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Hey guys, I just came up with a build for myself, very cheap 500$ but for me I think will be good for now, but i would like any other suggestions or comments.

Motherboard
Newegg.com - MSI 970A-G46 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Videocard
Newegg.com - Refurbished: EVGA 01G-P3-1282-RX GeForce GTX 280 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Processor
Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX

Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827135204

Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811144196

500gb storage
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136769

Memory
Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX

Fan and power
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817822015

What case, PSU and HDD are you getting? By the way, most 1TB HDDs cost as much as a 500GB HDD. Keep that in mind.

And what games are you planning on playing? I'm sure the GTX 280 will play ArmA 2, BF3 and other newer ones, just not at full graphics.

Everything else looks pretty good. I'd say get a good CPU cooler, like a Cooler Master Hyper 212 and you should have no problems overclocking that CPU to 4.0GHz.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... -Heatsinks

fixed my post, yea I just want to double check what Ive got here before I buy it

$15 more and you double your HDD capacity. Just a suggestion.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339&name=Internal-Hard-Drive

Looks good,

If buying from NewEgg.ca, be careful on the shipping costs, they add up fast.