Build for a friend

[ZorrosRage]

Doing another build for a friend. He is mainly a gamer. His budget is $1500 and he wants his PC to last him for a while. I need to lower the price about $300 so he a few extra $ left.
I would have gone with the 260 for a video card, but he wanted something a little more powerful and keep reading the 200 series has very bad performance in WoW which is a game he plays alot. He also plays a lot of the current games out and love RTS games

I would like to change out some pieces but not sure exactly what


Qty. Product Description Savings Total Price
1 SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223F - OEM
Item #: N82E16827151171
Return Policy: Limited 30-Day Return Policy
$23.99

1 COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail
Item #: N82E16811119160
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

-$10.00 Instant

$159.99
$149.99

1 Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822136283
Return Policy: Limited 30-Day Return Policy

$89.99

1 Acer H213H bmid Black 21.5" 5ms HDMI Full HD 1080P Widescreen 16:9 LCD Monitor - Retail
Item #: N82E16824009157
Return Policy: LCD Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy

$209.99
$189.99

1 Foxconn A79A-S AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813186149
Return Policy: Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy

$224.99

1 CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817139009
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$159.99
$139.99

1 Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 B2L-00047 Black USB Ergonomics Keyboard and Mouse - OEM
Item #: N82E16823109156
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

$21.99

1 OCZ Reaper HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2RPR10664GK - Retail
Item #: N82E16820227289
Return Policy: Limited Non-Refundable 30-Day Return Policy

$72.99
$65.99

1 AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor Model HDZ940XCGIBOX - Retail
Item #: N82E16819103471
Return Policy: Processors (CPUs) Return Policy

$269.00
$229.00

1 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders - OEM
Item #: N82E16832116488
Return Policy: Software Return Policy

$109.99
$99.99

1 ASUS EAH4870X2/HTDI/2G/A Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB 512-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814121294
Return Policy: Limited 30-Day Return Policy


$579.98
$484.99

Subtotal: $1,720.90

 

[Luke]

switch the psu to a 650 or 750tx. Also, the x2 has driver issues and puts out loads of heat. I would suggest going for a gtx 285 instead.

 

[ZorrosRage]

switch the psu to a 650 or 750tx. Also, the x2 has driver issues and puts out loads of heat. I would suggest going for a gtx 285 instead.

the issue with that is he loves playing WoW and the 200 series has issues with it

 

[Luke]

Never heard of it having any issues, in fact a member here (vedub) is building a sli 285 system for wow, as well as other things but i do not think that it would have any issues.