I'm building a custom pc and need a second opinion

[Bernier77]

So it's that time of.. my life.. where I turn 18 and my parents say "HEY, here's 500$ to build a custom rig". 

Here's my components so far.  If you reccommend any hardware, keep in mind that I have a max budget of $600, as I have $100 of my own money which I'm willing to spend.

Country: Canada
Budget: Close to 500$, but willing to stretch to $600
Games/Applications that will be used: Steam, All Source Games, Photoshop
Games/Applications that will be used:

Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W Dual-Core

$72.00

Case: Rosewill R363-M-BK Micro Black Ultra High Gloss Finished ATX Computer Case with 400W ATX 2.2 12V Power Supply

$57.99

GPU: SAPPHIRE 100255HDMI Radeon HD 4670 512MB 128-bit

$77.49 +10$ mail in rebate.

RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit

$51.99

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2 AM2+/AM2 AMD 740G Micro ATX AMD

$58.49

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache

$68.99 Double the storage and $1 less than my last choice

Keyboard/Mouse: Microsoft CA9-00001 Black 103 Normal Keys 3 Function Keys PS/2 Standard Basic Keyboard and Mouse.

$19.99

CD/DVD R/W:  Sony Optiarc Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD/CD Rewritable Drive

$34.99

PSU: Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC 430W ATX12V Power Supply
There seem to be issues with the capabilities of the +12v Rail, but I'm not making a rediculous PC, so I'm not too worried.

$44.99



Total Price: $447.92[/size]

Right under my lowest mark for my budget, and with the cost of a monitor I should be in the sweet spot of my budget including shipping and such.

[Dan Dixon]

You should be able to get a bigger hard drive for less.

Otherwise they look like reasonable choices.

You can find a 500 GB drive on NewEgg for $50. (and maybe something better than that)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150014

[Bernier77]

Ah, right I forgot to update this here.  I got so busy talking to people on some other forum about this.

Updating the OP in case anyone's still interested.

[TheMooCows]

This is the topic that hasn't had a reply in the longest!!! I am bringing it back from the dead.

[blotz]

i thought yqt made this

[Darvince]

Make fun of this for the specs of four years ago

[FiahOwl]

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[matty406]

My laptop from 2007/8 had 111 gigs, this one has 913gb. It's amazing how we take data space for granted.

[Darvince]

It's amazing how soon moore's law will no longer apply because we'll have reached the limit where you have to take into account quantum mechanics