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December 23, 2013 2:51:33 PM

This is my first time building a PC so I'm a bit paranoid about stuff not working or not being compatible. I have a fairly tight budget of $1200 so I'm trying to get the maximum performance out of this. Note that the parts do not take into account the monitor or any other external equipment.

i7 4770k and Asus Z87A Motherboard Package ($419.99)
EVGA GTX 760 2GB ($249.99)
ThermalTake TR-600 ($29.99)
Patriot Viper Xtreme (2x4GB) RAM ($44.99)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO ($33.24)
NZXT Phantom 530 Case ($109.99)
Kingston V300 120GB SSD ($79.99)

Total: $968.18

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December 23, 2013 2:55:51 PM

This computer will be awesome but all you need is a second harddrive (HDD). You will not be able to survive with only 120GB of space. All your hardware is compatible.
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December 23, 2013 2:57:52 PM

Yep, everything is compatible, and it looks like a solid build. The only issue I really noticed (other than 120GB is not very much space) is the Power Supply, which is not a very high quality one. It should be fine for everything, but it's usually a good idea to get a good quality one. Something like Corsair or SeaSonic.
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December 23, 2013 3:00:06 PM

itzdanielp said:
Yep, everything is compatible, and it looks like a solid build. The only issue I really noticed (other than 120GB is not very much space) is the Power Supply, which is not a very high quality one. It should be fine for everything, but it's usually a good idea to get a good quality one. Something like Corsair or SeaSonic.

To add to this, I'd recommend having a Bronze-Silver certification on your PSU just to be safe. You don't want your new rig to blow up :p 
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December 23, 2013 3:07:45 PM

Koodoo said:
itzdanielp said:
Yep, everything is compatible, and it looks like a solid build. The only issue I really noticed (other than 120GB is not very much space) is the Power Supply, which is not a very high quality one. It should be fine for everything, but it's usually a good idea to get a good quality one. Something like Corsair or SeaSonic.

To add to this, I'd recommend having a Bronze-Silver certification on your PSU just to be safe. You don't want your new rig to blow up :p 


The Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum certification doesn't really have anything to do with whether a PSU is going to blow up or not. That is the efficiency rating on the PSU, ie if you have a 1000w gold PSU, then the PSU will convert at least 90% or 900W to usable energy for the computer.

However, a higher standard PSU will generally have higher quality parts, and be better built.
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