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ah I see, The computer has just been assembled. I would have liked to get a better motherboard but I was on a really tight budget, I owe my brother money now -,- The computer was for my father, I had no intention of overclocking it as of yet (but still would have liked to get a motherboard that...

Thanks for the advice. I was just a bit curious because part picker said I only needed 400W and the nvidia only needed around 400w.

In the link it says that the R9 280 requires a 600W power supply is this true? "System power supply requirement: 600W" http://www.cplonline.com.au/gigabyte-radeon-r9-290-oc-4gb-graphic-card-gv-r929oc-4gd.html I have a 550W will this be a prokblem...

ohh, at stock the 8320 is 3.5Ghz, so if I don't oc it should be fine right? How do you know how much Ghz a motherboard can take? It doesn't say it anywhere. Was this just trial and error? I'm going to need the extra cores for applications like photoshop. Cheers

Sorry for the late reply, was on vacation. I can't find that motherboard so I'm going to buy this one instead. (I live in Australia and prefer to buy from the actual computer shop) http://www.cplonline.com.au/asrock-970-pro3-r2-0-am3-am3-atx-motherboard.html I'm just about to leave now to buy...

yup that's what I meant, thanks mate

I intend to surf the net, use programs like eclipse and visual studios. But the main reason I want an isp is so the image contrast looks good no matter what angle I look at it from. I know it's not that good for gaming as the refresh rate and response time isn't that low. So my question is. 1...

ohh, I also meant overclocking the CPU, I just meant that I thought some motherboards were better for overclocking CPU's than others and that if I wasn't going to overclock a cheap motherboard would suffice. According to the specs the motherboard supports am3+ (I don't see any mention anywhere...

ah, thanks mate, you really helped me out.

This is the build so far, any critique would be appreciated. I'm trying to keep costs kind of low. [PCPartPicker part list](http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/DdBtHx) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/DdBtHx/by_merchant/) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [AMD...

ohh, thanks for the clarification. This specific PC isn't going to be a gaming machine. It will mainly be used for browsing the net and photoshop or other photo programs. It's not for me it's for my old man. What graphics card would you guys recommend for a non-gaming machine. I don't want it...

First of all, what does the 'x' at the end of Radeon cards mean? I was going to buy a R9 280 (3gb ram) for $260. Then I looked at the older R9 270x (4gb ram) and it is faster and has more ram for the exact same price. what is better? what should I get? Edit: The 270x seems better than the 280x...

Thanks for stating things in a clear manner. I fully understand now. I thought this might be the case but wasn't to sure initially. The CPU I'm going to be using is an FX-8320. I guess I will have to research on how to overclock ram. I've never overclocked anything I hope it's not too difficult...

Cheers thanks mate.