Im new to building computers, any help is welcome.

Dr_7inch

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Will this work and what needs to be upgraded. I want to be able to run games like DayZ on high resolution and also use it for school.

Case: NZXT Switch 810
MB: Asus F2A85- V Pro
Processor: AMD A10-5600K QuadCore
Memory: Corsair DDR3 8gb 1333mhz
Memory cooling: Blue Kingston hyper X
Hard Drive: 1TB Caviar Blue
Gfx card: Saphire AMD Radeon 6450 1gb
Power supply: Corsair Tx750
Opperating system: Windows 7 home premium
And some additional 140mm fans
 

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I want to spend around $850-$900 (already have the case). I plan on buying 1 or 2 items every paycheck seeing as i dont get paid much lol. Thank you for replying :)
 
Last questions:

1. Do you plan to overclock?
2. Do you plan to SLI / CrossFire?
3. Do you need an OS included in that budget?
4. Any other peripherals included in that budget? Wifi card? keyboard? mouse? monitors?
 

Dr_7inch

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Do i need to OC if i want to use CrossFire? I dont know how to OC thats why Im asking. I will need an OS, but thats something that I can buy separate from my budget. And I would like a good wifi card.
 
$35 over but I included the OS so it should even things out a little.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($183.56 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LK ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.20 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($289.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($44.91 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.95 @ Amazon)
Total: $934.56
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
 

Dr_7inch

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Thank you for the list! :) This is stupid of me, i thought crossfire was for dual monitors -__- haha. What exactly is crossfire and SLI and is there a difference?
 
Just branding. CrossFireX (originally known as CrossFire) is a multi-GPU setup by AMD. We still call it CrossFire though. SLI (aka Scalable Link Interface) is a multi-GPU setup by NVIDIA.

Though, CrossFire is currently broken so SLI is more recommended right now.
 

Dr_7inch

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I have no idea how to do that on an iphone lol. CrossFire is broken? Does that mean that the video card/gfx card on the list isnt worth it?
 
CrossFire has issues with some games. They're fixing this issue, I hope. So unless you plan to CrossFire tomorrow, I wouldn't worry about it. A single 7950 can already play every game at very good fps.