[jojo]

Hello. I am new here and I would like to check if "my build" is good. I am leaning towards a gaming computer and play games such as Team Fortress 2 and Call of Duty.

Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R LGA 1366

CPU:
Intel i7 920

Video Card:
XFX HD-489A-ZDFC Radeon HD 4890 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

RAM:
OCZ Fatal1ty Dual Channel 4096MB PC10666 DDR3 1333MHz Memory

PSU:
ocz StealthXStream 700w ATX12v/EPS12v

HDD:
SAMSUNG ECOGREEN F2 1TB SERIAL ATA/300 32MB BUFFER HARD DRIVE

Cooler:
Xigmatek Dark Knight-s1283v cpu cooler


My friend is letting me burrow his SwordM tower. I already have a monitor, keyboard, and a mouse. If i am missing something or you feel something needs to be changed I would gladly take your opinions. My budget is no over than $1000.

[4D(Fordy(Ford) Ollie]

Read Carbon's Computer Part's thread.

For gaming, you don't want an i7 proccessor. Or any quad core for that matter. A fast dual core will perform much better than an average speed Quad, as most of the work is done by the GPU anyway.

So you can spend the savings on a better (or more..) GPU(s)