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Question

a new computer

Mar 2, 2012 6:28AM PST

hello. I am in the process of building my first computer. i have a coolermaster elite 430. i bought 4 more fans to go with the one that came with it for a total of 5. The rest of my specs look like this

asus amd 970
western digital 160g hard drive
gigabyte geforce gtx 460 1g
samsung sata dvd rom drive
amd fx 4100 3.6ghz processor
kingston 8 gig(2 x 4g) memory

I was wondering how big of s psu to get? i was thinking 750w so i have room to upgrade a bit? i am on a bit of a budget but i know the psu you definately don't wont to go cheap on. I plan on playing video games with the system such as world of warcraft and some other rom games like mass effect. any tips on a psu or even on the rest of the specs would be much appreciated. thanks

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Better to provide product links and prices from a site like
Mar 2, 2012 9:16AM PST

newegg.com to ensure we're looking at the right product and model. Sometimes the devil is in the details.

Re the HDD....pretty tiny by today's standards. But the key for me is get the performance and capacity you want...bigger if the wallet permits. For example if you can get a 160GB for $70 and a 250GB for $80 or a 500GB for $90, always opt up.

Re the PSU....depending on which one you get, that would be more than enough and some room to grow.

What speed RAM ???

What's the budget ???

VAPCMD

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psu
Mar 2, 2012 10:24AM PST
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budget
Mar 2, 2012 10:28AM PST

and for all of the parts above minus a psu it is a bit over 400 dollars. i am not looking to spend much more than that. i know a psu will be around 125 or over fr 750w so maybe 600 tops?

also is it a good idea to be refurbished hard drives? cuz new egg has really cheap ones like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136827

thanks for the help

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sorry for the posts
Mar 2, 2012 10:34AM PST