getting ready to purchase a new mid quality gaming PC

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Thu, 07/22/2010 - 20:48
ZMXme
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Okay, i would very much appreciate some input on a system im getting pretty soon. and would like some advice or thoughts.
( i cant spend much more than what i am on these parts already, so know i cant get too exotic here. )
heres the main parts of the system so far...

[== Quad Core ==] AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 Black Edition Quad-Core CPU

Memory ( 4 GB [2 GB X2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - Corsair or Major Brand )

Video Card ( NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 - 1GB -)

Motherboard ( [CrossFire] ASUS M4A87TD EVO -- AMD 870 w/ 2x PCI-E 2.0 x16 )

700watt PSU

Primary Hard Drive ( 500 GB HARD DRIVE -- 16M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s - Single Drive )

your thoughts?
Thank you in advance.

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Thu, 07/22/2010 - 21:15
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1. x6 is not a gaming cpu-get a 955be
2. 465 is a joke-Get a gtx 460-it easily outperforms the 465 for a lot less $.
3. Might want a small SSD for OS+games

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Thu, 07/22/2010 - 21:46
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undeadkingpr wrote:1. x6 is not a gaming cpu-get a 955be
2. 465 is a joke-Get a gtx 460-it easily outperforms the 465 for a lot less $.
3. Might want a small SSD for OS+games

okay, made the changes, 1 quick question though, would the 955 be better than the 965? the 965 would only be about 10 bucks more. and ill look into a solid state drive, though its 70 bucks just for a 40GB SSD

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Thu, 07/22/2010 - 21:50
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965 is just a factory overclocked version.. Same thing as the 955

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Thu, 07/22/2010 - 21:52
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ATX wrote:965 is just a factory overclocked version.. Same thing as the 955

okay, 955 it is then, thank you

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Thu, 07/22/2010 - 22:05
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If you want a cheap SSD, I would consider this one:

OCZ Onyx Series Indilinx 32GB 2.5IN SATA2 Solid State Disk Flash Drive SSD

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Thu, 07/22/2010 - 22:45
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okay, thanks for all the help.

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