitor that can support any of those resolution), and from what I've read, the 5770 can apparently do well in most current games unless there is something better for cheaper.
Antec Three Hundred Black
ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO
Radeon HD 5770
SeaSonic S12II 620 Bronze 620W
AMD Athlon II X3 450 Rana 3.2GHz
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM
Hanns·G HW-191APB Black 19"
some random dvd drive
Windows 7
Total: ~$825
I don't need speakers or keyboard/mouse, but I will need a monitor and OS. I'd like to keep it at around $800+/- $50 including the monitory/OS, but with enough persuasion/reasoning I'm willing to go up to $1000. Is there anything that could use some swapping out or is there anything worth waiting for within the very near future? Or is there anything important missing from the list? I don't plan on buying an aftermarket cooler for the CPU because I'm not sure that I'll be doing any OCing (never having done it before) and to sort of cut costs.
I don't need to be able to play the very latest games on Ultra High on highest resolution humanely possible (mostly cause I probably won't be able to afford a monitor that can support any of those resolution), and from what I've read, the 5770 can apparently do well in most current games unless there is something better for cheaper.
