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Ok, so my father and I are building a computer, and I feel as if I need help before I waste time or money on it. Here are the components.
Intel - Core i5-750 2.66GHz Quad-Core Processor
ARCTIC Alpine 11 Rev. 2 CPU Cooler
Asus - P7P55D-E LX ATX LGA1156 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB Kit (2x4GB) 1333MHz DDR3 CL9 DIMM
1TB Hard Drive
EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti SC GAMING Video Card
VIVO ATX Mid Tower Economy Computer Gaming PC Case
EVGA 700 B1, 80+ Bronze 700W Power Supply 100-B1-0700-K1
Windows 10
This all comes out to around $440 with what I have seen. Are these going to be incompatible?
If there is a replacement for a piece in this post, please link or tell me of it, but please be aware that I have a budget of $450-$475. Most items are new except for the CPU and the motherboard.
 
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Freezer Pros are absolutely terrible coolers. Stay away from Arctic Cooling all together - most of their products are absolute junk. Especially their low end CPU coolers, which I would use only as a paper weight. That is about all they are good for. The fans are cheap and the parts break easily. Not to mention it comes with thermal compound that's the equivalent of plaster.

You can definitely get a much better rig for an extra $100. There is no reason to buy a P55 system anymore, it's now several generations old and very outdated. A Pentium G4560 or Intel i3-6100 would be a better investment. Or alternately wait for the Ryzen APUs - we should start seeing details on those any day now. Either one would be a much wiser purchase than a...
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The parts are all compatible, but the Alpine 11 cooler isn't sufficient for cooling the 95W i5 processor in your build. For a cheap cooler, the Freezer 7 Pro should do a decent job, and it only costs $20.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134

The power supply is also much more powerful than the system will ever need, so you could use a smaller PSU to save some money. An Antec VP-450 will be enough, and it's a decent quality unit for the price (currently $31 after rebate).

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371045
 
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Freezer Pros are absolutely terrible coolers. Stay away from Arctic Cooling all together - most of their products are absolute junk. Especially their low end CPU coolers, which I would use only as a paper weight. That is about all they are good for. The fans are cheap and the parts break easily. Not to mention it comes with thermal compound that's the equivalent of plaster.

You can definitely get a much better rig for an extra $100. There is no reason to buy a P55 system anymore, it's now several generations old and very outdated. A Pentium G4560 or Intel i3-6100 would be a better investment. Or alternately wait for the Ryzen APUs - we should start seeing details on those any day now. Either one would be a much wiser purchase than a P55 system in 2017.
 
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I've personally had good luck with AC products, but I'm sure they've got a few that aren't worth the cost.
 
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$30 or less, don't bother. I've fried CPUs using Freezer coolers. At that point the Intel stock fan is a better use than a Freezer Pro.

I would do something like this and then you could add a GPU as you need it:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i3-7100 3.9GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.59 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($69.39 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($66.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.44 @ OutletPC)
Case: Cooler Master - N200 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.66 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $478.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-22 19:25 EDT-0400

Infinitely better purchase than a P55 system in 2017.
 
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