Going to build my first ever PC - Suggestions and input welcome

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enrageorange said:

Building a PC is really easy so you shouldn't be too worried about that. The first time I did it I watched this video while doing it since I was pretty nervous.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_56kyib-Ls

Anyway for a gaming PC, since you are on a budget don't spend too much on the processor. It will almost never be the bottleneck in modern games.

I play most of my games on ultra on a 1080p screen and can even play battlefield 3 and dirt 3 across three 1080p screens on ultra with this computer.
Radeon 7850
Athlon II x3 450 processor
8 gigs of Ram
Some generic shitty AsusRock motherboard
Cooler Master 500Watt power supply
I build this computer a while ago and only upgraded the graphics card so far and I only had a $400 budget when I built it. So you could do a lot better.

From the website you posted with your budget I would probably go with the following.

AM3+ x6 FX-6300 $145 (CPU)
WD Black SATA3 1TB $92  (HardDrive)
AsRock 970-Pro3 $89 (Motherboard)
2G R9-270X Sapphire-OC $229 (GPU)
8G Kit 1600 Patriot-S $89 (RAM)
Antec HCG-Modular620M $125 (Power Supply)
SATA DVD RW LG $19 (Optic Drive)

And whatever case you like. Just makesure it isn't too small for the motherboard though thats pretty unlikely.

Total price will be around $840, excluding a windows license. 
If you prefer Nvidia I would go with the 2G GTX 760 Gigabyte OC for $314. But your total price would become a little out of your price range.

Thanks a lot for your suggestions.  What does everyone else think of this potential build?

I can be a bit flexible on the price, I am more concerned about compatibility/not making a complete twat of myself and fucking the whole thing up.