Will these components work in "harmony" or not?

The VCR King

The VCR King

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I was thinking about building my own small computer for playing old retro pc games and stuff that doesn't require a lot of performance. I found all the needed parts on amazon.com. I will post shortened links to each part below and I want you to tell me if all these items will work together, and if not, what needs changed.

Thank you.

Case:
http://goo.gl/wrcTg7
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Motherboard:
http://goo.gl/Cqr0tL
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Graphics Card:
http://goo.gl/XbhQ3T
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RAM:
http://goo.gl/rs9A99
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Hard Drive:
http://goo.gl/lDc8q7
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Processor:
http://goo.gl/L4j4gP
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Power Supply:
http://goo.gl/ziSQQu
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Disc Drive:
http://goo.gl/6ICKI6

Anti-Static Wrist Band:
http://goo.gl/vD5Q9X
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Computer Repair Kit:
http://goo.gl/mWEajq
 
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*To be honest you could just do this with your current PC and just get another HDD to store the games on, but if you really want to build another one then be my guest.*

If your going retro then my guess is that you'll working with ROM's and Emulators which in my experience tend to be CPU heavy

CPU : http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i54670

You could also get the K version and OC' in the future but I don't believe PCSX2\Dolphin Emulator\Whatever will need that much.

Motherboard: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z87mextreme4

Hard Drive: Get a 1TB Western Digital Black

Anti-Static Wrist Band: You really don't need one, just don't work on carpet.

Computer Repair Kit: You really don't need this all you need is a Phillips screw driver and you'll be good to go.
 
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My whole house except for the bathrooms is carpet and you are stupid if you think I am about to build a PC by a toilet.

But seriously thanks for the tips.

Also, one more questions, will the components that I picked work together
if I install Windows 7 64-bit SP1?
 
You don't need the repair kit either. Most things are toolless these days and usually the only tool you will need is a single (crosshead) screwdriver.

And yes everything should work together but it's a low-end build and I'm not a big fan of what you've chosen.

To be honest, the onboard graphics on the i3 are probably better than those that the old 8400 GS can provide. That's a very old and low-end card. No point buying that card.

If you want to stick with the older LGA 1155 socket you can get the i3 3220 instead of the 3240 and save some money, but you can now get newer LGA 1150 i3s (i3 41xx CPUs), which I would recommended instead. You will obviously need a socket 1150 board if you went down that route.

By the way, the i3s are not quad-cores (I saw you searched for 'intel 4core' and it found the i3). It is a dual-core with HT, so it has 4 threads, but only two cores. If you want a quad-core Intel CPU you'll need an i5 or an i7 but if you want a cheap quad-core look at something like the AMD FX-4300 instead.

Get the Corsair CX 430 or CX 430M instead of that FSP PSU. Much better quality.

Spend $8 more on the HDD and get a 1TB Blue with a 64MB cache buffer - faster and more storage: http://www.amazon.com/WD-Blue-Deskt...ie=UTF8&qid=1406737532&sr=8-1&keywords=wd+hdd


...there's a lot that can be improved.
 
spirit said:
...and yes everything should work together but it's a low-end build and i'm not a big fan of what you've chosen...
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Well, I use the Blue Beast as my performance machine. I just want another computer to, well, have another computer to work with. I don't need insane performance, I just need to browse the Internet, maybe log into Steam every once in a great while, and things of the such.

I have been into retro/mid-80s-90s CD-ROM games for a while now and I was
wanting a lower end computer more suitable to play them on. I always like to
go to thrift stores and see what all retro PC games they have laying around. As
a matter of fact, last week, I went thrifting and bought a copy of Microsoft
Combat Flight Simulator 2 WWII Pacific Theater and installed it on the Blue Beast.
 
If you want a low performance machine just buy a prebuilt, would probably be cheaper for something so low end.
 
Denther said:
If you want a low performance machine just buy a prebuilt, would probably be cheaper for something so low end.
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Yeah exactly. Just through a low-end or mid-range graphics card in it if you need more power than the onboard graphics (but don't get an 8400 GS since the onboard graphics of an i3 can probably outperform it).
 
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