Reddit reviews Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7850 1GB GDDR5 DVI/HDMI/2x Mini-Displayport PCI-Express 3.0 Crossfire Ready Graphics Card GV-R785OC-1GD

honestly I would pass on the 7770, and splurge on the 7850 you have.
The 7850 you found is also a good option !!! But I did find some others that I would recommend


If you can afford to pay a little more, Gigabyte 7850 with nice cooler

HIS 7870 with 2gb of Video ram, this will perform really well

Used 7870 for a really good price and factory, Aftermarket cooler

http://www.amazon.com/XFX-DisplayPort-PCI-Express-FX775AZNP4-FX-775A-ZNP4/dp/B007Z3T5JC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1374311839&sr=8-2&keywords=7750 is a 7750, more than one company produce the final cards

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-mini-Displayport-PCI-Express-CrossFire-GV-R785OC-1GD/dp/B009LTUC90/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1374311910&sr=1-3&keywords=hd+7850 is an example of the 7850, its requires a bit more power and goes beyond the scope of your PC's 300w* PSU (most HP's use a liteon model with 19A on 12v usually, so 208w between the CPU GPU and mobo chipset is the limit)

The 7750 isn't great but, its not terrible, until recently I had a 5450, which is significantly worse than a 7750, and I didn't have any games it wouldn't run, just a lot of games that didn't run great, at 1080p it wouldn't be too bad any higher and its kinda pushing it, but, overall the 7750 is pretty good for a budget.

As for the rest of the system, the RAM is a little lower than what is considered optimal, 8GB, but not a huge deal, and the CPU is ok and will run most games that aren't brand new or CPU intensive.

If you could get the extra $40 I'd reccomend a 7850, otherwise the 7750 isn't an awful choice. Its still a lot better than the $8000 gt520.

As another point, before I had the 5450 I used a laptop with an AMD Turion, 3GB of RAM, and no dedicated GPU, I played a lot of Quake and Shadow Warrior on that thing.

And no matter what you get, enjoy.

Hm, well If you could stretch to $140 then you could get a HD 7850, which is a really strong card.
http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-mini-Displayport-PCI-Express-CrossFire-GV-R785OC-1GD/dp/B009LTUC90/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1383077073&sr=8-6&keywords=HD+7850
If not, then a HD 7790, would also be very good, it's just 1 step down.

About the GPU, here:

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-mini-Displayport-PCI-Express-CrossFire-GV-R785OC-1GD/dp/B009LTUC90/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1375658166&sr=8-3&keywords=7850

Is a much better gpu, for 10 dollars more. If you order in 20 hours, it will be 10 dollar cheaper than the one you have picked.

I recommend you get either a 7850 or a 650 TI boost gpu instead, since they match the price. The 7850 is much better than the 460, and the 650 ti boost is also quite better.

Everything else looks great.

You're not blind, the processor is an APU. She/He doesn't mention what games she/he plays but this'll handle many popular titles at lower settings pretty well for the low end of the budget and can be coupled with an additional GPU in the future if there is more money to spend. My goal was to have every single thing she/he mentioned for as little money as possible.

If I could reccomend a video card for the system it'd be this one.

well.. right now it would be nice to run l4d2 at least on medium. as in the picture. i have dcuo and it runs horribly. slow and laggy. i am sorry but i dont understand what you mean by the PSU. i know the computer needs more power but im not good at this stuf:) sorry for being so difficult.

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-mini-Displayport-PCI-Express-CrossFire-GV-R785OC-1GD/dp/B009LTUC90/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1382674580&sr=8-7&keywords=radeon+7850


and would this be good?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009LTUC90/ref=pe_175190_21431760_M3T1_ST1_dp_3

You have a 212 Evo for a CPU cooler but a 4770 chip. I recomend either 1. get a 4770K instead so you can overclock the chip. Or 2. Get a slightly cheaper cooler since the 212 Evo is pretty solid and usually used on overclocks. If you get a 4770k Chip find a Microcenter near you and buy it from there since its only $270 if you do pickup.

As for motherboard and the Graphics card, look at logicalincriments and find a mobo and GPU that are within your price range and within the same tier. That's a pretty bad card for gaming and severely overpriced for its performance. For $210 you can get a Gigabyte GTX 660 card which is actually the equivalent tier video card for the mobo you picked out, and it makes your current card look like a toaster. Or you can get a HD 7850 which is a step down but still better and ($30) cheaper than your current card. The GTX 660 is highly recommended and will be able to run most modern games and new releases on high to ultra quality absolutely no problem at all, especially with an i7 proc.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU Cooler | Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler | $29.98 @ Outlet PC
Motherboard | Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard | $139.99 @ Newegg
Memory | Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory | $129.99 @ Newegg
Storage | Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk | $119.99 @ Microcenter
Storage | Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $84.98 @ Outlet PC
Video Card | Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card | $193.98 @ Newegg
Wireless Network Adapter | Rosewill RNX-N180UBE 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter | $18.98 @ Newegg
Case | Cooler Master Storm Scout ATX Mid Tower Case | $54.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply | Cooler Master Elite Power 460W ATX12V Power Supply | $19.99 @ Newegg
Optical Drive | Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer | $17.98 @ Outlet PC
Other| Asus TPM Module| $17.99
Other| i7-4770k (from Microcenter)| $270.00
| | Total
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $1083.84
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-18 13:11 EDT-0400 |

Edit: I'd help out with the sound card issue but truth be told I've never used them and know nothing about them haha.

Edit 2, I just noticed your HDD. Hell No on that. Go with this instead. $20 cheaper for the same size and the Blue seems to work more solidly than the Black does.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
Storage | Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $65.58 @ Outlet PC
| | Total
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $65.58
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-18 13:18 EDT-0400 |

I know, i'm one of them. I played on a decrepit piece of shit for a year while i saved for a decent laptop. When i bought that laptop, i made sure it had the graphics capabilities to carry me through the next 3 or 4 years.

EDIT: boom $180 and it should last you at least 2 years, probly longer, and will be plenty for lol.