Building a PC. Need Constructive Criticism

7e11 · Nov 9, 2013

Hello, Im going to build a gaming pc soon and I need some suggestions and criticism on my parts. Main qustions:

Do I have enough power?

Do I have have any hardware bottlenecks?

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1ZUZh
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1ZUZh/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1ZUZh/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($35.98 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($8.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($249.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-L2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($9.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-L2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($9.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($24.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $909.86
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-09 20:34 EST-0500)

Leave any recomendations Below. Have a Nice Day!

dottorrent · Nov 9, 2013

Cooler Master's HAF cases are horribly loud. I would go for this. Same price, but still good cooling and has better fans -

NZXT Tempest 410 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146081

aznricepuff · Nov 9, 2013

You have more than enough power. In fact you could even step down to a 550W PSU and still have plenty of headroom.

Other than that your build looks great.

Tradesman1 · Nov 9, 2013

Sweet build, as long as in budget, I'd keep the PSU as is, may want to add on in the future

Rick_09 · Nov 9, 2013

Cooler Master's HAF cases are horribly loud.

Since when? I have one and it's quite silent and I'm quite happy with it. It all depends on your configuration and choice of fans. Of course, if you fill one up with all the fans it could possibly take and you have a pair of high end gfx cards that run on stock cooling and run the cpu on stock cooling, it would definitely be noisy as heck, and the fact that these cases are very "open" (lots of meshing) obviously doesn't help.
Granted, I wouldn't ever say that they are the best cases out there, but claiming they are "horribly loud" is a gross exaggeration and actually misleading. It all depends on your build.

However, having said that, I do like your suggestion/alternative for a case. Seems like a neat case for the price.

Tradesman1 · Nov 9, 2013

Rick_09 :

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Have to agree, I use a number of their different cases and haven't any problems or complaints at all about them supposedly being loud - no doubt they could be if one is using very cheap add on fans, but even with some lower end ones I've seen added - no sounds issues

dottorrent · Nov 10, 2013

Tradesman1 :

Rick_09 :

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Have to agree, I use a number of their different cases and haven't any problems or complaints at all about them supposedly being loud - no doubt they could be if one is using very cheap add on fans, but even with some lower end ones I've seen added - no sounds issues

The last HAF case I used, which was the 932, it was loud and rather deafening with the cheap fans they used on it. I'll return to the HAF cases until one beats my Corsair 500R.

Tradesman1 · Nov 10, 2013

The 932 is one of my favorites, and never had problems with sound, may have had a loose fan or something, don't know

Know over the years have prob used at least 35+ of them, very popular

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