Build question for FX 8120

[a sandwhich]

Building a computer that will be used mostly for gaming, 3d modeling, CAD, rendering, and various other relatively cpu intensive processes. I already know I am going with the 8120, so it is going to be amd. Here's the parts I am considering. I plan to add in another 6950 later.

Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX
ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional AM3+
SAPPHIRE 100312-3sr Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit
CORSAIR Professional Series HX750 (CMPSU-750HX)
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB 240 Pin DDR3 SDRAM
AMD FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz Socket AM3+

All of these parts are coming from newegg. Are there any noticeable compatibility problems or issues? Will these function together optimally?

 

[Mousemonkey]

This topic has been moved from the section CPU & Components to section Systems by Mousemonkey

 

[saint19]

What speed is that RAM?, looks solid for me and the GPU is very good, why not look from the green side?

 

[Outlander_04]

Unless your case is small then I would avoid paying extra for the modular psu

RAM must be 1.5 volt or less

 

[Cazalan]

Better get a 1000W PSU if you want to Crossfire with a Zambezi.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

i would spend less on the motherboard and more on the vid card. get the 6970 and get the slightly lower end extreme 4 asrock board. Im also confused about the small hard drive, the 1gb version is only a few $$ more.

 

[a sandwhich]

RAM speed is DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800). It is right at 1.5 volts, is that bad? I figured that was normal, why should it be 1.5 or less? I ran the build through a psu calculator and it reported a minimum 520 watts, a recommended 600. As for the hard drive, I am carrying over quite a few hard drives from my previous build, and I don't really need the extra .5 tB.

 

[farsuka]

Looks like they will function together, other than getting a larger PSU if you are actually going to xfire.

 

[etk]

I think 1.65V RAM is OK for bulldozer.

 

[a sandwhich]

Even though the ram I plan to use is not listed on asrocks page, am I still able to use it? Or is it just that it wouldn't have immediate 100% support built in to the bios.

 

[morgoth780]

why do you want a bulldozer processor? you would probably be much better off wiht an i5 or i7

 

[rakesh12117]

Building a computer that will be used mostly for gaming, 3d modeling, CAD, rendering, and various other relatively cpu intensive processes. I already know I am going with the 8120, so it is going to be amd. Here's the parts I am considering. I plan to add in another 6950 later.

Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX
ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional AM3+
SAPPHIRE 100312-3sr Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit
CORSAIR Professional Series HX750 (CMPSU-750HX)
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB 240 Pin DDR3 SDRAM
AMD FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz Socket AM3+

All of these parts are coming from newegg. Are there any noticeable compatibility problems or issues? Will these function together optimally?

Considering the current scenario of gaming world where none of the games are capable of using more than 4 cores, an i5 2500k would be a better choice over 8120.
But i feel, in long term gaming perhaps a 8150 or i7 2600 is more reliable. Future games would definitely use more than 4 cores and at that time the advantage of having more than 4 cores will come into play. So it depends on your future plan.

 

[morgoth780]

Considering the current scenario of gaming world where none of the games are capable of using more than 4 cores, an i5 2500k would be a better choice over 8120.
But i feel, in long term gaming perhaps a 8150 or i7 2600 is more reliable. Future games would definitely use more than 4 cores and at that time the advantage of having more than 4 cores will come into play. So it depends on your future plan.

but by the time games use that many cores, the 8150 and i7 will be extremely slow

 

[a sandwhich]

I already have the 8120, and it will be used more for applications that require the 8 cores than for gaming.

 

[a sandwhich]

So it is guaranteed that these parts will work together fine?

 

[morgoth780]

So it is guaranteed that these parts will work together fine?

it's not guaranteed. with a computer you can't really guarantee, cause you could have a defective motherboard, which will shortcircuit and then destroy the rest of your computer.

But yes, it should work fine.

 

[a sandwhich]

Ok thank you.

 

[saint19]

I can tell you that you can install all those parts and have 50% possibilities of work and 50% of fail, but that fail if for defective component (usually mobo or RAM) and not for incompatible hardware.

For AMD the RAM voltage isn't important, with 1.65V is ok at 1600MHz+