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Need help in building a new gaming rig

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September 4, 2014 10:54:48 PM

i am buying a new gaming rig and i have decided the graphic card to be
Asus AMD/ATI R7 260X Direct CUII 2GB DDR5 Graphics Card
i want to buy a motherboard that can handle this graphic card
my current motherboard is Gigabyte G31M-ES2C
is this mother board ok?
is this wont work my 1 st preference would be Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1 Motherboard
and my budget for motherboard is $50
i am also planning to buy fx4300 and croasair 4 gb ram
please also see if motherboard and the ram are compatible with the processor.
my current psu is 450W.
thank you

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September 4, 2014 11:17:21 PM

ga-h61m is a intel motherboard the cpu you have is an amd cpu.
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FxpWBm
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FxpWBm/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PERFORMANCE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $134.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-05 02:16 EDT-0400
for new low cost gaming system look at the g3258 and h97 mb if you need more power you can swap in an i3 or i5 latter.
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September 4, 2014 11:18:32 PM

No.. Your mother board won't work. You need to buy a new one. Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1 would work but I would personally prefer ASROCK 970 EX3.
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September 4, 2014 11:19:58 PM

Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1 would not work with your AMD FX-4300 processor. So go for ASROCK 970EX. Its a tested one and will cost around $60.
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September 4, 2014 11:33:39 PM

Is asrock 960gc gs fx ok. Can it support the ram the motherboard and the graphic card.
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