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Started by Apexzero | | 3 answers
Please help a first time builder: Are these components fully compatible?
Hello everyone, I am vary much wanting to build my first PC and I have created a build plan for myself, and although PCpartpicker.com says that everything is compatible, I trust real people over programs.

I've been extremely stressed out worrying that I'd waste my money on parts that don't work together.

So I would be eternally thankful if some of you can review my build and tell me if all of the parts are compatible and will work with one another.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.81 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($56.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Monitor: Asus MX279H 27.0" Monitor ($279.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Other: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (Purchased For $79.00)
Other: Windows 7 ultimate 64-bit edition (Purchased For $21.00)
Total: $983.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-14 00:37 EDT-0400
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October 14, 2014 2:09:32 PM

The RAM and OS will work with the build I proposed.
October 14, 2014 4:29:23 AM

i7Baby said:
You shouldn't have such an expensive monitor. Get a better graphics card.

So its $983 including monitor but no OS or RAM

Try -

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($95.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($77.99 @ Amazon) - nearly as fast as a SSD
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($274.50 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Orange ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VE248H 24.0" Monitor ($167.58 @ Newegg)
Total: $951.00

plus your KB and mouse


My apologies if it wasn't clearly visible, but here is my RAM http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f314900cl9d8...

And I already have a boxed copy of Windows 7 ultimate 64-bit edition.
October 13, 2014 9:59:45 PM

You shouldn't have such an expensive monitor. Get a better graphics card.

So its $983 including monitor but no OS or RAM

Try -

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($95.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($77.99 @ Amazon) - nearly as fast as a SSD
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 290 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($274.50 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Orange ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VE248H 24.0" Monitor ($167.58 @ Newegg)
Total: $951.00

plus your KB and mouse

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