I am building a gaming PC for the first time with the help of some friends. However, before I go out and buy all the parts, I wanted to make sure everything I have selected is compatible and will fit within the case I have chosen. All of them aside from the graphics card are priced at what my local Fry's has to offer. While I wanted to keep the budget within $1500, it kind of exploded. So in addition to telling me if everything will work together, I would appreciate any suggestions on how to lower the cost without hampering performance significantly. In particular the items bolded below are what are currently bugging me. Namely, AMD or Intel for the processor, which version of windows to buy. (OEM or not. I was also told I should go pro instead of premium), and if I should get the 4GB graphics card or 2 GB. I know I've asked a lot, but I would greatly appreciate answers to at least the compatibiliy, everything else is a bonus. Thank you!
Thermaltake SMART Series 850W 80PLUS Bronze Modular Power Supply – 139.99 (Power Supply)
Cooler Master Storm Trooper ATX Full Tower Case- 149.99 (Case)
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD Motherboard- 179.99 (Motherboard)
CORSAIR XMS3 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600MHz- 134.99 (RAM)
Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound- 8.99 (Or best available)
Cooler Master TPC812 CPU Cooler- 69.99 (Cooling system)
Samsung S24A300BS 24" Fulll HD 1080p LED Backlit Monitor- 139.99 (Monitor)
Western Digital Caviar 1TB SATA Hard Drive Black- 99.99 (HDD)
Asus 24x OEM Internal DVDRW- 25.99 (DVD)
AMD FX-8350 Vishera- 199.99 or Intel Core i5-4670K- 234.99 (Processor)
Windows 7 Professional- 268.00 (Retail) or 140.00 (OEM)
Gigabyte GTX 770 GDDR5-4GB 2xDVI/HDMI/DP OC WINDFORCE 3X Graphics Card GV-N770OC-4GD- 449.99 (Graphics Card)
Thermaltake SMART Series 850W 80PLUS Bronze Modular Power Supply – 139.99 (Power Supply)
Cooler Master Storm Trooper ATX Full Tower Case- 149.99 (Case)
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD Motherboard- 179.99 (Motherboard)
CORSAIR XMS3 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1600MHz- 134.99 (RAM)
Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound- 8.99 (Or best available)
Cooler Master TPC812 CPU Cooler- 69.99 (Cooling system)
Samsung S24A300BS 24" Fulll HD 1080p LED Backlit Monitor- 139.99 (Monitor)
Western Digital Caviar 1TB SATA Hard Drive Black- 99.99 (HDD)
Asus 24x OEM Internal DVDRW- 25.99 (DVD)
AMD FX-8350 Vishera- 199.99 or Intel Core i5-4670K- 234.99 (Processor)
Windows 7 Professional- 268.00 (Retail) or 140.00 (OEM)
Gigabyte GTX 770 GDDR5-4GB 2xDVI/HDMI/DP OC WINDFORCE 3X Graphics Card GV-N770OC-4GD- 449.99 (Graphics Card)
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