Are these components compatiable

omminnoremac · 26 Nov 2013 at 20:37

Building my first PC. Just wanted to check that these components all fit together and work

Case: Fractual Design 1000
PSU: Corsair CX-500M
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO
CPU: AMD FX6300
RAM: Kingston HyperX Blu
Graphics Card: Asus GTX 560TI
HDD: WD Caviar Blue 500gb
Optical Drive: OcUK 24x DVD±RW

RJC · 26 Nov 2013 at 20:41

Is this the case?

http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/core-series/core-1000-usb-30

If yes your motherboard will not fit, you will need a matx board not ATX.

Have you got a budget in mind?

omminnoremac · 26 Nov 2013 at 22:52

RJC said:
Is this the case?

http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/core-series/core-1000-usb-30

If yes your motherboard will not fit, you will need a matx board not ATX.

Have you got a budget in mind?

Oh yeah thanks. Actually I would rather just get an ATX case instead of buying a mATX board. Budget... Well let's just say that I'm already pushing it - I don't want to spend more than I am (about £450)

Doomedspeed · 26 Nov 2013 at 23:01

This:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £53.99
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CM) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £45.95
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £376.99 (includes shipping : £11.75).

You'll notice no GPU..

I'd say wait for tomorrow as i think they'll be a 7850 sub (or close to) £100.. Which is a bargain.. Gibbo hinted at it in his "Haggle with OCUK" thread.

omminnoremac · 26 Nov 2013 at 23:14

Doomedspeed said:
This:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £79.99
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £53.99
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CM) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £45.95
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £32.99
1 x LG GH24NSB0 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £376.99 (includes shipping : £11.75).

You'll notice no GPU..

I'd say wait for tomorrow as i think they'll be a 7850 sub (or close to) £100.. Which is a bargain.. Gibbo hinted at it in his "Haggle with OCUK" thread.

Nice case think I'll get that. Checked the 7850 benchmarks, and noticed that while it generally outperformed the 560 ti, in Battlefield 3 the 560 ti had better framerates. Since I will be playing a lot of battlefield 4, I wondered if there will be any similarities. I know that DICE worked with AMD for bf4 though, so I'll definitely keep an eye out for deals on the 7850.

teppic · 27 Nov 2013 at 00:56

Ignore older benchmarks for the 7850, they're mostly before AMD massively improved the drivers. With a regular overclock on the 7850 you're looking at 30-60% gains over a 560 ti. Benchmarks for the 270X will be more reliable, this at stock is about the same performance as an OC'd 7850.

omminnoremac · 27 Nov 2013 at 19:55

teppic said:
Ignore older benchmarks for the 7850, they're mostly before AMD massively improved the drivers. With a regular overclock on the 7850 you're looking at 30-60% gains over a 560 ti. Benchmarks for the 270X will be more reliable, this at stock is about the same performance as an OC'd 7850.

Oh ok, glad to hear it. Hopefully the deal isn't on the Asus 7850 (it's huge!!!)

Doomedspeed · 27 Nov 2013 at 20:02

The 7850 deal is Friday.

From the horses (gibbos) mouth.

They normally put the msi one in offer.

omminnoremac · 27 Nov 2013 at 20:04

Doomedspeed said:
The 7850 deal is Friday.

From the horses (gibbos) mouth.

They normally put the msi one in offer.

Is this now 100% confirmed (can't really be bothered reading the thread sorry

)?

Megahackerd · 27 Nov 2013 at 21:35

omminnoremac said:
Is this now 100% confirmed (can't really be bothered reading the thread sorry )?

I should have waited more 2 weeks, damm, i got the msi one at 107 pounds last week on sunday

It runs really well dirt3, dota 2, backlit retribution, I hope it runs thief well( choosen on the silver ticket)

Also it is really good with an 6300 and m5a97 evo r2.0, so far no problem with the three of them
If you could stretch it put an seasonic 520w and an evo 840 ( boot time is less than 15 seconds) and really sillent on an zalman z11

omminnoremac · 27 Nov 2013 at 22:08

Megahackerd said:
I should have waited more 2 weeks, damm, i got the msi one at 107 pounds last week on sunday

It runs really well dirt3, dota 2, backlit retribution, I hope it runs thief well( choosen on the silver ticket)

Also it is really good with an 6300 and m5a97 evo r2.0, so far no problem with the three of them
If you could stretch it put an seasonic 520w and an evo 840 ( boot time is less than 15 seconds) and really sillent on an zalman z11

Not too bothered about boot time, although it is incredible the speed you can get from SSDs. Very reasurring to know you have had a good experience with the 6300 and m5a97 evo, so thanks very much!