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No issues with compatibility except that your mobo might need to have the latest BIOS for that CPU to run. Purpose of the build? If for gaming, this one would perform much better for almost the same price:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card ($189.99 @...
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Computer Blackwidow

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Gpu are giving too much monies for mobo, just reduce that and get a good GPU. Here, take a look at this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($83.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($172.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS-I ID ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($21.00 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $581.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-18 04:38 EST-0500
Fitting of graphics card depends on graphics cards length. Height and width are fit in any case. In this case, the graphics card that I have chosen will be fit easily in your case as your case supports graphics card upto length 12.60" and that graphics card has 11.23" length, so it will fit easily. Best luck. :)
 
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No issues with compatibility except that your mobo might need to have the latest BIOS for that CPU to run. Purpose of the build? If for gaming, this one would perform much better for almost the same price:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($44.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 280 3GB TurboDuo Video Card ($189.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case ($33.24 @ Directron)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $647.06
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-18 04:41 EST-0500
 
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I'm confused I thought more GHz = faster processes & more cores = better?
And yes the purpose of the build is for gaming. MY max budget is 600$ with mail-in rebate options to 650$...
 
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More GHz means absolutely nothing. It is the CPU architecture that matters. Just think about it, a pentium 4 at 3GHz got released 10 years ago - and most CPUs have not moved far away from that frequency anyway. Still, any modern CPU at 3GHz, even if you disable all it's other cores and leave a single one, wipes the floor with old pentium. It does much more work per single cycle.

Intel's CPUs are better for gaming than AMD's for the simple reason - they have better single thread performance (performance per core). And core i5 is the best there is for gaming at the moment. There are faster CPUs out there, but having more than 4 cores is useless in most games - they simply prefer fast cores to their sheer number.

I'm not saying that AMD is a bad solution - it will work and it will do the job just fine. Heck, for rendering tasks FX8xxx can even be better. But if you need gaming performance, go fir intel.
 
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Sorry for super late reply a new semester just started and kinda busy but theres a deal on this i5 & this mobo combo for 279 & on the case .... I was wondering if i cud get the budget down to 600$ cap, the deal says 50$ off Thanks for your patience and help ><
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kN9xP6
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($200.00)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($25.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.00)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Enermax ECA3290A-G ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.00)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($48.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($18.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $680.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-23 18:02 EST-0500
 
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If you overclock the R9 270 by 100-150MHz and you basically got the r9 270x. And yes, if you are on really tight budget then See Hyper TX3. It is more cheaper than that and it gives almost same performance that of Hyper 212 evo, only difference is that Hyper 212 evo contains 4 heatpipes and Hyper TX3 contains 3.
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