first computer build, help!

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garpolnik

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Hey guys, this is my first computer build, I had a limit of 600 dollars for a complete rig so here it goes.....


Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm Fan, 1x Rear 120mm Fan, option Fans-2x Side 120mm Fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153

Western Digital Caviar Green WDBAAY5000ENC-NRSN 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136801

ASUS M4A88T-M AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131657

MSI R7750-PMD1GD5/OC Radeon HD 7750 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127665

AMD Athlon II X3 455 Rana 3.3GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Desktop Processor ADX455WFGMBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103911

RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-530SS 530W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Power Supply, New Version with Build-in LED Fan On/Off Switch
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152028

the other things are keyboard mouse and monitor, but those aren't as important. My friend is building this for me, but he wanted me to come up with a parts list. He thinks all the parts will be compatible, but I am just making sure with you guys. Are they all compatible? if now how can I tell in the future. Will this system work?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Yes everything there is compatible with one another.

Everything looks OK to me apart from the power supply. That's not a great PSU, if you can I'd spend the extra and go for a Corsair CX500, Corsair is a much better brand than this "Raidmax" (whoever they are) and this PSU will last. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027&Tpk=corsair cx500

What RAM are you going for? You seem to have omitted it from the list. You'd need DDR3, 8GB is a nice amount to have, but if you're on a tight budget then 4GB will do fine. If you get 4GB, try to go for 2x2GB sticks, and if you want 8GB, try to go for 2x4GB sticks. Something like this would be good http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145299 but get 1600MHz RAM if you can afford it.

You might want to also go for an AM3+ board as well just in case you want to/need to upgrade in the future. Your AM3 Athlon will still work in an AM3+ board just fine. :)
 
Would not recommend that power supply to anyone. Its of bad quality. This one would be much better:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256061

And I'd change the video card to a 6770 or 6790. They'd both be faster than a 7750 for the same price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127599
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161387
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131397

Need RAM?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231396

(Vistakid, his board doesn't support 1600 RAM, but yeah, AM3+ would be a good idea.)
 
Oh, sorry I forgot about the RAM, it was 2x2G, actually the one you recommended, and I will change the PSU and GPU. Thank you very much
 
So new updated list of parts, here it is:

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103911

GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161387

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130637

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027

Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136801

RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231396

That along with a monitor, keyboard, and mouse will be 644$. Any other improvements i could make to this? Anything to shave down the price a bit? Thanks again for the help
 
claptonman said:
(Vistakid, his board doesn't support 1600 RAM)
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Opps. Sorry about that. :/ I was typing that up pretty late at night. ;)

Yes I think everything looks good now, go with the drive and board claptonman suggested. :)
 
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