First build, need your expertise.

[Bjrn2012]

This is my first build and I'm on a tight budget, but I would like some help figuring out if these parts are compatible and if I should downgrade somewhere to upgrade elsewhere, hope you'll help me

Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271&Tpk=ASRock%20Z68%20Extreme3%20Gen3

CPU: Intel Core i3 2120 Sandy Bridge
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115077

Graphic card: MSI GeForce GTX 560 (prefer this over Radeon HD 6870)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127592

Memory: Kingston 4GB DDR3 1600MHz HyperX Blu
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=894284&CatId=4534

Power Supply: Corsair Builder Series CX500 V2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027

Case: COOLER MASTER Elite 430
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119227&Tpk=RC-430-KWN1

Optical Drive: Lite-On IHAS124-19
http://www.amazon.co.uk/LiteOn-IHAS124-19B-Internal-Software-Included/dp/B0026N4U9Q

Thank you!

 

[aRodr1guez]

What's your budget? I notice you don't have an OS or a HDD listed.

 

[Bjrn2012]

I have windows 7 and an old HDD already, don't need those at the moment, going to upgrade later though.

All the stuff here is about 600 dollar, I can't go much higher than that I'm afraid, I like in Denmark so I have to pay like 100 $ on top of the 600 for taxes when buying them in Denmark.

 

[Bjrn2012]

What's your budget? I notice you don't have an OS or a HDD listed.

Live, oops.

 

[destroyer432]

Everything looks like it checks out to me for $600. The motherboard that you picked is supposed to be good, I will be using it in an upcoming build of mine. Overall it looks good to me but I'm not an expert.

 

[aRodr1guez]

I should of asked before but what's this build going to be used for? Maybe you can drop down to this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116399

 

[Bjrn2012]

I should of asked before but what's this build going to be used for? Maybe you can drop down to this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116399

Oh, sorry. Forgot to mention, it's for gaming. I saw an other build in here with a budget of 600$ where an Intel Core i3 2100 Sandy Bridge was used, I just upgraded to the 2120 because I found room for it in my budget.

Also, it is ranked pretty high here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-overclocking,3077-5.html

 

[Bjrn2012]

Everything looks like it checks out to me for $600. The motherboard that you picked is supposed to be good, I will be using it in an upcoming build of mine. Overall it looks good to me but I'm not an expert.

I picked that motherboard for future upgrades, wanna upgrade to the Intel Core i5 2500K Sandy Bridge later

 

[aRodr1guez]

I picked that motherboard for future upgrades, wanna upgrade to the Intel Core i5 2500K Sandy Bridge later

Don't get me wrong the i3 is perfect and the better choice but considering that you plan on upgrading to the i5 down the road I was just suggesting to save money. At amazon the G860 is going for $93:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LLBBSS/ref=asc_df_B005LLBBSS1935678?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=pg-408-34-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395097&creativeASIN=B005LLBBSS

 

[aRodr1guez]

BTW if your worried about how well the G860 performs in game don't. It out performs AMDs triple core processor when it comes to gaming.

 

[Bjrn2012]

BTW if your worried about how well the G860 performs in game don't. It out performs AMDs triple core processor when it comes to gaming.

That's a very good point and I looked it up, people are saying some very good things, I will certainly consider it, but are you able to tell me if all of these parts should fit together, even if I choose the G860?

 

[aRodr1guez]

That's a very good point and I looked it up, people are saying some very good things, I will certainly consider it, but are you able to tell me if all of these parts should fit together, even if I choose the G860?

Definitely. Everything is a perfect match you won't run into any issues.

 

[pacioli]

The G860 will work just fine.

At the moment memory is very inexpensive. I'd pay $10-15 more for 8 gb of DDR3 Ram over 4 Gb. It is not that the performance is a big bump it is just it is such an inexpensive upgrade for a small bump in performance and further future proofs your system. That is a good thing. Some people will will pay hundreds of dollars for a tiny increase in performance. This increase is a $10 investment.

check this out
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220558
$ 40.49 after using promo code Pmarch10 at checkout
Plus a $10 MIR
$30.49

Plus when you add it to your cart you'll see it comes with a free 8 GB Micro SD card

So it costs $0.50 more than that 4 gb and you get twice the RAM and a free micro SD card...

 

[Bjrn2012]

Definitely. Everything is a perfect match you won't run into any issues.

Thank you very much for all your help

 

[aRodr1guez]

Thank you very much for all your help

No problem. And yea i think you should look into getting 8GB of RAM instead of the 4GB it won't cost that much more and since your saving money going with the G860 you got nothing to lose. When your done don't forget to close this thread. Good luck.