Is this build compatible and will it run decently?

[Freekillpoint]

Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-03 Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case - 59.99

MSI 970A-G46 AM3+ AMD 970 + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS - 79.99

AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor - 159.99


Rosewill Stallion Series RD600 600W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply - 54.99


G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR - 83.99


XFX Double D R9-270X-CDFC Radeon R9 270X 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - 199.99

I have a hard drive already that I'm going to use but would like to pick up a SSD to add to the system. Is there anything I can do to reduce costs without losing performance? Is this build going to do ok? Any advice would be appreciated as most of these items are on sale for Memorial Day. Thank you.

 

[Suztera]

Get this motherboard. The one you chosen is not good with FX 8350 cpu. It doesn't have enough power phases to keep the cpu from throttling.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970aud3p

 

[jaraldo]

A good site to use is http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/ It is pretty accurate in tell you if things are compatible or not.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AgN1D79Joo7tdE9xMUFlMEVWeFhuckJEVF9aMmtpUFE&gid=0
If you look at your Motherboard, it won't handle the 8350 well at all.

A board like this would be better
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128651
The more phase count/VRM a board has, the less chance it has to overheat/throttle.

If you are looking to reduce cost, I'm assume you are on a limited budget and you should just get a 1TB HDD.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339

If you only want to Overclock, you might want a 550w PSU. If you want Dual GPUs you would need a 750w minimum.

I'll assume you won't overclock or have 2 GPU, so I would recommend this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438012

 

[Freekillpoint]

Is there something else I should be looking at as far as the GPU goes that would be in the same ballpark as the XFX Double D R9-270X-CDFC Radeon R9 270X 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card?

 

[jaraldo]

The r9-270x is slightly better than the 7850.
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-270X-vs-Radeon-HD-7850

Both are good cards, I hear the r9-270x have inflated prices because of this bit-mining craze though. (at least from threads I see)
If you can find a 7850 for $30+ less than the 270x, I'd get the 7850 personally. But someone will come advise the r9-270x soon no matter the price difference anyways

 

[Freekillpoint]

I can pick up a powercolor radeon hd 7850 for 149.99 with a $30 mail in rebate. So $70 cheaper than the 270x after rebates. I don't know anything about powercolor though.

 

[jaraldo]

I got the powercolor 7770 for a budget build when it came out. Had free games and $30 rebate. Has worked fine for me the past 2 years.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/43924-is-powercolor%EF%BB%BF-a-reliable-brand-will-there-video-cards-last-long-if-taken-carefully/

 

[Freekillpoint]

Last for this build, is there a good alternative to the RAM that I selected? Is it worth looking at going 12 or 16 gigs versus the 8?

 

[jaraldo]

too be honest, 8gb will be fine, even if only 1600mhz. I don't have the chart/info handy, but with 8gb you will be more than good