New PC build- advice?

Alpha_ · Sep 29, 2014

Case- NZXT Phantom 410 Series CA-PH410-B1
Cooler- Cooler Master Nepton 280L – All-In-One CPU Liquid Water Cooling System
Motherboard- ASUS MAXIMUS VII FORMULA LGA 1150 Intel Z97
PSU- XFX ProSeries P1-1050-BEFX 1050W ATX12V 2.2 / ESP12V 2.91 SLI CrossFire 80
GPU- EVGA 04G-P4-3778-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 770 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI
RAM- G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
CPU- Intel Core i7-4790K Haswell Quad-Core 4.0GHz
HDD- WD BLACK SERIES WD2003FZEX 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
SSD- SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE500BW 2.5" 500GB
Optical Drive- ASUS Black Blu-ray Drive SATA Model BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM

The 410 looks pretty good and has a little more space for the radiator for the cpu cooler. I'm also looking at the CM Scout 2 advanced- more air flow and is mobile. Which would you recommend?
Is the water cooler neccesary?

Is a 500gb SSD excessive? Maybe just get a 120 for the OS and then a 256 for games.

The gpu- I don't want to double up just because of the noise/ heat, so I'm willing to splurge a little there.

Thanks in advance

i7Baby · Sep 29, 2014

Why such a big PSU? An XFX 650 would run the gtx770.

Tom's liked the ASRock Z97 Extreme 6 - http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/enthusiast-z97-motherboard-overclock,3893-27.html
A few senior guys here like the Hero version Maximus.

JackNaylorPE · Sep 29, 2014

1. If you are gonna get an AIO, get one that will make use of the Motherboard Water Block on your M7F MoBo. The H220-x loop can be opened up to include the MoBo block which you will already own as well as GPU blocks or whatever ya wanna add. It'rs releasmade all other AIOs irrelevant. Is it necessary ? You bought a MoBo w/ a built in water block

http://www.swiftech.com/H220-X.aspx
http://www.hitechlegion.com/reviews/cooling/liquid/40870-swiftech-h220-x-open-loop-240mm-cpu-cooler-review?showall=&start=3

2. Both cases ain't bad, but they pale next to the case that won Case of the Year for 2014 ... Enthoo Pro ... specifically designed for water cooling.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=Enthoo+Pro&N=-1&isNodeId=1

3. A 1050 watt PSU is could power 3 770s .... Grab this .... it's $50, it's a better quality PSU and it can handle two cards in SLI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438028&cm_re=EVGA_B2-_-17-438-028-_-Product

4. Drop the EVGA 770 and get a MSI 970.....way faster, less power, less heat. The EVGA 970 ACX is defective
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127832

5. This is faster and cheaper....and ya get Hynix memory modules.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226420

6. I'd get a 250 GB SSD and a 2 TB SSHD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178380

Shane501 · Sep 29, 2014

You only need a 500w PSU, maybe a little more for future expansion. As for the SSD I would suggest a 120Gb and your HDD, because that's a LOT of space on your HDD.

patrichpachich · Sep 29, 2014

I think its for gaming, i5 k will be alright here save more for GPU get a 970 or 980. 8gb 2x4gb 1866 / 2188 is enough then get CM hyper evo 212 for average OCing or corsair H80i/H100i for serious OCing. get just one SSD, 256GB will be fine enough for OS, software and games . and for mobo I am agree with i7baby for an asrock Z97 ext. 4/6. for the PSU that is too overkill
650w can handle 770 and 500w for 970 (maxwell) Seasonic M12II 80+ will be your best bet here, WDC blue is fine enough, in appropriate, black is for people who edits video.
lastly for the case you might want NZXT H2 silent midtower.

in other case if that prioritizes 3d/video rendering or other intensive software i7 k and 16gb will be fine.

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