I took your advice and am sticking with the corsair 650w. I've read a lot of good reviews on it.
But, if I take the combo that comes with my Antec 900, I get the Antec True-Power 650w and save $25.
Is it worth passing the bargain lol?

Are you saying you your build is $25 less if you get the antec 650w? If so, then do that. If i am reading it wrong, sorry.

no, you're reading it right =)
now, i didn't look at heat sinks.
my CPU comes with one, so do i need to get a separate one if im only gonna overclock a little bit?

No. You can overclock a good bit on the Phenom II stock cooling. You only need to get a new one if you go above say 3.5 or so. I'm no expert, though. You might be able to go further.

Go with the combo deal, sounds even better.

Sweet. Well here is set-up once again (this time tuned with your guys' suggestions)

Case- Antec 900
Motherboard- Asus M3N-HT
CPU- AMD Phenom II X4 940
RAM- OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM 1066
Video Card- Asus GeForce GTX 275 896MB
Hard Drive- Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM
Monitor- ASUS VH242H Black 23.6" *

Total came out to $1075.88
More than I expected to pay, but I feel more confident now about building my PC.
Thanks to all who helped me =DD.


*was going to get the Acer 23'' monitor, but this one is on sale and specs are slightly better and same price








PSU- Antec True-Power 650w

Cool, everything looks great, I'm sure you have another pc to chat with us as you build if you encounter any issues, we're here.

Have you picked out the cd/dvd drive?

I see you have an ASUS mobo there paired with OCZ RAM; not a good thing to do.

If you haven't bought everything already, take a look at this build:

• Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P AMD 790X Chipset ATX Motherboard - Retail - $106.99 + free shipping
• AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 Triple-Core Black Edition Processor - Retail - $119.99 + free shipping
• OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit - Retail - $47.99 + free shipping
• XFX HD 4890 1GB GDDR5 PCI-Express 2.0 x16 Graphics Card - Retail - $199.99 ($179.99 after $20 rebate) + free shipping
• Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200RPM Drive - OEM - $99.99 ($84.99 after $15 rebate) + free shipping
• ASUS VW246H Black 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 1000:1 (ASCR 20000:1) Built in Speakers - Retail - $219.99 + free shipping
• Corsair CMPSU-650TX 650W PSU with Active PFC - Retail - $97.99 ($87.99 after $10 rebate) + free shipping
• Cooler Master Mystique Mid-Tower Gaming Case - Retail - $69.99 + free shipping
• OCZ Vendetta 2 120mm CPU Cooler - Retail - $29.99 ($24.99 after $5 rebate) + free shipping

Grand Total = $990 approximately with free shipping on all items, and not counting any of the rebates.

It should be equally powerful compared to your currently-proposed system while being cheaper.

As Another side note hehe!

The only intel/Amd compatibility compatibility issues you will run in to is processor and motherboard.

Hard drives, graphics cards, power supplies, sound cards and most other stuff is cross platform and will have no issues running on either AMD or intel