Building a gaming comp for $600-800 need advice

[Banli]

I'm building a gaming rig for a client who wants to spend between 600 and 800 dollars. What do you think of the following build?

LOGISYS Computer Area 51 CS51WBK Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB
GIGABYTE GA-770TA-UD3 AM3 AMD
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2
Sony Optiarc Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW
Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Continuous Power ATX12V


Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811148030 $34

Gfx http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130434 $200

Mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128419 $90

RAM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231193 $110

Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103727 $180

Optical Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827118030 $22

Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371015 $80

 

[chef-]

assuming they dont need a monitor, keyboard, mouse, mousepad, wireless card, joystick or controller, o.s, and the game of choice - not bad..

don't forget a harddrive (ssd)
also don't forget the heatsink n fan + thermal paste.

 

[mfenn]

Don't bother with the GTX 260. A 5770 would give similar performance for $50 less. Don't forget to include an HDD!

 

[JTKTR]

check out the fs/ft forum. I've seen a lot of what youre looking for floating around there for a lot cheaper.

 

[heyheybooboo]

The C3 Phenom 955BE will save you $20.

This AData DDR3 (which I think is on the GB QVL list) will save yah $11.

And this Antec 550w PSU will save you $35 after rebate with code EMCYSNS45 (valid till 05/31/2010).




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[Banli]

what's the difference between the c3 and the one I picked? Also link? Not familiar with that one.

 

[mfenn]

what's the difference between the c3 and the one I picked? Also link? Not familiar with that one.

C3 is a processor stepping (basically a revision). The C3's use less power than the C2 stepping CPUs. You do have the C3 965, but heyheybooboo is suggesting that you get the C3 955.