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Thank you for all the help, The links were very helpful. I followed the advice on the power supply and case. I also discovered the reason my desktop crashed. A buddy of mine installed the 9800gt on my stock 300w power supply. I went ahead and pulled the HD it was a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10...

Thank you. Power supply and cooling are the two areas that I'm having a hard time figuring out. Can I have to much power? 650w is what I see recommended most. I'll do some more looking into what makes a good psu.

How much power will a system like this need? I plan on putting a video card with 1gb of ddr5 and a HDMI port.

Hi there, I've been reading forums and reviews for day, and getting more confused each day. This is my first build and want to build something that will be good for the future. So far this is what I have component wise. I still need a video card and a hard drive. Is Linux a good option for...

Thank you, And yes it is the 3570k ops. Took a second look and they all come with the integrated graphics some adds just didn't mention it in the title. I'll try to remove my question so I don't confuse people. I'll put the build up. It is my first. Thanks again.

Hello, Would it be better to get the 3750k with the hd 4000. I do plan on adding a video card. Will also have ASrock z77 extreme 4. Will the hd 4000 graphics + video card be better than the same video card w/o hd 4000. ie will they work together.