Building a PC. Are these parts compatible?

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FPS Titan

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I am working on building my second Gaming PC. I have all the parts together and I am ready to order. I would just like a second opinion to make sure all of these parts are compatible. Im worried I over looked something. All help is appreciated!


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131877

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500302

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152055

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231480


I am almost 100% certain it will all work perfectly together. I would just like a second opinion before I spend a grand and then have the hassle of returning and exchanging. Thank you all for your help!
 
Ok. Thank you. I appreciate the advice. I was sort of skeptical about RaidMax, but I read a couple of ok reviews. I prefer Corsair.


Apart from that, does everything look ok to you? As far as compatability?
 
 
if your using it mainly for gaming then just get 1x8gb, that is plenty for gaming and other light video editing. if you plan to do heavy photo and video editing then get 16gb but otherwise 8gb will be fine.

maybe put the saved money into an fx 8350 instead of a 8320.

Also the hyper 212 is a good cooler but the deepcool lucifer 140 is a better cooler with a few £ difference. bigger heatsink, fan. you can also put two fans push pull for maximum performance( like corsair sp140's in red led). that is if you dont plan on something like a corsair h60, h80i or h100i.

i would also do what cisco is saying swap the sabretooth for the MSI 970 mboard, and then swap the gtx 770 for the newer better performing gtx 970. Be sure to get the MSI twin frozr 970 as it will look very very good with that board.
 
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tylerjrb said:
if your using it mainly for gaming then just get 1x8gb, that is plenty for gaming and other light video editing. if you plan to do heavy photo and video editing then get 16gb but otherwise 8gb will be fine
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While I would personally choose 16GB of RAM, 8GB would still be fine for moderate gaming. If you do choose 8GB, don't get 1x 8GB module, get 2x 4GB modules for dual-channel.
 
16gb is the better option of course, depending on what hes using the pc for. even bf4 ultra 1440p-1527p runs less than 8gb ram with windows, im guessing he's using 1 monitor.
 
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Hey guys. Sorry I wasnt able to get on sooner and check this. I thank you all for your input.

I do not plan to SLi anytime in the future so I will go with the MSI instead. Thanks for that, it will save me some money.

I want the 16gb of RAM because not only do I game, but I also record my gaming and make videos for YouTube. So there is a bit of editing and such involved. I thought the 16gb would make that a bit easier in the long run.

I am currently only running 1 monitor on my current system but I plan to get 2 monitors soon.

And as far as the GTX 970. I looked into it and I feel that the 770 will preform just the way I need it to without any issues, so I think ill just save the extra 100 and get the 770.
 
Like i said 16gb is the better option. And i used to have a gtx 770 and it was a pretty good card. It couldnt manage much past 1080p on battlefield 4 without taking the ultra settings down and still get 60fps, plus it only has 2gb GDDR5 RAM. Maybe look at the MSI twin frozr gtx 770 that will go nicely with the MSI red/black board.

Also a good choice if you can will be to go with the AMD fx 8320 or 8350. Much better performing than the 6300.
 
I have sort of a silly question. I have never messed with a SSD. Now, I know they are a lot faster when it comes to loading and such. I was thinking about getting one to store all of my games on instead of loading them onto the regular HDD. Will the MSI Mobo support HDD AND SSD?
 
FPS Titan said:
I have sort of a silly question. I have never messed with a SSD. Now, I know they are a lot faster when it comes to loading and such. I was thinking about getting one to store all of my games on instead of loading them onto the regular HDD. Will the MSI Mobo support HDD AND SSD?
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SSDs use the same connections as traditional SATA hard drives, so if your motherboard has two or more SATA ports, you can use both.

Just a note about preferred SSD installs, depending on the size of the SSD you purchase you should use it for the OS. If you have say, a 250GB or larger then I would install games onto it as well, otherwise you will find it fills up very quickly. You will notice the most improvement with the OS on the SSD.
 
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