Suggestions on this build?

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This is a build my friend came up with and wants to get, any suggestions? He mainly wants to do gaming.

 

TOWER


http://www.amazon.com/Technologies-TEMPEST-210-Massive-Midtower/dp/B0066130CM/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1354846593&sr=1-1&keywords=nzxt+tempest+210


53


PROCESSOR


http://www.amazon.com/AMD-FX-6300-Six-Core-Processor-FD6300WMHKBOX/dp/B009O7YORK/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1354844880&sr=1-1&keywords=amd+fx+6300

$133


COOLING


http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Series-Extreme-Performance-CWCH100/dp/B0051U7HMS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354847757&sr=8-1&keywords=corsair+h100

100$


RAM


http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-Desktop-Memory-CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9R/dp/B0056KUWS4/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1354846524&sr=1-3&keywords=16+gb+ddr3+1866

50


GPU


http://www.amazon.com/HIS-Mini-DiplayPort-Express-Graphics-H787Q2G2M/dp/B007HYIRES/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1354845424&sr=1-1&keywords=HIS+Radeon+7870+IceQ

240

Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130637

70

POWER


http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Enthusiast-Certified-Compatible-platforms/dp/B004LB5AZY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1354845644&sr=1-1&keywords=650watt+power+supply

90


disc


http://www.amazon.com/LG-Electronics-Internal-Lightscribe-GH24LS70/dp/B0057YRJNK/ref=sr_1_12?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1354847909&sr=1-12&keywords=lightscribe

20


HARDDRIVE

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Cache-Desktop/dp/B00461G3MS/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1354847452&sr=1-1&keywords=500gb+internal+hard+drive

59

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Redo your list over on PcPartPicker.com and then I'll take a look.

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rhsC

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If it's not going to be OC'ed, then the water cooling kit can go and he can buy an SSD. AData, Kingston or OCZ are brands I recommend.

Edit; also, if it's strictly gaming, then you should go dual-core instead of 6-core. No games suport 6 cores. Hell, not all of them support dual-cores yet.

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ummmm.... in case you haven't noticed, AMD doesn't HAVE a dual-core FX. 6300 is a good gaming cpu, frequently reccomended here. I agree, get an ssd over a water cooler

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I didn't mean a dual-core FX. I simply meant a dual core CPU, like the Phenom II.

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I agree, buying a cooler in that price range basically blows away the logic behind choosing the FX over an i5.

I'd have to disagree on the dual-core. We're experiencing a shift where most games will start needing more than two cores.

If it were an i3, it could be decent, but I believe you suggested the dual-cores to save some money, but the i3 line's price range is in line with the new FX CPUs, so the only reason I could see a person would want an i3 instead is if that person just wants a everyday PC, or when someone needs good single-threaded performance. An FX might deliver a little less FPS, but its other advantages more than makes up for that.

If you were planning something like a Pentium or Phenom II or Athlon II dual-core, they would most likely bottleneck the card.

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Nah, get at least a quad core. There are some games out there that use more than two cores. I'm pretty sure BF3 will use as many cores as your cpu has.