Help with building a desktop PC

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Alright i'm going to try to build my own pc since most people say that's what i should do.
Here's my hardware:
GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - Retail

G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Quad Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5Q-8GBPQ - Retail

AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor - Retail


COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

SAPPHIRE 100236L Radeon HD 3650 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - Retail

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GIGABYTE GV-R435OC-512I Radeon HD 4350 512MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Low Profile Ready Video Card - Retail

Please give me your thoughts. Check the links and tell me if Anything isn't compatible with the rest of it. I'll be using this system for normal 'office' uses and some light-med gaming (World of Warcraft). Thanks SO much in advance and i appreciate it greatly.
 
By normal office use do you mean very heavy multitasking? Because with 8GB or RAM and the Quad you will have some serious power at hand. Everything there should be compatible, only suggestion is a more capable Graphics solution maybe a HD 4670 or even the HD 4830 with the later you would have good office PC with gaming potential.
 
Get rid of the DDR3 board and swap it for the DDR2 version (GA-MA770-UD3). You can then get an inexpensive 4GB DDR2 kit from Corsair, Crucial, OCZ, Kingston or G.SKILL to go with it. I also recommend going with a dual-core CPU like the Athlon II X2 250 and the HD 4670, as well as the Corsair 400CX PSU. That would bring the cost down by a lot and still give you enough power for WoW and office use.

IMO, you do not need the extra power of the quad-core CPU and the video card, as well as the 650W PSU. The DDR3 RAM also holds no advantage for you.
 
rage i tihnk if he is going to build a new computer he might as well build one he can upgrade and a dd2 build is not the way to go imo.
 
Hi Rage, I think an AM3 / DDR3 system provides a better upgrade path for later. Also, the system I recommended is cheaper than the initial build he had in mind. :)
 
Shows how little I know about AMD CPUs :p Darn silly withs its AM2, AM2+, AM3 shenanigans...

Anyways, Ritwik gets my vote too.
 
If the only purpose of the PC is office use and WoW (no other new games), then I'll say that the OP might as well go with Rage's suggestions.
 
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