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Please help i am not sure if i buy all these parts it will work i get the Incompatibility error of
''Some AMD 970 chipset motherboards may need a BIOS update prior to using Vishera CPUs''
my build is
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/TCs67P

please help me i am saving all my money on this. :)
 
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superninja12

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you will be way happier with this.

- newest skylake architecture, stronger cpu-> more fps
- u can upgrade to a kaby lake i7 later while the last amd processor was released in 2013 , also a skylake i3 outpeforms a 8350 in games.
- better powersupply yours is pretty bad... this one is quality and can power a gtx 970 with ease.
- wifi already in the mobo+ 2 extra usb ports:)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor (£54.38 @ Dabs)
Motherboard: MSI B150I GAMING PRO AC Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard (£79.62 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£32.20 @ More Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£164.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.32 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£8.75 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan (£5.09 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £484.32
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-12 15:12 GMT+0000

And cheaper !!!

what u can do later with this build.
- upgrade to an i5 6600
- upgrade to a gtx 970
- get a cryorig h7 as cpu cooler if u dont like the stock noise.
- upgrade to 16gb ram(u wont notice any difference from 8gb at the time now for gaming)
- add a ssd later to boot windows up faster.

watch this video for fun it got a better fx cpu that u got .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5ejBlynOV8
 
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Eliasand

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^^ this is a much better build, you could even get i3-6100 from the beginning

about your question, there should be no problems, some older 970 boards that ship with older BIOS versions might not support you CPU at first, you would need to flash the BIOS through a USB stick, but it should work off the bat with that motherboard.
 
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DonkeyOatie

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Since you live in an area with high turnover in parts, that motherboard will work with that chip. Your system could be a lot better for that money. Unless budget is totally limiting, Intel is generally a better choice than AMD at the moment. That AMD CPU is especially weak.

Better, but similar

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£59.99 @ Novatech)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£26.49 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard (£77.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£164.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.42 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£8.75 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan (£5.09 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £498.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-12 15:30 GMT+0000

better and more powerful.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£85.98 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£26.49 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£51.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£164.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX XT 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£50.28 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£8.75 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan (£5.09 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £528.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-12 15:32 GMT+0000

Previous generation Haswell, will plug and play.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£93.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus H81I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£54.98 @ Novatech)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£164.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX XT 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£50.28 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£8.75 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan (£5.09 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £488.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-12 15:34 GMT+0000

Intel i5 option.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£149.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Asus H81I-PLUS Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard (£54.98 @ Novatech)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£164.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX XT 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£50.28 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£8.75 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan (£5.09 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £544.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-12 15:35 GMT+0000

Modern Skylake is an option too.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£96.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock H170M-ITX/DL Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard (£68.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£32.20 @ More Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Novatech)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£164.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX XT 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£50.28 @ Aria PC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£8.75 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan (£5.09 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £507.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-12 15:37 GMT+0000

The cheapest PSU I suggested could be used for all systems except the FX6300.
System without a WiFi adaptor have WiFi on the motherboard.

 
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Hi thanks for answering I was just wondering if I could change the mobo to something like a gigabyte 970a-ud3p as the reviews that mobo has aren't great on gaming?
 
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hi thanks for answering i was just wondering which one of these is the best for around £470 that has a corsair spec-01 case and if there is a better combo than these ones you can think of that has those two parts , if its not to much trouble, could you put togther a pcpartpicker build. thanks
 
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DonkeyOatie

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This is decent BUT...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor (£94.83 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£34.98 @ Dabs)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£34.34 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.96 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 380 4GB Video Card (£167.59 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.30 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£8.75 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £468.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-16 20:14 GMT+0000

To hit your budget you cannot afford both a good gaming CPU and a good gaming GPU. I have chosen to favor the GPU.

The alternative looks like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£149.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£34.98 @ Dabs)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£34.34 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.96 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 370 2GB Video Card (£113.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£45.30 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£8.75 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £470.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-16 20:18 GMT+0000

AMD FX6300, while cheaper as a CPU needs a cooler and a better PSU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£84.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£26.49 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£51.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£34.34 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.96 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 370 2GB Video Card (£113.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£59.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£8.75 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £463.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-16 20:23 GMT+0000
 
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Would this be good?
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/RjFYyc
 
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Eliasand

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£93.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D2V Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£41.62 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£33.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£164.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX TS 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£31.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£9.98 @ Novatech)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan (£5.09 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £491.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-19 17:31 GMT+0000

Changed to cheaper mobo, better PSU, added SSD.
 
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harris13

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thanks for answering but there is a Incompatibility error in the pcpartpicker list
is that anything i need to worry about?


 
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DonkeyOatie

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Your list is compatible.?!!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor (£93.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.98 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£164.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: XFX XT 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£48.22 @ More Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-118CB/BEBE DVD/CD Drive (£9.98 @ Novatech)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan (£5.09 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £497.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-19 18:04 GMT+0000
 
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sorry, i meant the one eliasand made.
 
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DonkeyOatie

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It doesn't really.

If you live in a part of the world where the motherboard you are being sold was made within the last two years or so, there will be no problem. In the USA and from a major retailer, it would work.

The note is there for older made boards which might still be around and in distant sectors of the globe.
 
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Eliasand

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No.
Sometimes, (rarely though), you have to manually update the BIOS to support your CPU. Most of the boards though come pre-updated with the right BIOS version, only some ship with older BIOS versions installed.
 
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