Building a PC

[DDR3RAM]

Hey everyone, I was hoping to receive a little help regarding putting a new computer together. I'm not very experienced in this task, so I'm a bit hesitant to go at it alone. Any tips, hints, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I've posted several components below (all located on newegg) that I believe would be pretty decent; please let me know if all of these pieces are indeed compatible and if so, if any are considered overpriced at all.

ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157267

AMD FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8120FRGUBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103961

RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-530SS 530W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Power Supply, New Version with Build-in LED Fan On/Off Switch
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152028

RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WB Black/Silver 1.0mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Foldout MB Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156063

Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9Q-16GBXL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231456

EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130625

Again, thanks in advance for any assistance!

 

[slh28]

Go Intel, e.g. i5-2500K. Only hardcore AMD fanboys will buy the FX-8120.

For the mobo you can get the [FONT=helvetica]ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3, costs much less than the AM3+ one you picked.[/FONT]

[FONT=helvetica]I wouldn't really cheap out on the PSU, I'd recommend something like the [/FONT][FONT=helvetica]CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W instead. It costs quite a bit more but will last you a long time. A good indication of PSU quality is the manufacturer's warranty period, the Corsair is 5 years compared the Raidmax's 2 years.[/FONT]

 

[oscar1987]

putting together the pieces of the puzzles is not that hard, the tough thing to do...at least for me it was installing the operating system. i would suggest you do your research on what you have to do to bring it to life after you put it together.

 

[cliffordcooley]

I'll echo what slh28 said.