Compatibility and General Advice

[stexel]

Hey just looking for general advice and whether or not the items in my build are compatible. I've never built a computer, but need a new one for a game, and for general use. I'm trying to save as much money as possible. I'm at $478 with shipping right now, and that's without windows or a monitor. Thanks for looking!!

Approximate Purchase Date: Today or Tomorrow

Budget Range: 500 (with shipping, without monitor, windows, mouse, keyboard)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Internet, general use

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg

Country: USA

Overclocking: ?
SLI or Crossfire: ?

Current Shopping Cart in Newegg.com:

Rosewill FBM-01 Dual Fans MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case

BIOSTAR N68S3+ AM3 NVIDIA MCP68S Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

PowerColor AX6850 1GBD5-DH Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W Continuous @40°C,80 PLUS Certified, Single 12V Rail, Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7,i5" Power Supply

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL

AMD Athlon II X3 450 Rana 3.2GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Desktop Processor ADX450WFGMBOX

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner SATA Model SH-222BB/BEBE - OEM

(combo saves $13)

Your advice is much appreciated!
Thanks
-newbie

 

[azeem40]

Overclocking is running the CPU speeds higher than stock. SLI/Crossfire is running more than one NVIDIA/AMD GPU.

 

[smorizio]

the memory is not on the my qal list or on gskill list of tested mb. i take a look at the mb qal list and see if there any ram on new egg web page. also if you have a local micro center there under pricing new egg and tiger direct right now.

 

[azeem40]

It will run just fine.

 

[stexel]

It will run just fine.

Awesome. Thank you for answering my compatibility question. Would you advise changing anything about that build? Any thoughts on it? I don't need a high-power computer or anything, but I do want it to last me for several years. I'm not playing any hardcore games or anything either....

 

[azeem40]

It will last. Nothing to change.

 

[stexel]

Anybody else out there want to throw out some advice before I take the plunge?