Is my Build good so far?

butterfingers · Dec 18, 2011

Hey, this is my first time building a computer so I'm not sure if all the parts would work together correctly and would like so advices. Not trying to build a high end gaming computer as you can see since my budget is low, and I'm buying them locally so this is the store I'm going to with the parts. (NCIX).

MOTHERBOARD - Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 AMD970 ATX AM3+ DDR3 2PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 2PCI RAID SATA3 USB3.0 Motherboard
http://www.ncix.ca/products/?sku=62402&vpn=GA-970A-UD3&manufacture=Gigabyte

CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Quad Core Processor 3.2GHZ AM3 8MB Cache 125W Retail Box
http://www.ncix.ca/products/?sku=47459&vpn=HDZ955FBGMBOX&manufacture=AMD&promoid=1314

PSU - Antec High Current Gamer 520W 40A 24PIN ATX12V V2.3 Active PFC 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply 135mm Fan
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=56787&vpn=HCG-520&manufacture=Antec&promoid=1314

GRAPHICS CARD - XFX Radeon HD 6850 Fansink 775MHZ 1GB 4.0GHZ GDDR5 2xDVI Display Port HDMI PCI-E Video Card
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=63985&vpn=HD685XZCFC&manufacture=XFX&promoid=1314

RAM - Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Vengeance 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Dual Channel Memory Kit
http://www.ncix.ca/products/?sku=57078&vpn=CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9&manufacture=Corsair

Thanks for the advices and greatly appreciated!!!!

drunkducki · Dec 19, 2011

looks good but the ram is kinda tall. you might want to consider something shorter if you got a big heatsink

http://www.ncix.ca/products/?sku=57953&vpn=F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL&manufacture=G%2ESkill

butterfingers · Dec 19, 2011

drunkducki :

I'm planning on getting the CM Hyper 212 Plus heat sink. You think the veangeance will fit?

drunkducki · Dec 19, 2011