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Pretty much not sure if this is the right area however I am looking into building my own pc.

My mates and I did some research today and we came up with this however before I start buying I want to make sure it's half decent.

Case - http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=921
Power Supply - http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=7603
Motherboard - http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=8270
CPU - http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=7100
RAM - http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=8033 x 4
Graphics Card - http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=7194
Hard Drive - http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=7155

Thanks guys.
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why are you going el cheapo on the ram but hardout on everything else?
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Quote from SpotTheOzzie on the 13th of October 2011:
why are you going el cheapo on the ram but hardout on everything else?


Considering it would be 16Gig RAM for $80 it will be fine, my mate has the exact ram and it runs fine. However of cause this was just a first preference.
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Ram is horrible and drive is a 5400RPM drive (storage drive not a OS/Games drive). PSU i would change for a corsair/seasonic (basically the same anyway).
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Quote from Gamma+ on the 13th of October 2011:
[Considering it would be 16Gig RAM for $80 it will be fine, my mate has the exact ram and it runs fine. However of cause this was just a first preference.

There is more to ram than the amount of it. latency is paramount!
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What would you recommend then?
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Is it compatible with other parts?

"Designed For 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors"

As you can tell I am a n00b when it comes to computer hardware...

Other then the RAM is everything else okay?
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yes it will run on y0 mobo
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PSU: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15_354&products_id=12110
RAM: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=186_538_913&products_id=16437
HDD: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=210_344&products_id=12711

I don't know how important storage is to you, your OS and games want to be on something decent though. If you up for it maybe a SSD and then the drive you mentioned for storage. The rams not the cheapest at that performance, though corsair warranty on their ram is awesome and should be considered.
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idk ;a; thanks for the help.


I just want to use it for games such as cod4, mw3, lol, dota, sc2, wow, css etc as i possibly as well integrating over to pc.
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Quote from Gamma+ on the 13th of October 2011:
idk ;a; thanks for the help.


I just want to use it for games such as cod4, mw3, lol, dota, sc2, wow, css etc as i possibly as well integrating over to pc.

Make sure the HDD you get is at least 7200RPM, the ram should be 1600C8 at the maximum and the PSU wants to be around the 650-850 mark from a decent PSU brand like corsair/seasonic/enermax (antec PSU are very hit and miss)

As long as you do that you will be fine, truthfully the original would be OK, but why settle for OK when you can settle for awesome
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Lol'd a little. I will see how it goes, as I'm getting the case this weekend.

Cheers for the help guys, I know how the majority of pc players hate xbox players so yeah cheers.
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lol i dont think i am D<
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