Total newbie here. This is my first build from scratch. My son and I just updated his system and due to my shopping error (decided last minute to buy an ASUS Z87-Pro instead of a Z77 board and neglected to notice that a 4th gen processor was required. I ended up with an "extra" Intel i5 3570K processor, that I could return...until I saw the performance of my son's computer compared to my circa 2010 Alienware Aurora...OMG...MUST UPGRADE. Which brings me here.)
Sooo, would you kind persons please review this list and see if there are any compatibility issues or if I am missing anything? Any suggestions for improvement/cost cutting are welcome!
Timing: Ready to buy now.
Location: California, USA
Case: Rosewill Blackhawk Gaming ATX mid tower with 5 fans, window side panel, top HDD dock ($89.99) (Video Card Concern: Specs say "Supports up to 11.8" (30cm) length VGA card (HDD cage NOT removed". Card (below is 11.61"L x 5.08"W x 1.69"H). I am really struggling with what case to get. This one has lots of fans, which is the draw as I don't want to mess with liquid cooling. I would prefer to stay with a smaller tower, but space really isn't an issue so a full size tower would be fine as well.
Power Supply: Rosewill HIVE-750W bronze certified, modular, single _ 12V rail, ATX12V v2. ($89.99)
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracude ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0b/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive ($69.99)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HCMI SATA 5Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard ($114.99)
Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K ($219.00)
Memory: GSkill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 ($79.99)
Video Card: Gigabyte GV-N760OC-2GD REv2.0 GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready Windforce 3X 450W ($259.99)
Blue Ray: LG Black 14X BD-R 2X BD_RE 16X DVD=R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA BDXL Blue-ray Burner, Bare Drive, 3D play Back - OEM ($79.99)
Win 7 Pro ($69.00)
Total Cost: $1002.94
Sooo, would you kind persons please review this list and see if there are any compatibility issues or if I am missing anything? Any suggestions for improvement/cost cutting are welcome!
Timing: Ready to buy now.
Location: California, USA
Case: Rosewill Blackhawk Gaming ATX mid tower with 5 fans, window side panel, top HDD dock ($89.99) (Video Card Concern: Specs say "Supports up to 11.8" (30cm) length VGA card (HDD cage NOT removed". Card (below is 11.61"L x 5.08"W x 1.69"H). I am really struggling with what case to get. This one has lots of fans, which is the draw as I don't want to mess with liquid cooling. I would prefer to stay with a smaller tower, but space really isn't an issue so a full size tower would be fine as well.
Power Supply: Rosewill HIVE-750W bronze certified, modular, single _ 12V rail, ATX12V v2. ($89.99)
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracude ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0b/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive ($69.99)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HCMI SATA 5Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard ($114.99)
Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K ($219.00)
Memory: GSkill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 ($79.99)
Video Card: Gigabyte GV-N760OC-2GD REv2.0 GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready Windforce 3X 450W ($259.99)
Blue Ray: LG Black 14X BD-R 2X BD_RE 16X DVD=R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA BDXL Blue-ray Burner, Bare Drive, 3D play Back - OEM ($79.99)
Win 7 Pro ($69.00)
Total Cost: $1002.94
That's pretty cheap insurance. This cooler/fan replaces the fan that comes in the box with the processor, right? 
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