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Hi. This is gonna be the first time I'm setting up a rig. What I had in mind is a gaming computer.

Here are the pieces that I have come up with and I already have a 600w PSU:

Motherboard: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga78lmts2p
Memory: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f310666cl9s8gbxl
CPU: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd6300wmhkbox
GPU: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-112020020g

I'm not sure whether to get a 6300 or 8320 and I'm not sure if the card is okay or do I need to get a better one or better question is what card to get if I go with 6300 or with the 8320?
 
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Its between the 7870ghz and the 7950

basically performs like an R9 270x but a bit better imo

I would suggest a PSU upgrade from the cougar

The mb chosen does not support SATA3 (you cannot fully utilize SSD's)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.75 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video...
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PSU: HEC Cougar SL
Budget is around $500
No need for MKV
 
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with that CPU and GPU will I still be able to play the latest game titles without any problem?
 
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Its between the 7870ghz and the 7950

basically performs like an R9 270x but a bit better imo

I would suggest a PSU upgrade from the cougar

The mb chosen does not support SATA3 (you cannot fully utilize SSD's)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.75 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($163.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Antec Three Hundred Two ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $532.68
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-04 02:10 EST-0500)
 
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any good mb that you can provide aside from the one I have in the list?
 
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if you get an SSD, it won't run as fast

for example this benchamrk, the AMD SB750 3gb/s is the one on the Gigabyte 760 board

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the authors did conclude though that getting a SSD on SATA2 is still worth it

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-upgrade-sata-3gbps,3469-16.html

Random I/O performance is very important from a practical point of view. Under Windows, most I/O operations occur at low queue depths. In such a situation, our synthetic benchmarks show us that there's not much difference between SATA 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s. There’s barely even a theoretical performance gap at a queue depth of one, and certainly no practical difference.

We can now answer the question of whether you need available SATA 6Gb/s ports to justify an SSD upgrade. Clearly, you're still going to see plenty of benefit from solid-state storage, even if you're using a 3 Gb/s connector. In the real world, a 3 Gb/s interface doesn't bottleneck common applications. It's only when you push the technology's limits using synthetic benchmarks, server/workstation-oriented workloads, or large SSD-to-SSD transfers that 6 Gb/s signaling kicks into gear.

The real key is getting an SSD into your machine. Just have a look at what happens when our 840 Pro goes up against the fastest desktop hard drive we've ever benchmarked, Western Digital's ValociRaptor. The disk didn't stand a chance in any of our synthetic or real-world tests.
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MSI 7850: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-r78502gd5oc
Cheaper and stronger.

Asus M5A97 Le R2.0: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131872&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
Great quality motherboard. The only thing it lack is the VRM heatsinks so you can't overclock well on it. Nonetheless, if you don't plan to overclock, then this is a great standard board. If you plan to overclock, spend the extra $5 from the Gigabyte board and go with the Asus M5A97 R2.0 because it's one of the best overclocking 970 chipset motherboard due to its great VRM heatsinks.

Toshiba doesn't make great HDDs. I would stick with Seagate or WD as they are the leading HDD manufacturers and it's not that expensive. For an extra $5 up from the Toshiba 500gb HDD, you can get a better quality WD Blue 1tb HDD: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex
Or if you want to stick with 500gb, here's a Seagate 500gb: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st500dm002
I would stick with 1tb because it's only a few extra dollars for double the storage.

 
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