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Hey guys, kind of a novice here when it comes to building my own rig, but Ive had a friend help me out.

Im upgrading for the first time since 2008 and I already bought the tower and have the RAM covered, but I was curious if I had the correct power supply for the video card/motherboard/CPU, Im not sure what components need what when it comes to the amount of pins in the power supply's connectors and such. looking for a little advice also if you guys think I could go cheaper for the same level of performance, my budget has about 1200 left in it.

These are the parts I have left to get on my wishlist, if anything isnt compatible please give me a heads up, always appreciated!

SSD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147248
video card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130921
CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899
PS:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171057
Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131989
 
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rvilkman
The rest are fine, but i would argue that you can do better on the PSU front. While that line is one of the better ones from cooler master, going with Corsair or Seasonic in the same range and price you get better quality.

Seasonic X-Series 850W $169
Seasonic Platinum-860 $189
Corsair AX860 $179
Corsair HX850 $149 ( although there seems to be a bunch of sale and rebate things currently on it, so after rebate price might be like $110 or something )

All of them come with a 7 year warranty instead of the 2 years of the cooler master unit, and all of them are better in every aspect.

Also grab a good cooler for the CPU for overclocking, closed loop liquid coolers such as the Corsair H100 are popular. And then there...
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The rest are fine, but i would argue that you can do better on the PSU front. While that line is one of the better ones from cooler master, going with Corsair or Seasonic in the same range and price you get better quality.

Seasonic X-Series 850W $169
Seasonic Platinum-860 $189
Corsair AX860 $179
Corsair HX850 $149 ( although there seems to be a bunch of sale and rebate things currently on it, so after rebate price might be like $110 or something )

All of them come with a 7 year warranty instead of the 2 years of the cooler master unit, and all of them are better in every aspect.

Also grab a good cooler for the CPU for overclocking, closed loop liquid coolers such as the Corsair H100 are popular. And then there is the good and cheap Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO for entry level air cooling.
 
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