Today's onboard graphics are decent for most things, even low powered gaming (like Plants vs Zombies and other casual games, as well as older gaming titles). My mother-in-law plays all kinds of casual games on her 4200 onboard.
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What he was trying to say is, you paid extra, for a pre-overclocked graphics card, you could have bought the same one, with out the overclock for a lower price, and overclock it your self.
this is cheaper and MUCH faster than hat you have listed.
feel free to change around the case and Hard drive to what you like/need. but this rig has AMDs newest graphics card in it, the Radeon 6870 and AMDs fastest quad core processor. this will SMOKE your build, better and faster for cheaper, thats the name of the game
Case + HDD: $115
NZXT M59 + WD 1TB hdd
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Mother Board + CPU: $290
MSI NF980-G65 + AMD 965
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Graphics card: $240
AMD Radeon Sapphire HD 6870
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Power Supply + RAM: $220
Corsair 750 W + 4 gig Gskill 1600
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DVD Burner: $20
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Total: $885 before tax ( if applicable ) and shipping
Thats why guys like us on forums like these can help you with OCing your new hardware when your comfortable. Also there are lots of guides here and online which lead you in the right direction to get started.
WOW...I've been doing some research about the mobo you recommend. You honestly think that that mobo is better then the Asus M4A79XTD I bought? The one you picked is NOT USB 3.0 or SATAII or not able to be updated to the AMD x6 processor.