New Build: Prodigy M-ATX

oly0015

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Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: this week (the closer the better)

Approximate Purchase Date: Hopefully sometime early December

Budget Range: 600-750

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Surfing, Movies, Eventual upgrade for gaming

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg, microcenter, amazon

Location: Metro Detroit, Mi

Parts Preferences: Intel / Nvidia

Overclocking: Yes, Later

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Additional Comments: Just trying to get a budget pc to upgrade later

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Laptop I was using as a desktop died, time for an upgrade anyway.

Parts List: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1TWsH

Already have: WD 1.5TB 3.5" drives

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H
Ram: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy M Midnight
PSU:Silverstone ST60F-PS
Extra Fan: BitFenix Spectre Pro LED 156.3 CFM 230mm Fan

Anyone know for sure if the cooler will fit in that case? The limit is 160mm and it is 159mm.

Opinions / Advice on parts?
 
Solution
The cooler will fit. No big changes from me. Mostly the 2x4GB RAM for dual channel configuration. The Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO comes with thermal paste so you don't need to buy one.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy M Midnight MicroATX Mini Tower Case...
The cooler will fit. No big changes from me. Mostly the 2x4GB RAM for dual channel configuration. The Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO comes with thermal paste so you don't need to buy one.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87MX-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy M Midnight MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: BitFenix Spectre Pro LED 156.3 CFM 230mm Fan ($23.43 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $583.37
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
 
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battler624

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Nice build, trying to imagine it and looks great in my mind :p, but i suggest atleast but a mid-range graphics card in it like the 650 Ti which is on sale now on amazon for a 100$ or so, or go with a 260x from AMD
 
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1TYAY
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1TYAY/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1TYAY/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($134.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 850W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $539.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-27 18:18 EDT-0400)
 

oly0015

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Thats the plan, eventually, the motherboard supports crossfire/sli as well.

And thanks ksham for the cooler info and thermal paste tip