Make sure that cpu is compatible with your motherboards bios version, I would go to the mobo/website and check for the latest download version for your specific model. If it's not the latest version, download it and update the bios. There are tons of videos on you tube to show you how to do this if you haven't done it yet.

If my memory serves me correct, you can cancel the order and start over, it's a hassle, but it's the only way if you don't want to eat that PSU. Otherwise you will have to buy a better PSU.

I have the wireless 360 controller and it works flawless, comes with everything you need except the charging station for the batteries.

@Splatted:

Have you contacted the seller yet to ask him/her what's going on?

Absolutely! That's a nice upgrade between the two and at a good price also.

Yeah, if you can get it to work! lol

I can't get passed the Rockstar activation screen.........

@_SKatEDiRt_: You are not alone, I purchased GTA4 from Steam and cant activate it through Rockstar, says invalid code. lol

I always thought more was better,in terms of gpu's, so I'm glad I asked.

What are the benefits of 16 gigs of ram as opposed to 8 gigs? Does the higher clock speed in memory actually help anything?

So in you're opinion, Do I even need to go with the FX 8350 and will there be any improvement over my current CPU? Or can you suggest another?

I use a pair of Turtle Beach PX22 on my pc that I purchased for my PS3, I plugged in my daughters Beats that she got for Christmas and only noticed a slightly better sound out of the Beats but, I think my PX22 is more comfortable. Go figure!

I can pretty much play games like Splinter Cell Blacklist, Black Flag, Revalations, all 3 Dead Space's, COD Ghots and Battlefield 3 on high or max settings, but I still get little stutters here and there. On Ghosts gameplay is smooth but the cut scenes get super laggy. I don't O/C since I don't know how to, so I want out of the box performance.

I want smooth game play and this is what I have so far

Windows 7 64-bit

GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL

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AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor HDZ980FBGMBOX

EVGA 03G-P4-2883-KR GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card

Couldn't find my model, mine is a 950wt

PC Power and Cooling Silencer 910W High Performance 80PLUS Silver SLI CrossFire ready Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandy Bridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom

2 Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus - CPU Cooler with 4 Direct Contact Heatpipes

Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Professional 5.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Express x1 Interface Sound Card

CM Storm Stryker - White Full Tower Gaming Computer Case with Handle and External 2.5" Drive Dock

ASUS VG248QE Black 24" 144Hz 1ms (GTG) HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD 3D Monitor

I can basically afford 100-150 dollars a month and this is what I was planning. What do you advise? And in what order?

AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor

FD8350FRHKBOXSAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD128BW 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i Extreme Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 240mm

G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C10D-16GTX

Western Digital WD Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive - OEM

And last but not least, another EVGA 03G-P4-2883-KR GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card to run in SLI mode