New build, newbie. Help?

[sekten]

This is my first time trying to build a computer. I have picked out the parts, and believe/hope they are all compatible without bottle necking anything. Max budget for me is $600.

So my question is, are all these parts compatible? and will they all work well together without bottle necking?

Case: RAIDMAX Typhoon ATX-312WS Black / Silver SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Power Supply: COOLER MASTER Elite 460 RS-460-PSAR-I3 460W ATX12V V2.31 Power Supply

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX

Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Memory (2 sets of these): Kingston HyperX Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 Desktop Memory Model KHX13C9B1RK2/8

Harddrive/SSD: OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

w/

Western Digital WD Blue WD2500AAKX 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - OEM

Graphics Card: MSI N430GT-MD2GD3/OC GeForce GT 430 (Fermi) 2GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card



Any advice, or tips are welcomed! Please, and thank you for the assistance! I'll be using it for some gaming, nothing extreme. I don't care if I can't run the graphics on the highest settings. I'm also a college student, and will be using different programs such as adobe photoshop, word, and some drafting.

 

[Outlander_04]

Links are helpful

But in general its unlikely you will need 16 gig of RAM . Maybe if you were running a full blown version of CS 5 or 6 , but otherwise 2 x4 gig is plenty

The extreme 4 is a great board , but its star feature is the ability to use two graphics cards in SLI or crossfire. You dont need that . So pay less for a single graphics card 9700 chipset mb

The CM power supply is junk . Use only 80+ bronze or better rated units . Anything with a small voltage switch on the back will not do .
A corsair CX 430 would be fine for your purposes


A radeon 7770 will give you basic gaming ability . So would a GTx 650 ti. The card you have listed will not game at all

You could also use some of the savings to upgrade the case . If its good quality then ou can use it for your next build as well

 

[sekten]

Awesome, thank you. I will apply links this time (sorry about that).

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157262

Memory (just one set now): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104333

Harddrive/SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171567
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136771

Updated:

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156078

Graphics Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161402

Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152040

With the updates my total came to about $605. I'm still looking into different motherboards and such, but for now that's the update.

 

[Outlander_04]

There is something not right with that RAIDMAX psu

A power supply can not meet the 80+ requirement unless it is 80+ efficient across the full power range AND it has a feature called "Active PFC "

 

[sekten]

Hmm, here is a different list of ones that I have looked at that will keep me within budget.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817342033

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094

So I looked up what an Active PFC is, and wouldn't that make things better? I'm not sure if I'm taking your last post correctly. Is it a good thing to have Active PFC, or a Passive PFC?

 

[sekten]

Here is another MB I was looking at.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130637

 

[stickmansam]

With your budget I would grab something like this

USB3 mb with USB 3 case and good power delivery section of the mb
Good price/perf 650ti
Nice corsair 430w psu, more than enough for your power needs, if you need more get the CX500 or CX600
I would just ditch the 250GB HDD until you can save up for the 500Gb or 1tb ones
You can grab a nicer case like the 200r for $10 more


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($92.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB Video Card ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill REDBONE U3 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $525.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-09 16:15 EST-0500)

Something that will push you budget to the max

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($92.99 @ Adorama)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card ($154.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $595.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-09 16:19 EST-0500)

I upgraded my build incrementally
I got the HDD and GPU first as they were on sale, then saved up to get the cpu and mb, then finally got the ram and PSU
This overall took about 4 months to purchase everything

So you can grab an HDD later before you fill up your SSD and grab a cooler to OC the FX6300 in the future if thats your thing

 

[sekten]

That's awesome, see I wanted the SSD because well it's better, and I don't ever use a bunch of things on my computer. I keep it clean, so like a 1T of memory would never be probably used. I can actually do about 600 right now. So I will look at your 2nd one. Say I play Diablo 3, you think it can do medium graphics just fine?

 

[stickmansam]

The 7850 should be able to handle 1080p high/ultra with plenty to spare, its not really an graphics heavy game

latest drivers

launch drivers from a while back

CPU perf is also pretty light in the game as you can see, the AMD and INtel chips are pretty much on par (FX6300 is faster than the 2500k)

 

[sekten]

That's exactly what I was looking for. I didn't really plan on playing you know "Crysis". So I think that build will work great. Thank you!

 

[stickmansam]

No problem

 

[sekten]

Is there anything else I'm forgetting? I feel like there is something missing that could do damage to the computer if I don't have it.

 

[stickmansam]

Everything should be there