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Yeah, but what confused be was that the motherboard says PCI Express 2.0 and the video card is 3.0. Does that not make a difference?

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I've been reading all the specs on each part I've chosen for my rig to make sure they're compatible, and everything is as far as I can tell, except I'm having a little trouble double checking the physical compatibilities between my chosen video card and motherboard and RAM. If someone could...

Yeah. I was thinking my first upgrade might be a cooling system. Do you have any specific recommendations for the price range you mentioned?

I'll probably just go with Windows 8 then. I thought it looked kind of cool in a presentation I saw. So my brother found a guy selling some older desktop computers locally for around $60. I'm wondering if I could use one of those older tower cases for my rig, or is that not recommended...

Yeah I did that. I'd delete this thread, but I can't figure out how to do it.

Not to go off topic, but are you a big AMD fan? Your avatar makes me think so. I heard AMD likes to get hot. Do you think my processor could get too hot running games on ultra? Should I get a cooling system some time in the future?

Yeah I figured as much. Some old games just don't want to work though.

Well, when it comes time to do some updates, if I've got the money I might look back into getting an SSD for my system. I mean, assuming I make the switch. Really though, it's looking better and better, and if I was sure Bungie was going to release Destiny on the PC it would already be a done deal.

By the way, I'll need to get an OS for my system. I like Windows 7 but it does take up a lot of RAM compared to XP. Now I'm not thinking of getting an XP OS because it's too old and I believe they're going t stop updating it completely in 2014. Anyways, what's gaming on Windows 8 like?

Well I'll certainly get as large a monitor as I can so long as it holds within my budget to do so. One problem though, is that I live in Ecuador and electronics here are generally double what you'd spend in the states. So because of that, I have people bring the stuff down, and a monitor getting...

At this time I'm sticking with the FX-6300 and the R9 270X. I'm not sure what resolution I'll be playing at. I intend to buy myself a $100-150 dollar monitor of around 18" 22" inches. Is my graphics card week enough to be effected by what resolutions I play on?

Well if I'm going to keep the AMD FX8320 I'll have to sacrifice the CX600 and go with the 500 and just spend more money later possibly upgrading the PSU But will the AMDFX 6300 coupled with my graphics card run the current games on ultra high settings? Because if they will, then it really...

Why are these guys telling me to get a CX600M then? Is it because I'd likely need it when I upgrade my PCU/GPU in the future?

Awesome. Thanks John.

Alright, I'm going to go with the CX600M then. What do you think is better: MSI N660 TF 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card Or ASUS R9270X-DC2T-2GD5 Radeon R9 270X 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video...

Okay. I clicked EDIT but I don't see any options for deleting this thread though.

Yeah, I think that's pretty much exactly what I'm going to do, unless it's possibly to go with the Corsair CX500 for $60 and maybe I'll have a few dollars left over to get a slightly better video card, or would downgrading the PSU not be a safe bet?

Hmmm the CX600M is $20 more. I could get that, but then there's no way I'll be able to get a better video card. I was thinking of maybe going with the Corsair 200R tower case and sticking with the $60 CX500 Corsair power supply, that way I'd be under budget by $35 so that I could maybe...

I'm building a rig, and buy shaving down the cost in a few areas (and poddibly more in others) I'll be under budget by $35. My Chosen Video Card - $210 ASUS R9270X-DC2T-2GD5 Radeon R9 270X 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card So I've got $35 extra to spend, and...