Hey everyone soon I will be buying gaming pc parts and building my first PC I've watched hundreds of videos on graphics card, cpu's, motherboards, fans, ram and much more I understand compatibility issues and from what I will be buying I can't spot any.
Case- NZXT Source 210 Elite White- http://www.scan.co.uk/products/nzxt-source-210-elite-white-mid-tower-gaming-case-with-usb-30-w-o-psu
CPU- AMD Phenom II 965 X4 Black Edition AM3 Socket- http://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-phenom-ii-x4-965-black-edition-s-am3-34ghz-8mb-cache-125w-retail
Motherboard- MSI 970A-G46 970 AM3+- http://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-970a-g46-amd-970-s-am3plus-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-sata-raid-pcie-20-(x16)-atx
RAM- Corsair XMS3 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel- http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-(2x4gb)-corsair-ddr3-xms3-pc3-12800-(1600)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-165v
HDD- Seagate 500GB 3.5" Barracuda Hard Drive 7200rpm 16mb cache- http://www.scan.co.uk/products/500gb-seagate-st500dm002-barracuda-sata-6gb-s-7200rpm-16mb-cache-85ms-ncq
Graphics card- XFX 6850 AMD Radeon 1GB- http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-xfx-hd-6850-4000mhz-gddr5-gpu-775mhz-960-cores-eyefinity-hdmi-2x-mini-displayport-2x-dvi
PSU- Powercool 550W Modular Power Supply 80 plus certified- http://www.scan.co.uk/products/550w-powercool-modular-80-plus-80-eff-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-fan-cooling-dual-rail-atx-22-psu
Optical Drive- Sony Optical DVD ROM, SATA, OEM- http://www.scan.co.uk/products/sony-ddu1681s-0b-18x-dvd-rom-smart-x-sata-black-oem
CPU Cooler- Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO CPU Cooler 3- http://www.scan.co.uk/products/cooler-master-hyper-tx3-evo-cpu-cooler-92mm-fan-s1366-1156-1155-775-fm1-am3plus-am3-am2
Operating System- Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM- http://www.scan.co.uk/products/microsoft-windows-7-home-premium-64-bit-sp1-operating-system-single-oem
This all adds up to exaclty £472 which is just under my budget it if you can find a better build under the same budget that would be really great, just to clarify I read that AM3+ motherboards and CPU coolers are compatible with AM3 socket CPU's if this is true could you please tell me would be very helpful.