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Please help me with new build

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I choose following components for my first build. All from Newegg

• SILVERSTONE Black Aluminum/0.8mm SECC Grandia GD05B Micro ATX
• ZOTAC ZT-40701-10L GeForce GT 440 (Fermi) 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16
• SeaSonic SS-300ET Bronze 300W Power Supply
• G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
• Corsair Force Series 3 CSSD-F60GB3A-BK 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
• Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive
• LG Black Blu-ray Drive SATA Model UH12LS28 OEM LightScribe Support
• GIGABYTE GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
• Intel Core i3-2100 3.1GHz LGA 1155 Dual-Core Desktop
Grand Total:$767.91

I'm not sure if power supply will be sufficient. Graphic card for 3d blueray. ssd for os only
Please be free to comment.Thank you

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Make sure the mb's HDMI is 1.4a compliant

There is a better way to do this IMO
change out the cpu/ graphics card and mb for an AMD APU and an A75 chipset FM1 mb

It will use less power , easily handle 3D and cost less as well
AMD A6-3650 Llano 2.6GHz Socket FM1 $110
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103943

ASRock A75 PRO4-M FM1 AMD A75 $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157259


Message edited by Outlander_04 on 02-08-2012 at 04:27:15 AM
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