Is this build going to work fine?

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Fenomiu

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Hi,

since I'm building a custom PC for gaming and I'm not an expert, I really need some advice
if the parts I've chosen are going to work fine and stuff like that.

These parts would be:

ASROCK H61MV-ITX for the motherboard ( Supports PCI-e 3.0 so should be okay I guess? )

Codegen ATX 600W PFC for the PSU

Cooler Master Midl tower Elite K(night) 350 RC-K350-KWN2-EN for the case ( now this is where I need some advice - is the "computer" itsself going to fit into this case? If it doesn't could someone reccommend me an appropriate case for these parts please?)

INTEL® CORE™ I5-3470 3.2GHZ 6MB LGA1155 BX80637I53470SR0T8 for the CPU.

2x Crucial 2GB DDR3 PC3-12800 CL11 ram

Gigabyte GF GTX760 2GB GDDR5 PCIE GV-N760OC-2GD 2.0 for the GPU

I didn't add a HDD here because I'm going to use my current one with an OS already installed (obviously) so I could save a little bit. (This should also work right?)


If there's something I've missed or something I've failed miserably with, please let me know and sorry if I posted this into the wrong section of the forum whatsoever :)
 
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Yes that should work OK it Supports 3rd and 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Xeon® / Pentium® / Celeron® in LGA1155 Package. Plus that board has 4 ram slots so you would not be as limited on the amount of ram you can use.

As far as using the HDD you already have...
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First of all, you should get a better psu, look for a branded one like corsair, antec, seasonic, xfx.

That case should be fine for all your components

You might need more ram. 8gb, should be more than enough

By the way, whats your budget?, and where are you buying your parts from?
 
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Okay, by a better PSU do you mean more power or /more quality/? (If you could recommend something excact, it would be fine)

I'm not sure if I can actually afford more ram right now but I think it's doable.

My budget is something like 600€ ~ $820 and I'm going to buy the parts from an Estonian site. If you want to I could link you every component. (this is a small country in Eastern Europe)
 
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If you already own the board, then just use it if you've not purchased it yet I would upgrade, its possible the processor won't work until a bios update (which would require you to actually own a sandy bridge processor to do) I would just hate for you to get an older version shipped to you and your system not work for this reason.
 
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If you could provide a link to the site, I could recommend some parts from there.

For the psu, I actually meant better quality. The psu is more important than you think so you will need one that is reliable, effiecient and stable enough to power your system, this becomes more important when gaming.

For the ram, if you really cant afford 8gb, then get a single 4gb module for now, since your board only has two slots, you could add another one later on.
 
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Alright, would this board work? Is this the Ivy Bridge?
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H77%20Pro4-M/?cat=Specifications
 
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Yes that will work just fine, should be a smoother install.
 
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Alright so if I swap the boards for the H77 and keep everything else the same, it's going to work fine? Even with a HDD I'm using right now on my old pc?
 
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Yes that should work OK it Supports 3rd and 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Xeon® / Pentium® / Celeron® in LGA1155 Package. Plus that board has 4 ram slots so you would not be as limited on the amount of ram you can use.

As far as using the HDD you already have that would be no problem but you can't just install the old hard drive and have the Windows that is already on it just work. With that much of a hardware change you are going to have to re-install the OS no real way around that. And if the OS was a OEM it would have been tied to the old motherboard and not work with the new build anyway.

If you have a retail version of Windows the you can still use it but you will have to do a re-install in either case.
 
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