Are there any problems with this build?

Aeraylia_

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I am building my computer and I just have some concerns and questions.

1. Will I be able hook my tower up to my monitor via HDMI?
2. I had the 7970 GHz Edition and now I am getting the EVGA GTX 980, is that a good one?
3. Should I get a blue or black hard drive?
4. IMPORTANT: How much wattage would this be using (on average) to run and during gaming?
5. Will it all fit in my case?
6. Would this all be compatible?
7. Lastly, I have an AMD CPU and a NVIDIA GPU and are those going to have any issues together? Please give me the details on this.

*Please answer all questions, if you can.*

Thank You. :)

Here are my specs:

Processor:
AMD FX-8350 Vishera
$200

GPU:
EVGA GTX 980 4GB GDDR5
$550

Keyboard:
Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Stealth
$130

Mouse:
Razer Taipan
$80

Case:
Corsair Carbide Series 200R Black Computer Case
$60

Cooling:
CORSAIR Hydro Series H60 (CWCH60) High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
$85

SSD:
SAMSUNG 840 Series MZ-7TD120BW 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive (120GB)
$100

Hard drive:
Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
$100

DVD:
LITE-ON Black SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDS118-04
$20

Compound:
Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound AS5-3.5G - OEM
$12

RAM:
A-Data XPG V2 16GB (2 x 8GB). DDR3 2400 Kit
$150

Speakers:
Logitech Budget Gaming Speakers.
$60

Monitor:
Asus VS238H-P Black 23" 2ms
$150

Mouse Pad:
Guild Wars 2 Eir Edition
$20

Power Supply:
EVGA SuperNova NEX 750G 80
$90

Motherboard:
MSI 990FXA-GD80 V2
$170
 
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1.- Yeah you should be able assuming you have the cables for it.

2.- Yes, it is a nice improvement from your HD7970

3.- I used them both, one can't really tell the difference.

4.- During gaming should be somewhere around 550w or more if the GPU gets taxed, on idle might go as low as 200's (hard to tell exact numbers).

5.- You'll have to see the measures of your case and see if it can handle your items (usually GPU length and CPU cooler height are the only ones that could be a problem).

6.- Yes they are, might wanna check if your mobo support that CPU without the need of a BIOS flash (you should get that info in it's website under mobo specs->Support->supported CPU list)

7.- There's no problem at all mixing AMD/Intel CPU with...
1.- Yeah you should be able assuming you have the cables for it.

2.- Yes, it is a nice improvement from your HD7970

3.- I used them both, one can't really tell the difference.

4.- During gaming should be somewhere around 550w or more if the GPU gets taxed, on idle might go as low as 200's (hard to tell exact numbers).

5.- You'll have to see the measures of your case and see if it can handle your items (usually GPU length and CPU cooler height are the only ones that could be a problem).

6.- Yes they are, might wanna check if your mobo support that CPU without the need of a BIOS flash (you should get that info in it's website under mobo specs->Support->supported CPU list)

7.- There's no problem at all mixing AMD/Intel CPU with Nvidia/AMD GPU.


Having said that, the GTX980 is a powerful video card that might/will get bottlenecked with that CPU, you're also limiting yourself since when the time comes to get a more powerful CPU you'll be forced to switch to Intel, so if budget allows it consider to buy a Intel Haswell CPU + mobo, a i5-4670 (or even a i3-4330 if budget is a constraint) will give you the same if not better performance as the FX-8350 in games, and you'll have the chance to go with a bigger CPU later like the i7-4790k.
 
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