Are those parts compatible?

MadFisto

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Motherboard:GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) ATX Motherboard

HDD: A-Data XPG Gaming Series v2.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card (£161.99Aria.co.uk)

Power Supply: 600W Corsair Builder Series 600CX 80PLUS Bronze Power Supply

Cpu: AMD Bulldozer FX-6100 Socket AM3+ 6 Core Processor - 3.30GHz, 3.90GHz Turbo

Are those parts compatible? Anything I could improve?
 
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I had a FX-6200 in my last build. Suffice to say that I went Intel after that.
For purposes of future-proofing, I would suggest spending the extra few bucks and getting a 990FX board if you still go AMD. I had a Gigabyte UD3, which was a great board and is still working well for the guy I sold the computer too.

My last build consisted of a FX-6200, GB UD3 motherboard, 16GB of G. Skill Ripjaws 1866Mhz RAM, 120GB Kingston HyperX SSD, 1TB Seagate 64MB cache HDD, 2x nVidia 560Ti (SLi), 1000W Cooler Master PSU, modular liquid CPU cooler, DVD/CD writer, all in an Antec 1200 V3 case.

At its very best, the CPU bottlenecked the whole system and made even less intense games such as Call of Duty Black Ops II lag on moderate and high settings. At...

gbryan101

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I had a FX-6200 in my last build. Suffice to say that I went Intel after that.
For purposes of future-proofing, I would suggest spending the extra few bucks and getting a 990FX board if you still go AMD. I had a Gigabyte UD3, which was a great board and is still working well for the guy I sold the computer too.

My last build consisted of a FX-6200, GB UD3 motherboard, 16GB of G. Skill Ripjaws 1866Mhz RAM, 120GB Kingston HyperX SSD, 1TB Seagate 64MB cache HDD, 2x nVidia 560Ti (SLi), 1000W Cooler Master PSU, modular liquid CPU cooler, DVD/CD writer, all in an Antec 1200 V3 case.

At its very best, the CPU bottlenecked the whole system and made even less intense games such as Call of Duty Black Ops II lag on moderate and high settings. At its worst, the CPU couldn't handle GalCiv II on the largest map and the system crashed.

I have been told that my experience was abnormally poor, but after that and the instant black screen yielding AMD card I had before the nVidia cards, I have developed a strong preference for the combo of Intel and nVidia.

If I were you, I would see if I could try to catch something like an Intel i5-3570K (£167.99, aria) on sale now that Haswell is out. The boards are still available and are often reasonably priced. Something like an Asrock Extreme4 (£101.61, amazon) would make sense. Card wise, something around the nVidia GTX 660 range would work well, though I would try to find a 3GB card for sake of future-proofing, which would be £189.33 for an EVGA. Go to 2GB and the price drops quite a bit. The other parts you have picked out are fine.

Parts should work out so long as you keep the right processor with the right motherboard, something a quick Google search will show for almost any combination you could come up with. Graphics cards aren't strictly tied to either Intel or AMD processors and a PCIE 3.0 card will work in a PCIE 2.0 slot and vice versa. Almost all RAM you are going to find will be DDR3, though DDR2 is still available. Almost all modern desktop motherboards use 240 pin DDR3 DIMM SDRAM.

Just my two cents (pence?), but good luck with your build.
 
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