First Time Building a Desktop PC

[Nate1185]

1. I live in the U.S.
2. I plan on buying all of my parts from Newegg.
3. My PC will be used for running some of the newer games on at least
standard settings.
4. My budget is around $700, (£446 or €536) this figure is not including OS,
monitor, keyboard etc.
5. No brand preferences.
6. Nothing can be kept from an older machine.
7. I have no idea about overclocking.
8. No resolution preferences really.

I'm not sure if the above steps were necessary, as I've already picked out
each component. The reason I'm posting is because I've never built a PC
before and am not entirely sure that each part I've picked out will be
compatible with the rest.

Also if any part I've picked is unreasonably higher/lower quality than the
rest of my build (i.e. power supply is too weak, graphics card is far lower
quality than CPU).

If there is any major component that I've left out let me know. I'm only
discussing the parts that go in the tower, nothing else like a monitor or a
mouse.

So here are the parts I've picked out:

Motherboard: ASUS M5A97
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131767

CPU: Phenom II X4 960T
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103995

GPU: GTX 550 Ti
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130625

Hard Drive: Samsung Sinpoint F3 HD502HJ
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822152181

SeaSonic M12II
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817151095

Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaw Series 8GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820231311

Case: Rosewill Chalenger
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811147153

All of these including shipping put me at $621.77 (£396.32 or €475.72).

I don't have my heart set on any of these, so I'm not going to be crushed if you tell me one of these isn't that good.

Comments appreciated, thanks!

[SauceBoss]

overall a great build and you have no reason to change nothing , but i do think 2 things should be changed:
1. the Power Supply, its a great one but i dont like ocz much ,i think a good power supply is this 1 :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095 , its in the same price but it has really great reviews and i know a few people with it and they love it!!
2. the GPU , a 550 TI is a good card but it doesnt offer a good bang for the buck compared to a 6850 so i think you should get this card instead:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161384 , ofcourse you can put additional money and get a better cooling but i chose the cheapest 1.

[TherealYeno]

I'd agree with both points from Sauceboss. Seasonic over OCZ for PSUs for sure.

Also I'm not a fan of the 550 ti. At that price AMD has better options. Try out a 6850 or even try to squeeze a 6870 in the budget. The extra you spend on your graphics will be well worth it.

[Nate1185]

I really appreciate the feedback guys thanks. I decided to take your suggestion for the PSU, but I can't get behind the 6850 comfortably. A lot of the reviews on Newegg complained about the card burning out very quickly and having troubles getting a RMA. The 6870 just seems too far of a leap for me from the price of the 550 Ti.

[SauceBoss]

its actually known that amd cards operate on lower temp,less power consumption and much quieter cooling (im talking about refrence cards),so the possibilty of a stock settings HD 6850 to burn out is much lower then the 550 TI . and if you dont want hd 6850 atleast go for a gtx 460, one of this cards would be a much better choice:
GigaByte-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125412
MSI-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127646
both has much better cooling and there stronger and the MSI one is actually cheaper with the in mail rebate.

[AskuraOne]

its actually known that amd cards operate on lower temp,less power consumption and much quieter cooling (im talking about refrence cards),so the possibilty of a stock settings HD 6850 to burn out is much lower then the 550 TI . and if you dont want hd 6850 atleast go for a gtx 460, one of this cards would be a much better choice:
GigaByte-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125412
MSI-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127646
both has much better cooling and there stronger and the MSI one is actually cheaper with the in mail rebate.

I Agree with Sauce boss, i have a AMD HD 6950, even running very demanding games on high graphics it stays cool and doesn't show instability, otherwise either the Gigabyte (which is also a very great video card I've owned) or the MSI is a great choice Best of luck with the build