Are my parts compatible?

[grenad3]

I'm done selecting parts for my gaming build; I just need to know if the parts are compatible and if everything will fit. If anyone can recommend me a better motherboard that would be great, with Crossfire, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0 Gb/s.

Also, what's the highest clock speed I can overclock the 955 to with the stock cooler?




CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Quad Core Processor 3.2GHZ AM3 8MB Cache 125W Retail Box


Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 775MHZ 1GB 4.0GHZ GDDR5 2XDVI DisplayPort HDMI PCI-E Video Card


PSU: XFX 650W XXX Edition Single Rail Modular ATX Power Supply ATX12V 52A 24PIN 80PLUS Bronze


HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA2 3.5IN 8.5MS 7200RPM 16MB Hard Drive OEM *3YR MFR Warranty*


RAM: G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL Ripjaws PC3-12800 4GB 2X2GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Core i5 1.5V Memory Kit


Optical Drive: Samsung SH-S243D/BEBE 24X Black DVD Writer SATA OEM


Case: Antec Three Hundred Mini Tower Gaming Case 300 ATX 3X5.25 6X3.5INT No PS Front USB & Audio


MoBo: ASUS M4A87TD Evo AM3 DDR3 ATX AMD 870 SB850 2PCI-E16 PCI-E1 3PCI 6SATA 6GB/S USB3.0 Motherboard

 

[Timop]

With that 870 you'll get horrible CF scaling, X4 kills performance.

Heres a better board: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157198&cm_re=ASRock_extreme3-_-13-157-198-_-Product

Other than that its a solid build, may want to switch to a HAF912 but thats more of a personal prefrence.

 

[Atotalnoob]

They are compatible

+1 to what Timop said, except for the 6870 thing....

 

[Timop]

They are compatible

+1 to what Timop said, except for the 6870 thing....

I meant the "standard" 870 chipsets. lol

 

[knotknut]

This HDD goes with your board SATA3 6GB/S

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=52888&vpn=WD6402AAEX&manufacture=Western%20Digital%20WD

This is a better board

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128435

 

[Timop]

This HDD goes with your board SATA3 6GB/S

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=52888&vpn=WD6402AAEX&manufacture=Western%20Digital%20WD

Nope. this is just wasting 30 bucks. SATA 6 is only worthwhile for SSDs down the road.
Even the fastest SATA HDD, the Raptor, barely saturates the avaliable bandwidth of SATA1 (150Mbs)

 

[grenad3]

Are there any other motherboards, I'm trying to get all my parts from NCIX because I live near one.

 

[grenad3]

edit.

 

[Timop]

Youll have to spend a little more then: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=51021&vpn=GA%2D890GPA%2DUD3H&manufacture=Gigabyte

 

[Timop]

Oh sorry since it seems like i forgot answer one of your questions.

With the stock cooler and simply raising the Multi, ~3.6Ghz would be a conservative limit, though with some voltage tweaking, decent airflow and low ambients, you should be able to hit 4Ghz. However, Im not sure if the version NCIX sells is a C3 or not, if its a C2, then 3.8Ghz more or less.

 

[grenad3]

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