That's the mobo that I have, I like it a lot. It's great for overclocking, easy to use.

Doubt I'll be overclocking, but if it's easy to use, and good quality, I've found my motherboard. Thanks a lot for the help! :)

Well, other than those two, my options are a little limited.

What's your take on these?

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-ga970ad3p

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a97r20

What is it with people wanting to cheap out on motherboards. The board OP chose is fine.

Well the one selected is definitely a lot better than the clunker in my current decade old build. Got a recommendation for a mobo that has good quality for the price?

I was browsing these earlier:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a97ler20

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-970ag46

I pretty much have almost the same build you're going for. I would recommend going with Asus mobo along with FX CPU.

I'm think about going for the ASUS M5A97 LE R2. Seems pretty good for the price ($75) Any experience with this particular one?

I have changed it a bit: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2pCN1

Downgraded PSU to 500, because you don't need more than that; Downgraded the MOBO was just ridiculous for 100$????

Upgraded RAM to 1600Mhz from 1333.

For GPU I recommend this BEAST http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202047&Tpk=270x%20toxic it's not included somewhat the site couldn't find it.

It's equal to the 760 but saves you 20$ so... or you could just save the 760 it's excellent GPU as well from MSI

Overall saved you 80$ unless you decide to go with the TOXIC GPU and it'll be 100$ save =)

If 500 is more than sufficient enough, I'm all for downgrading the PSU! Thanks a lot for the GPU recommendation, but I'll likely stay with this new build:http://pcpartpicker.com/user/beardofsocrates/saved/3fHm

I've decided to switch over to the EVGA superclocked GPU, however, you're tempting me with that Radeon Sapphire card. =P You might have also noticed that I removed the cooling fan. I don't think I'll be gaming enough to overheat the CPU, so will it be alright to stick with the default fan?

You might have also saved me a little more money than you think. The CPU just went down to $130! :D

@adamosmaki:

Sorry, I'm still a little new to internal hardware. All I need to do is transfer the files I want to keep, to a laptop or USB drive, then delete all the data?

The only think you can add its the HDD

The 8600gts cant be paired with gtx 760 and even if it could i doubt it would provide any real benefit considering is a really really low end card nowdays

DDR2 nowdays are obsolete and you can only use DDR3 on any new system

Shoot, off to the recycle bin with those parts. :(

Will it be a problem that I have windows vista still installed on the HDD?

My friends made this when I was looking for a Rig.

Find whats suitable and a good price

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amcshfpwvl9ZdG9LSmNEeWdERENCWURmOW5mNlM1MGc

Thanks a lot for that list! I'll review some of the options after the Holidays.

Seems fine to me considering the budget

Good to hear. With the parts, would I be able to add extra parts from my last configuration?

Seagate barracuda 7200 80gb HDD

EVGA Geforce 8600 GtS video card (can it be paired with the gtx 760)

DDR2 RAM 1gb DIM 5-5-5 (x4)

HI all!

I'm building my first rig, and I could definitely use opinions from the more experienced builders.

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/beardofsocrates/saved/3c9l

My budget was originally set at around $900, but it went a little over, not including the peripherals. Any recommendations to make it a little less? The idea of this build is to play games like ARMA 3 at high settings, along with being, mostly, future proof. Thanks for the help!