sorry, pc gaming aint for poor people like you.

work harder, find a job then get back to me.

btw, learn how to format your post. no wall of text like a poor boy.

pretty good build, a lot like mine (corsair psu, haf 932, phenom ii x4 be; i have two gtx 460's in sli).

but get a different mobo. the mobo you picked doesn't support sli and since you are getting a nvidia card you'd want a mobo that supports sli right off the bat (rather than using a hack).

google 'AM3 sli motherboard' for a bunch of different amd cpu mobo's that support sli.

also, i'd get a better cpu cooler like coolermaster V8 or Corsair h50.

also, think about buying some components off of amazon.com. their prices sometimes beat newegg and amazon's return policy is much easier and much more liberal.

i agree with the others, get the phenom x4 955 instead of the 965. i have a 955 and its a great chip.

[QUOTE="xuimod"]But if I were you I'd try to get a mobo for cheap that supports sli. Sli scaling on geforces is sick.NamelessPlayer

i bought two gtx 460's and plan to run them in sli..... convince me its not worth it.

so i guess 'it doesn't make sense' huh? how doesn't it make sense?

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btw, i suggest you buy the card from Amazon. if it doesn't work, you can return it. returns on Amazon are much easier than newegg. Amazon doesn't have restocking fees while Newegg does (although you might be able to convince a NE rep to waive it, I wouldn't chance it).

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I wouldn't... there's like never a problem with returning stuff to newegg. Their customer support kicks so much ass. They gave me 20 bucks for free when I asked if they could RMA my 1 year old GPU. It went something like this:

"We're sorry, that item is currently 317 days past warranty. We cannot RMA it for you. Here's a 20 dollar gift card!"

I also once got a defective monitor but shipping to send it back was 40 bucks so I talked to newegg about it and they paid shipping to send it there and back. It wasn't even truly defective, it had a small stuck pixel that probably would have went away over time (I couldn't fix it with flashing/applying pressure/ect.) and I could have easily lived with it. Most companies say that in order for a monitor to be defective there has to be 8+ dead pixels.

trust me, returns on Amazon are so much easier. i've bought and returned plenty of items from both Amazon and Newegg.

with Amazon there's no need to talk to a customer service rep (which is a good thing because some reps are harder to work with than others). To do returns on Amazon, just go to my account, click return and check off a few check boxes. and if you say the item is defective (make up a lame excuse) Amazon pays from return shipping AND they refund the shipping costs (you paid on your order). i actually returned some thermal paste (lol) to Amazon (unused) and they (actually Amazon's computer system) didn't give me a hassle. Amazon paid for return shipping and refunded the shipping on my order.

my experience with NE customer service has varied. some customer reps are nicer than others. and if you use NE's automated return system you pretty much have to pay a restocking fee for something like a video card. i returned an unopened cpu to Newegg and they made me pay for return shipping.

if I bought the cpu from Amazon and returned it, Amazon would have paid for return shipping. and with Amazon, I could have opened and used the cpu and they still would have accepted it. with NewEgg whether its opened or not is an issue with them.

btw, i suggest you buy the card from Amazon. if it doesn't work, you can return it. returns on Amazon are much easier than newegg. Amazon doesn't have restocking fees while Newegg does (although you might be able to convince a NE rep to waive it, I wouldn't chance it).

It should work fine without much slowdown. Your current mobo has onePCI 1.0 Express x16 slot which (if i'm not mistaken) is pretty much the same as one PCI-E 2.0 x8 slot (because move from 1.0 to 2.0 just doubles the bandwidth).

Almost no cards use the full PCI-e 2.0 x16. In fact, the performance drop off from PCI-E 2.0 x16 to PCI-E 2.0 x8 (which again is your mobo has) is only like 1-2% (hardly noticable). Google 'pci-e scaling gtx 480' (or something like that) to see.

But if I were you I'd try to get a mobo for cheap that supports sli. Sli scaling on geforces is sick.

Build your own pc. There's a lot of good videos on youtube to help you out (search 'installing motherboard' , 'installing cpu' , 'installing cpu fan').

Watch some videos on youtube (and do some google searches on building a pc) and see if you are up to it b/c building it yourself could easily save you $1000+.

Btw, if you decide to build it yourself I highly recommend the HAF 932 case. Its mostly tool-less so its very noob friendly (can install hard drives and graphics cards without screw drivers), it has awesome airflow and its a full tower so there's a ton of room to work in.

There's actually some good review videos on youtube on the HAF 932 case, check them out also.

Thats great man, but you seem to be missing a point to my post...I dont have a 3D tv and thats what I'm hooking my rig up to.

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[QUOTE="xuimod"]Oh I definately mean it. I have 3D and its awesome. Try it out buy a monitor and glasses from a place that takes returns easily (Amazon comes to mind).smc91352

I think people don't go for 3D because they aren't educated about it...... mostly. They judge a system they never tried and they don't know that a lot of games support it.

But with that budget why not? Just because it uses glasses? Seriously....youre sitting in front of a computer not out in public. Makes no sense to me (and again, I have a 3D desktop).