Compatibility Check

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I'm thinking about going with this build for my first gaming computer build. Are these parts all compatible? I know the cases' front USB's are USB 2.0 and the motherboard has a USB 3.0 header but can I still use the front USB's?

My budget is up to $450 (w/out Windows)

Live in Indiana

I have a couple mice (mouses?), but I can get a cheap keyboard at my local Best Buy

Mainly gaming, browsing, and watching Youtube videos

No overclocking

No water cooling

I can get Win 7 and my local best buy

I would like to play games on high settings

I would like to play at 720p or 1080p

Games I will be playing are Gmod, Minecraft (like to hover around 100fps+ on high settings), FPS games, mostly Steam games

Link to build:

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Zach123090/saved/1Vul

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well all parts are compatible, only i would suggest to pickup  faster ram atleast 1600MHZ.

ofc every mobo has also usb 2.0 headers.

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The ram is fine the mobo and the cpu take 1333Mhz allso the Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Has got a usb 3.0 header and usb 3.0 on the back.

But the case you picked dosent have usb 3(Cooler Master HAF 912) grab a NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) for the same $$$ it has usb 3.0 support

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ah yeah you right the phenom takes upto 1333mhz ☺

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But you can overclock the memory freq as well as any other clock in it, theoretically it goes up to 1600, but it goes up to over 1866 with tweaking. I like it best at 1600 but with very low latencies when using faster memory (CAS 6-7 instead of 8-9).

One remark though on the 100 fps in Minecraft with mods: no gonna happen, java is slow, and the 7770 can't run it higher than 50 fps with a large draw distance, and that's if you're lucky, and with a shader mod of which you don't know how efficient the programming is... 25-30 fps in 1080p will probably be closer to what you're going to get in open spaces. If you're mining in a small tunnel you might get 45-50 fps or so, but 100+ fps is definitely not going to happen.