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Are these parts good to make a decent gaming computer? 500$?

are the parts listed below compatible with each other? Are the parts listed below good? if u have any better suggestions just simply coment... THNKS FOR ANY HELP... if cheap motherboard..use extra money to upgrade other parts untill 500$ budget.... hmm few questions... for the power supply... would you recomend a 500w or 745w? for the hard drive... 500gb or 750gb i need help finding a good motherboard. these are specifications i think! PCI Express slot. Comes with sound card, networking capabilities can handle 4g ram (ddr) 4+ slots Compatible with Intel Pentium E5200 2.5GHz Wolfdale Compatible with SATA hard drive 2+ USB Ports…microphone, headphone ATX for power supply parts... CPU/Processor Intel Pentium E5200 2.5GHz Wolfdale 70$ Motherboard HELP ME FIND ONE PLZ! Computer Memory 2GB DDR2 PC6400 MEMORY / CRUCIAL 2x20=40$ Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS Hard Drive - 500GB, 7200, 16MB, SATA-300, OEM 55$ Gaming Video Card Zotac ECO GeForce 9800 GT Video Card - 512MB DDR3, PCI Express 2.0, (2) Dual Link DVI, HDTV, VGA Support 100$ Gaming Computer Case Ultra X-Blaster ATX Black Mid-Tower Case 50$ Computer Power Supply Coolmax 500-Watt Modular Power Supply - PCI-E, 120mm Fan 30$ DVD Burner/ Optical Drive Samsung SH-S223B/RSBF DVDRW Drive - DVD+R 22X, DVD+RW 8X, DVD-RW 6X, DVD-RAM 12X, CD-R 48X 35$ total = 380 (without mother board) Lastly.... should i buy Window XP or Window Vista? Which has better direct x and all dat good stuff?

Public Comments

1. Those are nearly the same as my PC's performance.... And for the motherboards, Try Gigabyte DDR2 + 4 Usb 2.0 ports + 3 PCI slots + 1 PCI Express Slot and Ethernet Port + HD Realtek Sound Card....
2. My suggestions: CPU: AMD Athlon X2 7850 CPU (dual core, 2.8GhZ) for 80 dollars instead. Way more power. PSU: You won't need 750 watts, go for 500 and use the money elsewhere. Hard drive: 500 is more than enough. DVD burner: Do you ever burn DVD's? If not, just get a regular DVD drive and save 10 bucks. Motherboard: You can really get anything, as long as it has room for 2 gigs of RAM (it should) and a PCI 2.0 slot. The A780LM is an example for 55 bucks. OS: Get Vista, it supports DirectX 10. I would try to reduce spending on the DVD drive and case, and try to get a better graphics card. Motherboard :