Do these components work well together?
Before I go and spend all my money on the parts for a gaming system, I thought I'd see whether people thought that the components work well together. In particular, I would like to know if the motherboard is capable of allowing the graphics card to achieve its full potential?
Thank you for your advice.
NZXT Source 530 Full Tower
Corsair PSU 550W
FX8340 CPU Processor
Cooler Master CPU Cooler Hyper 212 Evo
MSI 970 Gaming Motherboard AM3
Crucial 8GB x2
EVGA GTX 960 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+
Crucial SSD MX300 750GB
Thank you for your advice.
NZXT Source 530 Full Tower
Corsair PSU 550W
FX8340 CPU Processor
Cooler Master CPU Cooler Hyper 212 Evo
MSI 970 Gaming Motherboard AM3
Crucial 8GB x2
EVGA GTX 960 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+
Crucial SSD MX300 750GB
You should consider a larger power supply (agree with the above). This is often a weak point in commodity built systems.
Use an Intel CPU for sure. They work well with Windows 10.
Make certain the motherboard is certified for Windows 10 (money back guarantee).
Make certain the video module is certified for Windows 10 (money back guarantee).
Consider a larger drive (1 TB) as it will go longer (in years) as you expand storage. My own desktop has two 1 TB hard drives (not SSD) as I want ample future space.
Use an Intel CPU for sure. They work well with Windows 10.
Make certain the motherboard is certified for Windows 10 (money back guarantee).
Make certain the video module is certified for Windows 10 (money back guarantee).
Consider a larger drive (1 TB) as it will go longer (in years) as you expand storage. My own desktop has two 1 TB hard drives (not SSD) as I want ample future space.
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you can calculate the poser needed here : http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp
it may be better to have more Ram, say 16 GB instead of 8
it may be better to have more Ram, say 16 GB instead of 8
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I've decided that AMD cpu processors are better value for money than most intel cpu processors according to this benchmarking website and the motherboard I have is only pcie 2.0, I would love to know the difference between 2.0 and 3.0. Also the difference in speeds for memory of 1866 and 2400.
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"... Consider a larger drive (1 TB) as it will go longer (in years) as you expand storage. My own desktop has two 1 TB hard drives (not SSD) as I want ample future space. "
==> Definitely agree that you want to use a set of drives with more than ample space, but don't agree with not using an SSD. An SSD will give you FAR more perceived performance improvement than just about any other chance you could make. I'd stay with the 750GB SSD unit you listed.
You can always add more space as you need it. My own desktop has two SSDs (a 500GB unit and a 1TB unit); and 5 non-SSD drives for additional storage [2 4TB drives, 2 3TB drives, and a 2 TB drive]. Possibly a bit of overkill ... but I like having VERY good backups :-)
==> Definitely agree that you want to use a set of drives with more than ample space, but don't agree with not using an SSD. An SSD will give you FAR more perceived performance improvement than just about any other chance you could make. I'd stay with the 750GB SSD unit you listed.
You can always add more space as you need it. My own desktop has two SSDs (a 500GB unit and a 1TB unit); and 5 non-SSD drives for additional storage [2 4TB drives, 2 3TB drives, and a 2 TB drive]. Possibly a bit of overkill ... but I like having VERY good backups :-)
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Thank you for all of your help, I think that I will stick with what I have got for the moment and I will definitely upgrade my PSU later on.
Everything there will play quite happily together, personally I prefer i5 over AM3+ but the FX8350 is a sound CPU. My only issue would be with the PSU overhead you've allowed yourself. I'd have thought this selection would be pulling around 400W from the +12v rail alone and up to another 100W on the lower voltage lines at idle. If you want to build in some expansion ability a 600W PSU might be a worthwhile upgrade from what you have (either EVGA or Corsair)