ASRock 960GM-GS3 FX Motherboard Questions

[James Harrison]

I am wanting to build a gaming rig and have discovered the ASRock 960GM-GS3 FX motherboard. Its cheap and sounds good but I want to ask a few questions (this is my first build!)

1. Will the fx 6350 processor work or will I have to go with the fx 6300?
2. Will the amd 7770 2GB graphics card work too? If not which other card?

I am on a budget of around £400 give or take but I don't mind. But I want this to be a good computer. I will be using 8GB of crucial ram as well as a 1tb caviar blue hard drive. And a 430W PSU from corsair. (Maybe 500W) And I don't want to Overclock. Is this all good?

 

[Sn1992-1361850]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£71.94 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£65.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£55.00 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£44.99 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card (£81.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: BitFenix Merc Beta (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£32.90 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.86 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £402.67
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-01 15:23 BST+0100)

Get this built
Later on add a cooler master h212 evo for 22£ and overclock the 6300 to take it even further than 6350

 

[James Harrison]

Thanks for that, I'll use some of them parts.
But I still want to know if the asrock motherboard is capable. I want the cheapest with features I will use! I won't use all of the features on more expensive ones.

 

[Sn1992-1361850]

Its one of the best available
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