~500$ Gaming Build

[Bryan]

After much research, this is what I've come up with. I know the MOBO is dated, but the reviews on it seem solid, and I don't think it's going to hurt performance too much.

I have no plans to OC anything, or CF it. The case is cheap, and I know it's not cooler master or antec or anything, but it has stellar reviews as well as an ideal design for my tastes. I only need 500GB.

[FatBob]

So this build will max all games settings or ?

[sinnful]

So this build will max all games settings or ?

Stable 60fps at 1920x1080... NO

But it will be able to run all games out currently.

[Bryan]

If it wouldn't be for the combos, I'd try to squeeze a gtx560ti in it.

Yeah, I'm currently shopping around for a GTX560TI for the same price. If I can't find anything, I'm just going to buy this with all of the combos and enjoy it. Might buy another quite 120mm fan just to be on the safe side, as it tends to get pretty hot where I live.

Stable 60fps at 1920x1080... NO

Yeah, I usually play all my games on medium settings at 1680x1050 with my current build, but we'll see where I can get with this.

[I.D.]

Looks good.

For budget builds AMD CPUs are the best choice for now.

[firesnowball]

If you have a microcenter near you, this might be a good deal:
http://www.microcenter.com/specials/...ndlePROMO.html

I would recommend acquiring parts slowly when they are on sale. You save a lot of money that way. I usually use http://www.overclock.net/online-deals/ for that.