First build in a few years - will this work?

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Hi all,

Not posted in GH for a few years now - my current PC is on its last legs and in need of a new machine. I've been speccing up a new PC for the last day or so and come up with the below. Not really looking to spend the earth just something that'll do that job nicely, not looking to overclock either tbh. Had to try and read up on PC tech to catch up with what's hot/not :)

Would someone be able to look over the below list of components and make sure that everything's compatible please? The total is a shade over £500.

Cheers!
Tom

Zalman Z11 Plus High Performance Mid Tower Case
Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 Socket AM3+ 7.1 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
Corsair CX 750W PSU - 80plus Bronze Certified
AMD Athlon II X4 640 Socket AM3 3GHz 2MB L2 Cache Retail Boxed Processor
Seagate 1TB Barracuda Internal Hard Drive
Sandisk 128GB Pulse SSD Slim
MSI HD 7750 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card [R7750-2GD3]
Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Memory
LiteOn iHAS124 SATA DVD Write Optical Drive OEM
LiteOn IHOS104-06 4x BD-ROM (Black) - OEM [IHOS104-06]
Gigabyte M6880 1600DPI Gaming Mouse [GM6880V2A]
Ozone Ground Level Medium Gaming Surface [Level M]
Akasa AK-274CB-4BLS 120mm Blue LED Fan [AK-274CB-4BLS]
 
520watt seems a bit overkill for an athlon and 7750. I would suggest this instead
YOUR BASKET
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
Total : £64.88 (includes shipping : £8.25).



Also change the ram to this
YOUR BASKET
1 x Avexir MPower Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CM) £29.99
Total : £33.90 (includes shipping : £3.26).



Then, with the money saved. Upgrade the cpu to a phenom II x4 955
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.40GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £89.99
Total : £98.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).

 
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