1st build compatibility!

[EddyGard]

Hey guys after a week of studying and planning i've decided to settle with this rig, but i don't know if it's all compatible and have some doubts.

 

-i5 3470 (maaybe a 4460 if i get a good price)

-r9 380 2g from msi (besides the classic red and black one there's a armor 2x one. is there any difference?)

-a single stick of 8gb of the cheapest ram i can find

-a ssd of 120 gb, after some while i'll buy a hhd as well.

-a Asrock B75 lga 1155 motherboard. This one I dont know much about. Is it decent? Will I need to buy something to use wi-fi?

-last but not least, I'll use an old case and 600w power supply that i found in a computer lying around. How do I know it will all fit together??

 

I'm open to suggestions, and will reeeally appreciate if you guys could help me! 

 

[UGame_]

Is the memory that you are using DDR3? 

[EddyGard]

I havent bought it yet but yes I'll use ddr3. It doesn't seem worth it to amp everything up to ddr4 standards.

I have another question... will i be able to overclock my graphics card if i want to with this setup?

[zberry7]

I would make sure the powersupply has PCI-e power cables, and enough to run the graphics card. Most OEM power supply only have enough connectors for what come with the PC originally, and most wont have a GPU with 2 PCI-e power cable connections. Also see if you can figure out the original manufacturer of the power supply, just because it says 600 watts doesn't mean its a good quality power supply and will be able to easily push out that amount of wattage, it might explode lol. You do NOT want to cheap out on a PSU and end up frying your entire system, its better just to spend the small amount of money to get a decent PSU and have peace of mind.

[EddyGard]

Thanks for the advice. It's a really old PSU so i figure i'll have to buy another one. Any leads? I never built a pc and dont know how to check if the connectors are right.

[Sentryy]

Only thing is psu just get this evga psu for 20$ on newegg for 20$ after promo and rebate http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438012&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

[Streetguru]

24 minutes ago, EddyGard said:

Hey guys after a week of studying and planning i've decided to settle with this rig, but i don't know if it's all compatible and

What budget, what country, what are you using your PC for? and why are you going 1155?

[Sentryy]

How about this budget setup i made in like 5 minutes it has a quad core, a 4gb gpu, a mouse keyboard monitor and headset and speakers, With 120GB ssd and 1tb hard disk. 8gb ram also includes windows, for under 750. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Cx4yvK

 

[EddyGard]

Brasil. It's hard to convert the prices because here things are more expensive. I think it's about 600 dollars if i was building in the USA. Could be wrong. I want to to game on 1080p, and well, the 1155 is the right socket for an i5, right?

[Sentryy]

2 minutes ago, EddyGard said:

Brasil. It's hard to convert the prices because here things are more expensive. I think it's about 600 dollars if i was building in the USA. Could be wrong. I want to to game on 1080p, and well, the 1155 is the right socket for an i5, right?

Each Core i5 normally uses a different socket so the 4460 will use 1150 6400 will use 1151 they are all different you are coorect the 3470 is 1155 

[EddyGard]

2 minutes ago, Sentryy said:

How about this budget setup i made in like 5 minutes it has a quad core, a 4gb gpu, a mouse keyboard monitor and headset and speakers, With 120GB ssd and 1tb hard disk. 8gb ram also includes windows, for under 750. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Cx4yvK

 

Thanks for the reply, I'll see if all the parts are findable here and at what cost. The performance would be better than mine? Also, The psu u put there would also work for my build??

[Sentryy]

2 minutes ago, EddyGard said:

Thanks for the reply, I'll see if all the parts are findable here and at what cost. The performance would be better than mine? Also, The psu u put there would also work for my build??

Yep the power supply would work for your build, and the setup i gave for you will provide lesser performance in cpu heavy titles, and better preformance in graphics heavy games. 

[EddyGard]

thaaaanks.

[Sentryy]

2 minutes ago, EddyGard said:

thaaaanks.

If I were you i honestly would go with your build for one reason. Upgrade path. The cpu i used uses a am1 socket which doesn't have much other cpus  and the 1155 you could get a core i7 and upgrade the graphics card.

[EddyGard]

That's actually what i was thinking right now. So with the right power supply and case, my build is compatible? That's nice.

One last question: What information i need to find in order to find out if a psu will connect to everything i have?

 

[Sentryy]

On 2/23/2016 at 0:27 AM, EddyGard said:

That's actually what i was thinking right now. So with the right power supply and case, my build is compatible? That's nice.

One last question: What information i need to find in order to find out if a psu will connect to everything i have?

 

Yep for q1, and for q2 just get anything 400 watts or more has 2 6 pin power connectors, and is from a reputable company such as evga corsair be quiet! or cooler master, antec, thermaltake, rosewill, and for you build either 80+ bronze or 80+ gold. Bronze is good enough though. get a higher wattage power supply if you want to get a second video card.