First time building PC - I need your advices :)

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thienan

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I'm planning to build my first PC, I had some experience with putting the parts together. Picking all the parts is quite a challenge for me though.
Here's the parts that I've pick so far
My budget is $800 and I have few WD hard drives so I don't think I would get a new one.
I'm having a little trouble picking the motherboard, any advice or suggestion would be greatly appreciated :)
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Fractal Design Define R4 with Window Titanium Grey Silent ATX Mid Tower Case
MSI N660 TF 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 660 2GB
CORSAIR CX series CX500 500W
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155
Intel Core i5-4670K
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus.
thank you for your time and attention.

UPDATE:
I'll going with the ASUS Z87-PLUS and G.SKILL Sniper 8GB. It goes over my budget a little bit but I guess that's ok.
 
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thienan

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So basically I just need to change my motherboard right ? I'm thinking to change my motherboard to ASUS Z87-PLUS. What do you guys think about the other parts in my build. Do I need to change anything else ?
 
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IS that RAM 1 x 8GB, or 2 x 4GB?
 
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Is it hotter than the 660 ? Since newegg has a couple promo codes today, I've picked some parts and it fits my budget perfectly :)

I'm changing it to the G.SKILL Sniper 8GB.

 
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So this is my final build :) plus the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus on Amazon since they were out of these on Newegg. I'm opening for more suggestions or advice if you want to help.
 
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Are you sure your ready to drop $800 on a new build? I usually recommend that new builders put together a cheapie machine before moving on to the big build. The fact that you couldn't keep the sockets straight makes me wonder how many other important nuances you don't yet understand. Most of the "my new build won't work" post are new builders who just weren't ready.

Better to make the newbie mistakes on cheap or used parts than the full build.
 
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So did mine. But didn't have to be told I was about to purchase the wrong socket either. I suspect neither did you. And regardless of our own personal experience, it is an empirical fact across almost every skill and discipline that the less experienced you are, the greater the likelihood of significant errors. He isn't ready. He needs to study and prepare a whole lot more unless $800 is pocket change.

Not saying it won't work. It might. I have seen new builders stumble and bumble their way to a working machine. I have also seen them ruin hundreds of dollars worth of parts. My advice has always been, and will continue to be, build something cheap first. Even if you just disassemble and reassemble an older machine. There is no substitute for doing.
 
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