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In the way that it has 6MB of L3 cache, which boosts performance in games quite a lot. And no, the GPU isn't the only important thing in games. If you have a slow CPU, it'll become a bottleneck in your system and will prevent you from achieving higher frame-rates. Try to use a Celeron...

Hmm... I think the CPU is over-kill. The Phenom II X4 is designed for high-res gaming, and you're gonna be using it for office (productivity) software, movies, and some gaming. None of these tasks are particularly CPU intensive. You'd be better off with an Athlon II X4 630. OCZ DDR3 RAM has...

I've changed the DVD Burner to the new Samsung SH-243N. It costs $25. Also, do you guys think it would be feasible to later on buy a $30 CPU cooler to over-clock the CPU to around 3.6GHz? Will that increase single-threaded performance? I think using a tri-core is a good compromise. On one...

Hmm... I've seen the M59 case and I like it a lot. I like the design and the fact that it's painted all-black. Nice additions are the two 120mm fans and the tool-less installation. Reviews are saying it's supports long GPUs, too.

Thanks for all the feedback. I think I'll change the DVD Burner to a Samsung. I've been reading reviews and they seem to have very high write speeds, be moderately quiet, and have good reliability.

Thanks. That's including the price of Windows 7 Home Premium, though, and I have a retail copy I got with the student discount. Those $100 could go towards better parts. The CPU seems great, as does the GPU. But the PSU, case, and motherboard seem to be very low-end. What do you think of...

Hello to all. I am new to the site. I was planning on making a PC build with a max. price of $650. The machine will be used for gaming at 1680x1050, multi-tasking, video and audio encoding, file compressing, and normal things like e-mail and internet. I plan on making a balanced build. I...