Building my first gaming PC, are my selections compatible?

John Cantrell

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I'm completely new with building my own computer. I've been researching parts here and there, getting advice from friends who've built theirs. I'm looking to make a computer that will run high to ultra settings for most games. Here is a list of all the parts, feel free to recommend me anything that would do better for my buck. My price so far seems to be around a $900 / $1000 budget. I have an 8GB DDR3 SDRAM, 1TB SATA III 7200RPM hard drive, and optical drive that I plan to use with this.

Case.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146090

Motherboard.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131877

Processor and cooler.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113285

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=35-200-071

Graphics Card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161440

Power Supply.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817116030

I'd greatly appreciate the help figuring out if these are all compatible.

Additional information.
I'm most likely going to use Windows 7, I've heard Windows 8 doesn't do that ell with gaming. Any suggestion on the two of those would be lovely aswell.
 
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Everything but the PSU and cooler.

Change the PSU to a 650-750w unit form XFX. Better quality for less money.

Change the Cooler to a Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo. MUCH better cooler for like $4 more.

I would use win8.1. It is significantly faster than 7. I have had ZERO issues with it for gaming.
Everything but the PSU and cooler.

Change the PSU to a 650-750w unit form XFX. Better quality for less money.

Change the Cooler to a Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo. MUCH better cooler for like $4 more.

I would use win8.1. It is significantly faster than 7. I have had ZERO issues with it for gaming.
 
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