Almost done, need some help for motherboard choice...

[chuckadrew]

http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/8b...e45c5118fabb6e

So that's what I've compiled so far... apparently the motherboard won't hold the CPU... I don't know, i'm really confused, is there anything I could change and get a better deal with? Thank you

[Biernot]

Motherboard (AMD): If you want the AMD FX cpu, you need to get an AMD motherboard, preferably one with the 970 chipset. E.g. http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-...e-20-(x16)-atx

CPU Intel: On the other hand, you could get an Intel CPU instead. The i3-3220 should be roughly equal or even a bit better than the FX-4170: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel...t-cache-retail

Motherboard Intel: But if you decide on the i3, then a Z77 board would be sub optimal, because you can not overclock an i3. A board with H77 or even B75 would be sufficient: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-...hdmi-micro-atx or http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus-...vga)-dvi-d-atx

Video Card: The 7850 2GB is fine, great price/performance ratio and a fairly low power consumption. Goes well together with the performance level of your cpu choice (they won't bottleneck each other).

Heatsink: Arctic is not a bad brand, i just don't know how good this particular heatsink is. Possible (well proven) alternatives: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/coole...55-1156-1366-a or Xigmatek Gaia (not available on scan.co.uk)

RAM: 1866MHz is pointless, 1600 or 1333 is enough, you won't notice any difference: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(...-9-9-9-24-165v

Sound Card: Unless you have high quality headphones/headset/speakers, you won't notice a difference to onboard sound. Sometimes however, there can be interference on the audio signal when using the onboard sound (mostly caused by usb activity), so a discrete sound card is sometimes needed (even if the quality of the onboard sound would be theoretically fine). But this can be easily bought afterwards, if needed.

SSD: Kingston HyperX should be fine, alternatives would be Samsung 830 or Crucial m4.

PSU: The Corsair CX series is of average quality. Here i would suggest to get a better psu with a little lower wattage. (your build will only use about 250W during full load). E.g. http://www.scan.co.uk/products/530w-...-quiet-fan-atx or http://www.scan.co.uk/products/450w-...an-atx-v23-psu