Hi everyone!
It's my first time building a computer, and even owning a desktop (owned MacBooks my whole life), so I figured I should run my plan by some people who know what they're talking about.
I've pasted my pcpartpicker price list below. If someone has a moment to tell me if I've done anything stupid, I'd really appreciate it haha!
A couple questions:
1. I've picked a water cooler here. It's my first time building so I'm very paranoid about frying my parts, and from what I've read liquid cooling systems are better (I'm lucky enough to have the money to spare). Should I get a fan/heatsink system instead? Are there pros/cons between the two?
1a. I should get a couple more case fans right? (it comes with 3)
2. Does anybody know anything about this motherboard? I wanted to go with a Z97 for more compatibility if I upgrade my CPU in the next few years, but they're fairly new and didn't have many reviews on the sites I looked at.
3. Will everything fit in my case? (How would one usually figure this out, measuring the specs?
)
4. I know the power supply is overkill. I wanted to get one that will allow me to expand my system in the future, such as picking up a second GPU, without also having to change the PSU. Is this too much / should I tone it back down to a 7/850?
Thanks in advance for taking a look at this. I really appreciate it!!
**CPU** | I'm going to wait the couple weeks it'll take for the 4790k to come out as opposed to getting the 4770k. Is patience the right choice here?
**CPU Cooler** | [Corsair H90 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-cpu-cooler-h90) | $79.99 @ Amazon
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97xud5h) | $189.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31600c9d16gxm) | $140.25 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7pd128bw) | $109.99 @ Best Buy
**Video Card** | [EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Superclocked Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-03gp42783kr) | $519.99 @ Newegg
**Case** | [NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-phan001wt) | $99.99 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | [SeaSonic X Series 1250W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-x1250) | $236.98 @ SuperBiiz
**Monitor** | [Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vg248qe) | $249.23 @ Amazon
**Wireless Network Adapter** | [TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/tp-link-wireless-network-card-tlwdn4800) | $38.57 @ Amazon
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $1959.97
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-25 10:37 EDT-0400 |
EDIT: will be getting 500GB SSD not the 128
It's my first time building a computer, and even owning a desktop (owned MacBooks my whole life), so I figured I should run my plan by some people who know what they're talking about.
I've pasted my pcpartpicker price list below. If someone has a moment to tell me if I've done anything stupid, I'd really appreciate it haha!
A couple questions:
1. I've picked a water cooler here. It's my first time building so I'm very paranoid about frying my parts, and from what I've read liquid cooling systems are better (I'm lucky enough to have the money to spare). Should I get a fan/heatsink system instead? Are there pros/cons between the two?
1a. I should get a couple more case fans right? (it comes with 3)
2. Does anybody know anything about this motherboard? I wanted to go with a Z97 for more compatibility if I upgrade my CPU in the next few years, but they're fairly new and didn't have many reviews on the sites I looked at.
3. Will everything fit in my case? (How would one usually figure this out, measuring the specs?
)4. I know the power supply is overkill. I wanted to get one that will allow me to expand my system in the future, such as picking up a second GPU, without also having to change the PSU. Is this too much / should I tone it back down to a 7/850?
Thanks in advance for taking a look at this. I really appreciate it!!
**CPU** | I'm going to wait the couple weeks it'll take for the 4790k to come out as opposed to getting the 4770k. Is patience the right choice here?
**CPU Cooler** | [Corsair H90 94.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-cpu-cooler-h90) | $79.99 @ Amazon
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97xud5h) | $189.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31600c9d16gxm) | $140.25 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7pd128bw) | $109.99 @ Best Buy
**Video Card** | [EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Superclocked Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-03gp42783kr) | $519.99 @ Newegg
**Case** | [NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower Case](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-phan001wt) | $99.99 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | [SeaSonic X Series 1250W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-x1250) | $236.98 @ SuperBiiz
**Monitor** | [Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vg248qe) | $249.23 @ Amazon
**Wireless Network Adapter** | [TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/tp-link-wireless-network-card-tlwdn4800) | $38.57 @ Amazon
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $1959.97
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-25 10:37 EDT-0400 |
EDIT: will be getting 500GB SSD not the 128
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