Please advise on my $750 build

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#1 Valentino07
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So I have come up with a new build and plan on ordering it here within the weekend but first wanted to get everyone's opinion on it. Is there anything you think I could/should change to make it a better "bang for buck"? I dont want to spend more than $800 but the cheaper the better. I don't really care about playing on ULTRA settings just high on 1080p and will at least last me the next 2 or so years.

These are the parts:

LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04-$17.99

NZXT Apollo Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case-$59.99

Samsung by Seagate Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ/ST500DM005 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive -$89.99

GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard-$142.99

GIGABYTE GV-N560UD-1G GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card -$209.99

OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W Modular High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandybridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom-$89.99 (-$30 mail in)

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL-$41.99

AMD Phenom II X4 960T Zosma 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor HD96ZTWFGRBOX-$124.99

Total with mail in rebate=$747.92

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#2 Cwagmire21
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I'd recommend a bigger hard drive, but I realize that HDDs have gone up in price with the floods in Asia late last year. I bought a 1TB HDD last summer for less than you're paying for the 500 GB. :(

Also, if you're going with an Nvidia card, you may want to wait for them to release their new cards so you can get a better deal on that card you are planning on buying.

Other than that, I'd say that looks like a good setup. :)

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