As I've mentioned once or twice on SAX, I'm building a computer from the ground up. I don't have any parts except for a monitor and a mouse, and I don't have a whole lot of knowledge about this sort of thing, so I'm going to need some help.

Here's what I have so far:

Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103911
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130591
Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145299
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211409

What parts do I need to buy? I want to be able to have a fully-functional computer that I can use for programming projects and basically everything from now on. Anyways, here's what I've come up with:

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811154095
Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182006
Keyboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823233002
DVD Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118031

Is this everything? What I'm worried about is not having Ethernet, Graphics, and Sound support, which, if I understand correctly, is built into this particular motherboard. Anyways, I guess my main question is, if I have these eight parts, and my monitor, mouse, and headphones, and I plug everything together, set everything up, and put the Windows 7 install cd in the drive and boot it up, will it work?
(1) Your CPU and motherboard have matching sockets and are compatible, which is a good first step.
(2) I'm skeptical of off-brand RAM, and for ~$10 more you can get 8GB of less-shady RAM.
(3) I have had every single Hitachi/Deskstar HDD I've ever owned, as far as I can remember, crash on me. But that's just me.
(4) Nice case price!
(5) Super-duper shady and untrustworthy PSU imho. What's your budget like?

You need a graphics card. This motherboard has no onboard video.
(2 & 3) Tari picked out those first four parts for me, so I blame him if anything goes wrong with those Smile
(5) I just picked out the first thing I saw on Newegg, and I know nothing about PSU's. Do you have any suggestions for a good power supply?

Also, do you have a suggestion for a good graphics card? I have about 50-100 dollars to spend on this, and naturally I'd like to spend as little money as possible, but I'm willing to spend up to 100 dollars.

EDIT: How many SATA cables do I need to buy? The hard drive and the motherboard don't come with any cables AFAIK.
(2) ADATA may not be a major brand, but I wouldn't call it 'off-brand'.
(3) Can't speak to that, as I've never owned a Hitachi drive. It's priced nicely though.

I agree that the power supply is rather shady.

Another option that gets you a slightly cheaper CPU and onboard graphics would be an AMD APU:
Motherboards usually come with a few SATA cables- the one I linked here as well as the one you linked both come with two.
You'll need two, one for the optical drive and one for the hard drive. I've been a big fan of the AMD 6950, but Kllrnohj says that the 7xxx series is the way to go now.
I'm quite happy with the Radeon HD 6770, though that was chiefly based on having previously owned a 5770 (which for a time was a popular card striking a good balance between price and performance) and the 6770 is effectively the same card but with support for hardware acceleration of Blu-ray 3D. The games I've played are older titles (Prey, Quake IV, Duke Nukem Forever, Unreal Tournament 3 etc) but I've been able to max out the settings on them without noticeable issues. If you're looking to play the latest and greatest you will likely need something a little more beefy!
I'm not looking to do tons of gaming, tbh other than Minecraft (which is very processor intensive, I know, but I just turn down the settings) Anyways, I'm not going to have too much finding a graphics card to work with my mobo, but does anyone have any suggestions for a reasonably priced (and reliable) PSU?
If you want to play games I'd really recommend getting a GPU...
If I get a GPU, do I need a graphics card? (or are they the same thing?)
Yes, GPU is another way to refer to the graphics card (graphics processor).

The Llano APU I posted above is a reasonable price/graphics performance tradeoff, and it leaves you with the option of upgrading to a much more capable GPU at a later date. It should be fine for Minecraft and some fancier things at low detail settings.
Go with the Llano APU Tari suggested, should get you off the ground as cheap as possible. Although this one should be a good bit faster for not that much more: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103942 - the A8-3850 actually has enough oomph to play modern games at reasonable graphics.

For PSU, definitely step it up a notch. A bad PSU can destroy your system, don't skimp on it. I would recommend this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020

Although if that is a bit too much, try this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026
Maybe I should have waited, but I already purchased the motherboard and cpu as listed in the first post; so I don't think I can buy the CPU/GPU combo Tari suggested. Can an APU function as a complete substitute for a GPU?
Well, the APU is the processor + motherboard in this case, as far as I can tell. They just have better (?) than average integrated graphics.
OK, Thanks everyone, and especially Kllnrohj for the PSU suggestions. Does anyone know if this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150568 GPU will work with my mobo? I'm pretty sure, I looked through the manual, and I think it will, but is there a way to be able to tell for sure?
It's PCIe so yes, but it's a waste of money. The onboard GPU on the A8-3850 that Kllrnohj recommended is more powerful than that, and the one on the A4-3400 (my low-cost choice) is probably right around that thing's performance.
But thats the CPU and the GPU, isn't it? I've already bought the CPU listed in the first post, should I just return it?
KermMartian wrote:
Well, the APU is the processor + motherboard in this case, as far as I can tell. They just have better (?) than average integrated graphics.


APU is just a fancy name for an on-die GPU - calling it an "APU" because they are positioning it as more than a GPU with the GPGPU stuff.

LincolnB wrote:
But thats the CPU and the GPU, isn't it? I've already bought the CPU listed in the first post, should I just return it?


Why did you ask for advice and then not bother waiting for the response? Depending on what it costs to return it I would definitely suggest that. If you bought it from a local store like Fry's or Microcenter definitely return it. Otherwise you have to ship it back, which sucks.

If you're going to keep the CPU, I would suggest a video card like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102988 - although I don't really know how the low end landscape stacks up these days, I think that should be pretty good bang for buck.
Thanks all for help and stuff; I think this is going to be my final build:

What I have already:

Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103911
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130591
Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145299
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211409
Case: donated from a family friend
Monitor: already have one
Mouse: already have one
Power Supply: donated from a family friend
Keyboard: donated from a family friend

And what I'm going to buy:

GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102988
DVD Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118031

Remind me if I'm forgetting anything.
Tell us more about this power supply donated from a friend so we can make it is spec'd sufficiently for your build.
aight, its an ATX-350PN, and ... uuuhhhhh I know nothing about this stuff, what do you need to know? I can probably find it on the side sticker thing
  
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