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COOLER MASTER Elite RC-310-BWN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - 44.99$
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - 69.99$
ASUS M4A77TD AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - 89.99$
SAPPHIRE 100245HDMI Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card -
101.49$
Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply -
59.99$(went from the Cooler Master 460W to this)
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL - 108.49$
AMD Athlon II X4 635 Propus 2.9GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor Model ADX635WFGIBOX - 125.99$
total:600.93$(without shipping+tax) shipping: 34.65$ gst/hst: 31.77$
everything look good? thx to fragkrag again for the build
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What settings will you be trying to run the game at?
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i heard this build can go up to medium/max but i want to run it on low
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that'll work 
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I'm so jealous :p
I can't wait until I am able to build my own computer
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Looks good, but you should eventually consider getting an aftermarket heatsink for overclocking, which will greatly extend the value of your cpu.
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Do yourself a favor and get a better graphics card, spend an extra 60 dollars and get the 5770. I have the 5770 and I am loving it :D, I can play Sc2 on extreme settings and I am betting the 4850 could not. 512MB GDDR3 graphics card just won't cut it, However 1GB GDDR5 will make Starcraft 2 a happy panda 
EDIT: The graphics card is also pretty sexy looking, I got the XFX one.
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Pretty good low budget.
If you have a couple of extra $ take a 5770. The 4850 is nice but the 5770 is just newer and better.
Dx11 yO
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Don't buy the X4 635 athlon, instead get a X4 630, save yourself $30 and put them towards a 5770, like people recommended above, you'll be glad you did.
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Do yourself a favor and get a better graphics card, spend an extra 60 dollars and get the 5770. I have the 5770 and I am loving it :D, I can play Sc2 on extreme settings and I am betting the 4850 could not. 512MB GDDR3 graphics card just won't cut it, However 1GB GDDR5 will make Starcraft 2 a happy panda
512MB GDDR3 is perfectly fine for any resolution below 2560x1600 without AA. I have no idea where you get this idea that 1GB GDDR5 will give him any extra performance because it is the GPU itself that dictates the performance you get from a card. RAM is just extra bandwidth for higher volumes of data. It depends on what resolution he wants really.
The 5770 is a full $50-60 above the 4850 which is quite a bit of money when he only wants to run the game on low. In that case I would actually recommend going for the ATi HD 4670 or ATi HD 5570 which will run the game fine at low.
Don't buy the X4 635 athlon, instead get a X4 630, save yourself $30 and put them towards a 5770, like people recommended above, you'll be glad you did.
Yeah, I agree with the first part of this. When I put the build together, the X4 630 was about $10 cheaper, but now it is $20. Not exactly the most cost-efficient purchase. Go with the x4 630.
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yup for both.
The different models of the 5770 are pretty much all the same.
There are some versions with better cooling or slightly overclocked but they are more expensive ( like the Vapor-X line ).
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is the corsair 550w > the antec 520w by alot?
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Thats almost the exact computer I was thinking of putting together
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iamtt1: Yes, it is a better quality power supply, but the Antec 520W is already more than you need for your computer.
Not sure why you want the 5770...
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idk but i would always get the higher quality PSU considering you can OC and rely on your PSU to hold up better.
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On March 26 2010 07:42 FragKrag wrote:
iamtt1: Yes, it is a better quality power supply, but the Antec 520W is already more than you need for your computer.
Not sure why you want the 5770...
In case he decides to get a bigger monitor? Or turn up the settings?
the 4670 and 5570 are just bad cards with little future value.
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can it run sc2 on max?(and forget about the mail rebates, im too lazy to send those in) i really dont know wat video card to buy.. i want the maximum performance for my resolution (1280x1024), the 5570 wouldnt really make that much of a difference with the 4850 with my current resolution, right?
right now i still have the 4850 selected as my vid card for 101$, im looking to find something that outperforms this card for an extra 20-30$ with my current resolution, if there isnt anything ill probably just stick with the 4850 because i still want to have the option of switching my sc2 settings to max
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