800$ Build, How does it look?

Just got my boyfriend into the wonders of PC Gaming, he wanted to get a laptop for gaming but thankfully I enlightened him on a custom build that I could make for him. So how does the price/performance ratio look? the build in general?

That's quite good.

That looks good, but I don't see an optical drive on the list. That shouldn't add more than $25 to the total, though. (unless you have a spare you were going to use)

Wait, how is this 800$? How much are you saving through bundles? 800$ Before shipping and taxes? This works out as an 878$ subtotal for me at the Canadian Newegg, WITHOUT the OS, but also without any bundles...

$812.92 after $60 rebate:

HDD + Case

Motherboard + Power Supply

GPU + CPU

Windows 7 + RAM

*note I did not put a DVD drive as I noticed you didn't in your build*

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• Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7,200RPM HDD
• NZXT M59 Mid ATX Case
• ASUS AM3 790GX ATX Crossfire enabledMOBO
• XFX HD5850 1GB GPU
• AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 3.2ghz CPU
• OCZ StealthXStream II 700watt PSU
• OCZ Special Ops 4GB DDR3 1600 RAM
• Windows 7 OS
• FREE: 8GB USB with GPU
• FREE: STALKER: CoP with Case

$812.92 after $60 rebate

NVIDIATI

I've discussed the topic about MIR's a while back with a few people here, and it's pretty much been confirmed that they are not reliable at all. So when considering the price points of yours and the original build above, I would actually look at yours as 872.92, with a slight chance of getting some money back.

And this is based on personal experience. I'll describe it to you in two words: four months.

That's pretty damn good for $800. If it's a purpose built gaming machine, then you could save a bit of money by getting an Athlon II x4, very few games will miss the L3 cache of a Phenom II. Though other non gaming applications may like the L3......Also take into consideration how many RAM slots that Asus mobo has (probably two?). It's not hard to find a nicely priced microATX with 4 slots. Might be a pain for the memory upgrade path with only two slots, and last you could get a smaller HDD to further lower your total price. Big HDDs are nice though. What you got now is still pretty damn excellent, considering it's got that high specs, has the OS there, and even an 80 plus PSU.

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$812.92 after $60 rebate

ravenguard90

I've discussed the topic about MIR's a while back with a few people here, and it's pretty much been confirmed that they are not reliable at all. So when considering the price points of yours and the original build above, I would actually look at yours as 872.92, with a slight chance of getting some money back.

And this is based on personal experience. I'll describe it to you in two words: four months.

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$812.92 after $60 rebate

NVIDIATI

I've discussed the topic about MIR's a while back with a few people here, and it's pretty much been confirmed that they are not reliable at all. So when considering the price points of yours and the original build above, I would actually look at yours as 872.92, with a slight chance of getting some money back.

And this is based on personal experience. I'll describe it to you in two words: four months.