Pc System Build check HELP!

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I am building a new pc and have put these components on a list to buy:

Cpu: Amd Phenom II X4 965 Black edition
Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme 3
Graphics card: Asus radeon HD 7770 1Gb (possibly 2)
Ram: Kingston HyperX Blu DDR3 1333MHz 8GB (2x 4gb)
PSU: Corsair Builder Series CX 500 Watt
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB
Optical Drive: I have one from an old system
OS: I have a copy of Win/7

My question is are all of these parts compatible?
And is there anything that I can do to improve my build for no extra cost or even less cost if possible? Lastly what sort of performance should I expect to see from this pc?

Thanks, Any help will be much appreciated!
 
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Here's 2 choices for you with varying budgets

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£143.40 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI B75MA-E33 Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£42.98 @ Novatech)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£37.39 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.25 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card (£142.28 @ CCL Computers)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£39.95 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£34.99 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.45 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £504.69
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-12 17:04 GMT+0000)

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G860 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor (£47.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H61M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£39.98 @ Novatech)
Memory: Kingston 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory (£26.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.56 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card (£84.54 @ Aria PC)
Case: Xigmatek Asgard II Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£29.62 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£34.99 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.45 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £314.08
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-12 17:05 GMT+0000)
 
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Perfect and that looks a lot better than what I was going for thanks!
 
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