Help!! Buying PC for Gaming?

Here's what i'm planning to buy..

1%26gt; AMD PHENOM 2 955 c3 125w 3.2GHz

2%26gt;Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H (rev. 2.1)

3%26gt;Samsung B2230H 21.5"

4%26gt;Kingston DDR3 2GB 1333Mhz

5%26gt;Logitech Media Combo Mouse+Keyboard MK200

6%26gt;Samsung DVD Dual_Layer Writer s223H

7%26gt;Hard Disk Internal Sata 2.0 250GB Seagate Baracuda

8%26gt;SMPS600W+Cabinet:Front_USB+audioPane鈥?br>
i need this pc for following:

1%26gt; daily usage: facebook etc..

2%26gt; simple games like cs 1.6 etc

3%26gt; playing heavy gfx games like ASSASSIN CREED 2 or the AC3[coming soon], farcry2, CoD_BlackOps .. n many more similar one's..

4%26gt; i'll be running Windows XP and WIndows 7 in dual boot mode.

5%26gt; also !! IMP !! im gonna run some heavy apps too once in a while

6%26gt; MOST IMPORTANT %26gt;%26gt; I'm NOT GOING TO OVERCLOCK THE CPU !!



considering all this.. i came up with the above mentioned config.. which's gonna cost me around 35k or so..



Q1%26gt;can any1 please suggest any IMPROVEMENTS i may have overlooked???



Q2%26gt; I already have a Nvidia 9400GT 1GB Gfx Card.. will that work on this Motherboard??



Q3%26gt; i have a very tight budget of 30-35k max!! so as of now i'm postponing buying a gfx card.. but in future .. in 6months or so .. i will go in for 1.. so incase any1 got a any suggestions for that too.



Q4%26gt; if i'm not going to OVERCLOCK or CROSSFIRE as of NOW ..that is there a need for any CPU cooler other than HEAT SINK n CPU FAN [that comes already bundled with AMD cpu right???]



Q5%26gt; Last Q%26gt; what about Power?? how many watts of power i need if i'm gonna put a 2gb gfx card in future.. can some1 recommend me any that i can find @ Lamington road??Help!! Buying PC for Gaming?
1- All those games would run easily on that system. When you replace your old graphic card you can max most of the latest games.

2- It would work since it has a PCI-E slot

3- ATI HD5770/NVIDIA GTS250 are great but not too expensive graphic cards.

4-You only need stock coolers that comes with the CPU when running it at normal FSB, clocks and voltages.

5- I'd say 450~500W is enough since most of the latest cards only requires 450 and yours doesn't even need that much. Just get a decent/branded PSU like Gigabyte.

Yes, Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H supports crossfire.Help!! Buying PC for Gaming?
i suggest you also check out Allianware gaming PCs --- its one time investment for 3-4 years right - get the best even it is dearer by another 8-10 kHelp!! Buying PC for Gaming?
BEST IDEA WOULD BE TO BUY AN ASSEMBLED PC RATHER THAN A BRANDED ONE.
I'd recommend you upgrade to an Intel i5 or i7 CPU. The i7 (aside from being faster) also has 3 memory channels, which would allow you to run 3 GB of RAM for a nice performance boost.



Don't waste your money on a 2GB graphics card. No game currently takes advantage of that much memory, and by the time there are games that do, you'll be wanting to upgrade to a more powerful card anyway. Your 9400 GT will work just fine on that motherboard, but that's a very low end card and several years old, to boot. Something like a ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB would be great for your system.



Crossfire is connecting two ATI cards together- this would not effect your CPU cooling needs (unless your chassis has really bad airflow, in which case you should use a better case, not CPU fan). So, if you're not going to be overclocking the CPU then you really don't need anything better than the stock CPU fan that comes with it.



Unless you get a really high end graphics card, a power supply in the range of 600-700W should be plenty. If you do shell out for a pricey card you'll probably need another 100-150W higher.