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LamarX

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Hello, I'm currently preparing to build my first gaming desktop and would appreciate any advice on the parts I'm using and any tips building the PC itself. If I posted this in the wrong section please let me know.

I have already bought a tower for my gaming pc: NZXT PHANTOM PHAN-001BK R

The parts I'm looking at buying for this gaming PC so far are:

Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Graphics Card: EVGA ACX Cooler 03G-P4-2784-KR GeForce GTX 780 Superclocked 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card

Processor: Intel Core i7-4820K Ivy Bridge-E 3.7GHz (Turbo 3.9GHz) LGA 2011 130W Desktop Processor BX80633i74820K

RAM: G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR

Hard Drive: Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive – OEM

Power Supply: APEVIA ATX-CW500WP4 500W ATX Power Supply

My main issue is that I can't seem to find out if these parts are even compatible, though I admit I didn't look on very many sites. I plan to use this to play games like Battlefield, Far Cry 3, Skyrim and both Fallouts with mods. Thank you in advance for any and all advice.
 
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yatys93

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seems ok, seeing as the incompatibility has been pointed out already the only thing is the power supply, cheap 1's will usually have a few buggy bits, my old 1 burnt out my gpu in a week, I'm not sure if its just a US only brand (UK based personally) and that's why i haven't heard of them, or if it is a cheap 1, personally I'd get something from corsair as I've only had good experiences with them, but the extra cost could save you from an expensive repair/replace bill if it goes wrong. The rest seems good, although if you want a fast system, get a small SSD and install windows on that
 
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Nuckles_56

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This build will do just fine and I have used as many of the parts above as possible

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($333.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.78 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($163.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($82.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($479.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black) ATX Full Tower Case ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1471.69
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-03 21:23 EDT-0400)

Or if you really like that processor

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4820K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($322.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.78 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($229.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($82.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($479.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black) ATX Full Tower Case ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1536.68
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-03 21:25 EDT-0400)
 
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yatys93

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the motherboard is a good 1 stick with it, and i7 is a great cpu, u need to find a LGA1155 or H2 connection i7, and maybe some arctic 5 thermal paste for a good heat sync, the cpu normally comes with paste but it tends to be cheap stuff
 
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Thanks yatys :D And definitely take your time putting it together as you really don't want to screw up, well good luck and happy gaming
 
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