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Im going to buy a new computer for the release of diablo 3.
this is what i've come up with so far.
anyone have any comments or ideas ?

Cooler Master CM 690 II Lite Svart

Silver Power SP-SS620M 620W PSU

Intel® Core i5-2500K Processor

MSI P67A-GD65 B3, Socket-1155

Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 8GB CL9

XFX Radeon HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 "Dual Fan"

Kingston HyperX SSD 120GB 2.5"

Seagate Barracuda® 500GB

Sony Optiarc DVD±RW Writer, AD-5280S

BenQ 24" LED GL2450HM

MS COA Label Windows Home Premium 7

MS DVD Win H.P/Pro/Ultimate 7 SE 64bit

MS ROYALTY Win Home Premium 7 Nordic

And as a reply to Willow, those specs are more then enough needed to play d3 and moderately high settings. In fact, you could probably even max the game, but everyone shall see once diablo 3 is released. But that build is great. My ONLY suggestion is do not go with the 500gb seagate barracuda. First off, 500gb is plenty but if you do a lot of video editing or photo editing it will quickly fill. Secondly, seagate does not make very reliable Harddrives. Go with this instead (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Western Digital - Caviar Black 1TB Internal Serial ATA Hard Drive for Desktops/8909595.p?id=1213047091732&skuId=8909595&st=Western Digital Caviar Black&cp=1&lp=1). Western Digital makes very nice Hard Drives and on top of that they are faster in my opinion and more reliable. 149.99 is a little pricy considering it was only 100 when I bought it in October, but you might be able to get it cheaper from Newegg. Also, definately keep with the SSD, your boot times on the computer will be almost nothing. With my SSD, Windows 7 boots within less than 10 seconds.

I will be able to run this game at max no problem because I built my own computer back in october with a gtx 570, i7, etc. Anyways for people who do not have a computer to run this my reccomendation would be to build your own computer, and if cost is a problem (as it was for me) just lower the graphics card to a gtx 460 ($159.99 at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005HU02EM/ref=nosim/7240466-rg2304-00-20?s=merchant&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER) or for the lower end of the spectrum you could always still run the game with an ASUS gt 430 ($55.99 at Newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121471&nm_mc=OTC-Channel&cm_mmc=OTC-channel-_-Video Cards-_-ASUS-_-14121471&srccode=cii_7240466&cpncode=32-7962798&DEPA=0&refer=channel&CMP=OTC-). Whichever card or processor you choose, you will be able to run the game decently, but not at max settings. The reccomended specs for this game requires a GeForce 260, which you cannot even buy anymore its so old. I am glad the way they designed this game because it makes it so pretty much anyone with a computer with an okay graphics card (and everything else above) can run the game. However, if you are thinking of building your own computer, I highly reccomend it. This was my first time build and my only advice is to do a lot of research before buying the parts and especially before installing them. See you all in game! ^^