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My first even pc build.

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    So I will finally build a decent gaming pc and I thought people good give me so tips.
    CPU: AMD fx6300 (will OC)
    GPU: MSI R9 270 (will OC)
    PSU: EVGA 500W 80plus bronze
    CASE: Corsair Carbide Spec 01
    MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P
    RAM: 2x4GB Kingston Fury red 1866 Mhz DDR3
    Will consider an ssd later
    So the only thing i am not sure about is if the motherboard is capable for overclocking and which is a good solution for cheap cooling.

    edit:I noticed i fucked up the title
     
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    cheap cooling : hyper 212 evo

    @Nodari looks familiar to me :D
     
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    fantastic cooler

    as for the motherboard, it'll be fine, I'm using the 970A-UD3P board, runs fantastically, not too sure on OC though
     
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    I wanna be able to OC because its my first pc build and i want to experiment a lot with everything.I will probably get that cooler.I cant really go over that bugdet.Btw is the r9 270 good for the latest games
     
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    How much is the R9 270?
     
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    180 euros here in greece
     
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    How much is an R9 280 on the site?
    they're a step up and a bit faster than the 270, but if it's out of your price range then stick with the 270
     
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    Is that out of your budget? I'd seriously suggest the 280 as it's a great card but the 270 will do you fine :p
     
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    Get a GTX960 if it's within your budget, great card for it's price and high efficiency.
     
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    gtz 960 is 250 euros so nope.I was in a dilemma if i should get the 270 or 280 but with the 280 you get like 10-13 more fps in games but for that i will need a 600W SPU and thats the main reason i went with the 270,I thought if I OC the 270 the differencec will be even smaller on performance.
     
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    the R9 280 will run on a 450W PSU :)
    You can easily run it on a 500W!
     
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    But I wanna OC as i said and i dont want it to be so tight.
     
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    Oh yeah, forgot about that
     
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    So reached a conclusion?
     
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    I have the same mobo, ram and cpu, except with an r7 250.. running bf3 4x aa med/high settings in 64 players with no struggle.. smooth as hell as always. So if you get an r9 270 you can expect to run anything I guess.
     
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    Awesome BUT i have done some calculations and the i need about 380 Watts for my system at peak so it wont reach that with regular gaming and I think that 500 Watt power supply is enough even for extreme CPU and GPU overclocking but the only thing i am not sure if the motherboard is capable of that.
     
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    Thats what i just said. xD
     
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    Exactly.
     
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    -.- I SAID i want confirmation if the MOBO is capable of heavy overclocking
     
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