Mid-Range Gaming Build

[Caved]

I'm from Canada so my preferred dealers would be either NCIX or DirectCanada.

I've already got the monitor, speakers, dvd and mouse/keyboard covered. This build slides in just under my budget of $800 CDN for base components although there's some wiggle room.

I decided to go with an nVidia card for the PhysX support.

AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3 ATX AM2+/AM3
BFG GeForce GTX 260 216 Core
Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X4096-6400C5 4GB DDR2
Western Digital WD1001FALS Caviar Black 1TB
Antec Three Hundred Mini Tower Gaming Case
OCZ ModXStream Pro 500W

Thanks for your time.

 

[California Roll]

Looks pretty good to me. Only changes I'd make are minor due to brand preferences/cosmetic, but your choices are solid. Good job

 

[Caved]

Originally posted by: California Roll
Looks pretty good to me. Only changes I'd make are minor due to brand preferences/cosmetic, but your choices are solid. Good job

Awesome, thanks again.

 

[brblx]

someone is sure to come in and tell you to change the psu, and i wouldn't blame them. that OCZ is a sirtec unit. OCZ isn't bad, but i'd at least want one of their FSP-based models.

while i doubt you'll have any issues, an antec, corsair, PCP&C, or any other brand name known to come from a high quality OEM (probably seasonic and delta, more often than not) would be cheap insurance.

 

[California Roll]

Yeah, I'm not a fan of OCZ psu's (or ram) but that falls under brand preference. I'm a very happy Antec user mainly because I scoop them up when they go on ridiculous sales. No problems with them yet.

If OP can get an equivalent psu from Antec, Corsair, etc. for the same price, I'd go for it.

 

[Caved]

So I ought to be looking at something like this Corsair VX550W?

 

[M0RPH]

I'd stick with the OCZ PSU if I were you. That Corsair is $32-45 more (depending on rebates) and it's not modular. The OCZ has gotten good reviews... it's a good power supply.