Second opinions on this budget build?

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Hey all, new to the forum and to PC gaming. Looking at a budget build and this is what i've come up with. Making sure nothing is too terribly wrong or incompatible. These had the best rating for the price range that I saw. Any input would be appreciated.

ASUS F2A85-V PRO FM2 AMD A85X (Hudson D4) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131882

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

SAPPHIRE 100355-1GOCL Radeon HD 7850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202004

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231455

Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030

Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233

The build is $634.93 (minus OS) all free shipping. I'm salvaging my optical drive from this computer. If there is anything noticeably better for equal or lesser price feel free to let me know. I appreciate the input.

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Hello there,

  The one thing I see is you are using a laptop HDD in your tower. Go for a full sized HDD at the same price range. You don’t need to go for a Caviar Black when a Blue or Green will work just as fine. For the budget build the tiny bit slower HDD won’t make a difference. I see you are using an AMD 3 socket processor in an Asus FM 2 socket board. I honestly don’t know if there will be a compatibility issue here I just wanted to point it out so you can double check. The power supply is 80+ so that is great. You cannot go wrong with the RAM you have chosen and that looks like a nice GPU for your build. So, just check out the issues I have mentioned and you should be off to the races. Have fun, and enjoy your build.  

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Honestly, from the parts list that you have there, it seems like you should be able to go with something a little better for your price range. 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BvoU

Thats just what I threw together. I'd probably go for something pretty close to that. Maybe spring on a case that's a tad bit nicer, because I'm not a big fan of white, but yeah. There you go.

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Hey thanks a lot guys. I appreciate the help. Toast, I like your suggested build and will most definitly go that route.

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And if you really want a big bump in performance, buy a Tahiti Le. Those cards are crazy, but they're quite a bit more and they'll push you over your original budget.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202024

XTL is the same as Tahiti Le. They're a 60 more, but they'll give you huge boost in performance.

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It still keeps me with the $600-$700 budget so I might as well grab it. One last thing, is there any advantage to 1866 ram vs 1600? With this setup and for gaming?

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1866 with a cas latency of 9 is pretty speedy. I just grabbed you 1866 because it'll be a little faster and it's the fastest that the 6100 can handle.

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Awesome, thanks for your help. 

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you may want to spend 10$ more and get a fx-6300 its great and better  than a fx6100 

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Stay away from Bulldozer at all cost, they went backwards with that gen of chip

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^He does have a point. It's 20 dollars more. I suggest the 6100 because I was assuming that you needed to keep the price exactly at your original, but now that I see it just needs to be between 600-700, go for the 6300.

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I use the FX 6300 in one of my builds and it is well worh the extra coin.