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Hi, I'm a complete newbie at this pc building thing and after doing some research, I need some advice. I would prefer to get everything from Amazon.(I'm from Singapore)
(All prices in USD unless otherwise stated)
Budget: 700~750 USD
My build:
CPU: Intel Core i3-7100($114.98 from Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B250M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard($86.99 from Amazon)
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory($74.99 from Amazon)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive($92.98 from Amazon)+Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive($49.92 from Amazon)
GPU: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB SSC GAMING ACX 3.0 Video Card($169.99 from Amazon)
Case: Rosewill - STEALTH ATX Mid Tower Case($71.22 from Amazon)
PSU: EVGA - 550W ATX Power Supply($32.99 from Amazon)
Wireless Network Card: TP-Link - TL-WDN4800 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter($39.99 from Amazon)
P.S. If possible i would like to keep the GPU the same. Any help will be much appreciated.
 
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Shektron

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Get this instead, much better future-proofing than an i3:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($169.78 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SanDisk - Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.69 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB SSC GAMING ACX 3.0 Video Card ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair - 100R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $760.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-30 10:25 EDT-0400
 
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I know you wanted to keep the gpu, but an RX 470 will offer a massive performance gain, so I'd recommend it instead.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($71.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($68.71 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial - MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($92.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - RE4 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($41.85 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 470 8GB ARMOR OC Video Card ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake - Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($59.93 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - Archer T6E AC1300 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $735.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-09-30 10:31 EDT-0400
 
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Your build is very good.
I like I3-7100 as a mid range gamer; it is entirely appropriate with a GTX1050ti.

I recommend that you buy a 2 stick kit of ram for faster dual channel operation.
2 x 4gb if you want 8gb.
If you had thoughts that you might in the future upgrade to 16gb, do it now, up front.
Adding ram later is not guaranteed to work.
Ram is sold in kits for a reason.
A motherboard must manage all the ram using the same specs of voltage, cas and speed.
Ram from the same vendor and part number can be made up of differing manufacturing components over time.
That is why ram vendors will NOT support ram that is not bought in one kit.

 
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But would like getting an AMD motherboard and a Nvidia GPU screw things up?
 
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There is no problem using amd motherboard and nvidia graphics card, or, for that matter, using a intel motherboard and amd graphics card.
At any price point, you will get about the same performance from either amd or nvidia cards.
The market is very competitive.
If you play one game exclusively, look for benchmarks for that game.

Otherwise, most will buy amd/nvidia based on familiarity with the drivers.
Those suggesting one or the other will tout what they own.

Full disclosure... Me, personally, I am in the intel/nvidia/Samsung evo camp.
 
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I can't understand where people get this information from. AMD motherboards work with NVidia, Intel motherboards work with AMD - there are no issues in crossing brands with motherboard chipset and graphics card. Nothing will be screwed up.
 
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