1st Time Build Question

[ItzTacos]

Graphics card- G452-5456 ::GIGABYTE GV-R545D3-1GI Radeon HD 5450 Video Card - 1GB, DDR3, PCI-Express 2.1 (x16), 1x HDMI, 1x DVI-I, 1x VGA, DirectX 11, Single-Slot, Low Profile(0.8 lbs)

Power Supply- T13-2030 ::Coolmax CL-500B Power Supply - 500-Watt, 120mm Blue LED Fan, PCIe (3.65 lbs)

Motherboard- G452-1102 ::GIGABYTE GA-A75M-D2H AMD A Series Motherboard - Micro ATX, Socket FM1, AMD A75 Chipset, 1866MHz DDR3, SATA 6.0 Gb/s, RAID, 7.1-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, SuperSpeed USB 3.0, AMD Dual Graphics Ready(2.55 lbs)

Ram-C13-1007 ::Corsair 8GB Desktop Memory Kit - 8GB (2x 4GB), PC10666, DDR3-1333MHz, 9-9-9-24 Latency, 240-pin DIMM, 1.5V (1 lbs)

Hard Drive- TSD-1000EARS ::Western Digital WD10EARS Caviar Green Hard Drive - 1TB, 3.5", SATA 3G, 64MB Cache, GreenPower(1.5 lbs)

Processor- A79-0970 ::AMD HDZ970FBGMBOX Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition Processor - 3.50GHz, Socket AM3, 6MB Cache, 2000MHz (4000 MT/s) FSB, Retail, Processor with Fan(1 lbs)

Case- C238-3122 ::Cooler Master RC-430-KWN1 Elite 430 Mid Tower ATX Case - ATX/Micro-ATX, USB, Audio, 120mm Blue LED Fan, Black(13.05 lbs)

Optical- O451-1017 OEM ::Sony Optiarc AD-7260S-0B 24x DVDRW Drive - 24x, S-ATA, Black, OEM(1.6 lbs)

Above are the parts i will use..... Can you tell me if they are compatible and/or give me any other reccomendations or changes i can make? Thanks!

 

[foothead]

What are you going to be doing on this computer?

Your hard drive is horribly slow to use a boot drive, and that video card isn't going to do much beyond video playback. Also, do not buy a coolmax PSU. Brands I recommend are cooler master, corsair, antec, seasonic, OCZ, PC power & cooling.

Post a budget and I can give you some links.


EDIT: That is an APU board. It will not be compatible with the phenom II. Get one with an AM3 socket.

 

[ItzTacos]

budget 600

 

[foothead]

What will this computer be used for?

 

[ItzTacos]

i was looking to build a cheap gaming pc

 

[foothead]

What resolution is your monitor?

 

[ItzTacos]

1920 x 1280

 

[foothead]

1920x1080 I'm assuming?

Here's what I'd do:

Newegg.com - ASRock M3A770DE AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Plus RS500-PCARD3-US 500W ATX12V v2.3 Power Supply
Newegg.com - Seagate ST310005N1A1AS-RK 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Newegg.com - ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - CD / DVD Burners
Newegg.com - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100314-3L Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

$548 total, so that leaves you $52 for your case of choice.

 

[ItzTacos]

What type of gaming you think i could perform with that rig?

 

[foothead]

What type of gaming you think i could perform with that rig?

Any game you want. Probably not the highest settings on more recent stuff, but it'll still run them great on medium.