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Question

Building a gaming PC will everything be compatible?

by Apr 29, 2012 1:29PM PDT

Hey all,

I'm currently looking to build a gaming PC in the next month or so. I have been talking with some tech savy freinds and this is what the build looks like. I'm not too tech savy so I just wanted to double check. Thank you in advance for reading.

CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

MoBo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131806

RAM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145345

Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133189

PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153106

GPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130625

Any suggestions or advice with components or building would be appreciated. Thank You again!

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by Apr 29, 2012 1:55PM PDT

I couldn't edit the first post but I figured to make life easier I'd add the names:

MoBo: ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

GPU: 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

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K

RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B

Thanks

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Just curious
by Bob__B Apr 29, 2012 11:59PM PDT

Since you have a standard size Atx case.......why would you fit in a micro Atx mobo?

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Good point
by ViperSRT1987 Apr 30, 2012 12:01AM PDT

I have no idea. Didn't even realize it was a micro. Guess for some strange reason my eyes skipped over that part of the title. Do you have any other suggestions?

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Gpu
by Bob__B Apr 30, 2012 1:31AM PDT
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