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New to PC building Are these parts compatible?
ASUS M5A97 motherboard
Cooler Master HAF 912
Cooler master hyper CPU cooler
Sapphire Radeon R9 270 Graphics
WD Blue hard drive
Asus 24x Optical Drive
XFX TS series 750 WA 80 gold certified PSU
Corsair Vengeance 2X4GB DDR3 1866 MHZ ram
AMD FX-8350 FX series 8-core black edition Processor
Windows 8.1 Full Version
Also,Are these parts compatible for OC,SLI ?
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a b V Motherboard
October 11, 2014 2:52:25 PM

Dogs10188 said:
ASUS M5A97 motherboard


Which one is this? Or don't go for the "LE" version,it has no cooling on the vrm's so is not the right one for overclocking.

When going for a r9 270 get the gigabyte version,it needs two pcie power connectors which imo will make it a btter overclocker,a topic about that one,
http://www.overclock.net/t/1449757/gigabyte-r9-270-over...
or go for the r9 270X when not that much more expensive.It all depends on your budget.

That's quite an expensive psu,maybe that this one is cheaper ;"EVGA 220-G2-0750-XR",if so would i get that one.

a b V Motherboard
October 11, 2014 10:43:16 AM

Yes it looks good but you dont need anywhere near 750watts i would get the xfx 550watt version for that build its plenty for a single gpu and an overclock.. If you plan to crossfire then stick with the 750watt.

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October 11, 2014 10:43:01 AM

You can OC with this board, but not SLI since the board only supports Crossfire. Since you are going for RADEON you will Crossfire, Nividia Cards are for SLI. If it fits your budget I would get the 270X, since it has a bit higher clock speed or a 280.

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