Building my first computer

[zion26]

Hi all,

I am building my very first computer and have everything picked out but wanted to run the parts selection by you to make sure I am on the right track. budget $1000 plus or minus $300 (i'm flexible in my budget) and am wanting a good gaming PC.

Case:RAIDMAX Agusta ATX-605BT Black / Titanium Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Processor:AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8350FRHKBOX

CPU Cooler:Thermaltake CLP0596 130mm Frio Advanced CPU Cooler

Motherboard:ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

GPU:XFX Double D FX-797A-TDBC Radeon HD 7970 Black Edition 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support

PSU:SILVERSTONE Strider Essential series ST70F-ES 700W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC

RAM:G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL



Thanks for taking a look!

 

[alvine]

raidmax cases are crap but if you like the looks of it then go for it
you forgot to add hard drive, optical drive, windows 7 or 8 oem 64 bit

 

[michxymi]

ASRock MB-970EX4 Socket AM3+/ AMD 970/ AMD Quad CrossFireX& nVidia SLI/ SATA3&USB3.0/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard

AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core Processor Black Edition AM3+ FD8320FRHKBOX

Patriot Memory Viper 3 Series Venom Red DDR3 8GB 1866MHz (PC3 15000) Memory Kit PV38G186C9KRD

COUGAR Solution Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with 12cm COUGAR TURBINE HYPER-SPIN Bearing Silent Fan and USB 3.0

LEPA N Series N500-SA 500W ATX12V Power Supply

Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G

Samsung 840 Series 2.5 inch 120GB SATA III internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7TD120BW

Some more value choices to keep the cost down without losing perfomance

 

[alvine]

7970 with 500watts?

 

[michxymi]

7970 with 500watts?

It's more than enough, if you have a good PSU Unit...the one I choose is made by Enermax no2 PSU manufacturer in the world and it's 80+ Bronze!

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7970-ghz-edition-review-benchmark,3232-18.html

http://www.pcworld.com/article/258168/amd_radeon_hd_7970_ghz_edition_review.html

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5261/amd-radeon-hd-7970-review/27