Help in upgrading PC..

[Sagnik18]

Hi, i am currently using a system that comprises of Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 CPU, Intel DG31PR motherboard and 1GB DDR2 RAM.
I am thinking of upgrading my system to a basic gaming rig and shortlisted the following items for my build -

1) AMD FX6300 CPU
2) ASUS M5A97 R2.0 / Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3/ Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P
3) 8 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 RAM
4) Sapphire HD7770 / ZOTAC GTX 650 TI GPU
5) Corsair VS 450/ CX 430/ Cooler Master Thunder 450W.


A little help in choosing the components will be much appreciated.
And are the Gigabyte mobos USB 3.0 compatible? It says in the site they rely on some chip to be installed!! I was initially inclined towards Intel Core i3-3220 + Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H combo, but finally chose to go with AMD rig.

And i have a SATA 1 250GB hard disk, will it work properly with these motherboards?

P.S. - I cannot increase my budget, so have to hover in this range only.

 

[Vojin]

gtx 650 is good gpu,buy corsair psu.You can buy hdd for 50$ that will work

 

[Sagnik18]

I was thinking of keeping my old HDD. And it is GTX 650 Ti i am thinking of buying. Corsair which one?

 

[Vojin]

any corsair psu is good,but buy vs it has more watts

 

[Gameshire]

According to the reviews on Flipkart and other users VS is an entry level range being sold in developing countries only.......I think you should go with the CX 430. And go with the GTX 650 TI Its better. All the mobos in list have SATA 3 ports but SATA ports have backward compatibility so your SATA 1 hard disk will work but at 1.5 GB/s (though sata 3 supports upto 6 gb/s). From the product pages all of the mobos have USB 3.0 slots and the first one has many 2.0 ones too....On what site did you read about 'some chip'?