Building upgradable system in old box.

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Deividas Jablonskis

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my old systems mobo(asus m2a vm hdmi, 4gb ddr2,1tb hdd, asus en8600gt 256mb,400w psu) died.instead of fixing it i want to building new system temporary reusing hdd, gpu, psu. im limited on budget to £300-£330, but in time will have more money to invest into it. I will use system for programming and gaming.I am thinking about Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 + AMD FX8350 Black Edition 8 Core Processor + 1 stick of 8gb 1600 ram for now. in later time i will add ssd, psu, gpu, 3x8gb ram.

Questions: Is this way of building system fine? is ram speed good or should i go for faster ones? what brand ram would you recomend? Will old psu have enough power for now before upgrading gpu?
 
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I'd get 8320 with Sabertooth or ASRock 990fx Extreme 4. And I'd get 1866 1.5v cl9 ram eg GSkill Ares. I'd also get a Coolermaster Hyper 212 evo CPU cooler.

PSU needs to be good quality and capable of powering whatever GPU you decide on. It should be OK till you get a new GPU
 
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Deividas Jablonskis

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looking at the prices i am now thinking should i go with 2x4gb instead of 1x8gb and add 2x8gb instead of 3x8gb later? because im not sure that i will need that 32gb ram in near future, and dual chanel ram will work slightly better for time being?

also in the future should i look for nvidia gpu and try sli with my current slow gpu or will same price range radeon work better with my system?
 
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Deividas Jablonskis

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Thank you, for the answers. I ended up with Asus Sabertooth R2.0, AMD FX8350 Black Edition and 1xCrucial Ballistix 8GB 1866mhz. I am using a lot usb ports. external audio card, dj mixing controler, midi keyboard, graphics card has second monitor conected, and lately i noticed than when i plug something in to the same cable extension as the pc sometimes some of the usb peripherals stops working, some times it just hapens when i turn on light in the room on or of. i guess my 430w psu is having trouble? its old and some dodgy company. so now i am looking at some new case and psu. perfectly i would like to fit into £100. i do not look for anything with fancy leds. i want efficient quiet solution with enough space inside and options for upgrade in future. I also think about instaling water cooling in the future so that should be held in mind. what would be your solutions guys?
 
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