Planning First Build Gaming PC

[BrandonLag]

Hey, this is my first post, building my first Gaming PC. I have a parts list set, but not finalized, if you have recommendations please let me know. Only aim for this rig is gaming on a single, 1080p Monitor. Prices are in USD. Budget doesn't include price of monitor or peripherals

 

• Budget: $900
• CPU: AMD FD6350FRHKBOX FX-6350 6-Core Black Edition ($139.99)
• Case: Rosewill Micro-ATX Mini Tower Computer Case ($49.99)
• Graphics Card: ASUS Graphics Cards R9 290-DC2OC-4GD5 ($399.99)
• RAM: G.skill RipjawsX 8GB (4GB x 2) DDR3-1866 RAM ($79.98)
• Motherboard: MSI Socket AM3+/AMD 760G/DDR3/CrossFireX/SATA3 and USB 3.0/A&GbE/MicroATX Motherboard 760GMA-P34 (FX) ($73.65)
• Hard Drive: WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM ($59.24)
• Power Supply: Corsair Builder Series CX 600 Watt ATX/EPS  80 PLUS (CX600) ($66.24)

Will the PCI 2.0 slot on the Motherboard will be a problem with the PCI 3.0 enabled GPU? If so can you reccomend a different board?

My current PC is running windows 7 and I'm unsure about installing windows 8.1 on the new rig

 

 

 

[Zeke]

There's going to be no problems, PCI3 GPU will be fine in PCI2 slot. Just don't go lower than x8. 

Between Win 7 and 8.1 I'd go for 8.1, but hey, choose whichever you're comfortable with (but don't forget that 8.1 has blazing fast boot time if you install it on SSD).

[AMICLG]

Don't go M-ATX with AMD as all of the boards have junk VRM that will destroy the traces in the PCB and/or kill the CPU.

[WoodenMarker]

Better: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Onqv