Final Check for compatability and/or advice!!

santaclaws490

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Processor (CPU)
Intel Core i5 2500 Quad (4 Thread) 3.3 - 3.7GHz - Socket 1155, 6MB Cache Boxed Processor (Sandy Bridge - 32nm) Limited Overclock

Motherboard
Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 Intel Core i7/i5/i3 | S1155/Intel Z68 Chipset | DDR3 1066-2133Mhz | Dual-GPU AMD CrossFireX/NVidia SLI | GB LAN | 7.1 HD Audio | RAID | 4x USB 3.0 | OC!

Memory (RAM)
2X2GB Kingston PC3-10666 DDR3 (1333MHz) 4GB Dual Channel Kit - KVR1333D3N9K2/4G

Case / Chassis
Cooler Master HAF 912 Silent Airflow Full ATX Chassis - Black

Power Supply
PC Power & Cooling Silencer Mk II 650w Power Supply

CPU Cooler
Intel Retail Boxed CPU Cooler

Hard Drive
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB (7200) SATA 6Gb/s, 64MB Cache

CD Reader (CDROM/DVD)
LG GH24NS70 Super Multi DVD Writer | 24x DVD±RW/RAM | SATA | Black

Video Card (GPU)
Sapphire Radeon HD6950 800MHz Core | 2GB 5000MHz GDDR5 | PCI-E | DX11 | 2 DVI | HDMI | 2x Display Port | ATI Eyefinity | 2 DVI, 1 HDMI, 2 Mini DisplayPort | Dolby TrueHD And DTS-HD Master Audio™ - Retail

Thanks for checking this out, as I am a FIRST time builder and this is all very new to me - I want to be 100% sure it is all fully compatible. For the record I will not be over clocking now and most likely not in the future.
 

chillin15

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Please get the Sapphire 6950 Dirt 3 edition and not the original Sapphire 6950.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102945&Tpk=sapphire%206950%20dirt%203

The cooling and low noise on that gpu is only rivaled by the twin frozr and asus direct cu ii coolers.

Instead of the WD Caviar Black, get the samsung spinpoint f3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185&Tpk=samsung%20spinpoint%20f3

As for the PSU - that PSU got really good reviews but one review said it was pretty loud.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/1084

If that is not a problem for you then that is okay.


 

santaclaws490

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Thanks for the advice - will change the GPU to the dirt 3 version. Unfortunately from the site I am ordering parts from they do not have the Samsung, is it that much better/cheaper that it is worth ordering separately? And I am not to bothered about noise tbh, my music will probably fizzle it out :)