Will these components work together?

[cnel92]

I'm wanting to build a nice gaming PC, but have never bought computer parts before, and am not real sure if they are compatible. Here is a list of the parts I've been looking at:

RAIDMAX SMILODON Extreme Black ATX-612WEB 1.0mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Foldout MB Computer Cas

ASUS M5A88-V EVO AM3+ AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

CORSAIR Professional Series HX750 (CMPSU-750HX) 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW

16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM

Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

ASUS EAH6950 DCII/2DI4S/1GD5 - AMD Radeon HD 6950 - GDDR5 1 GB Video Card

Are all these parts compatible with each other? I plan on waiting for the new AMD bulldozer processor. And also, are there are any better choices that are cheaper? Thanks in advance!

 

[rolli59]

It should all work together when you select (stop waiting for) your CPU! Prices may change in the time period we have to wait for the bulldozer!

 

[geofelt]

Do you have any idea when bulldozer will arrive, it's clock speed, it's efficiency per clock. nomber of threads, or it's price?
I have seen no leaked benchmarks yet. It looks like amd is having problems with performance, and launch will be delayed.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20110601180002_AMD_Confirms_Delay_of_FX_Series_Bulldozer_Microprocessors.html

Selecting parts is way premature, and not a great idea, since the economics will change from month to month.

The 6950 graphics card will be very happy with a sandy bridge such as a 2100, let alone a 2500K.

 

[kajabla]

That PSU is way overpowered for one 6950. A 600W would be fine.