hi everyone! what do you think of this? (building a new computer!)

Greg Jacoby · Oct 16, 2014

I am relatively new to building PCs, and this is what I've put together...

I'm particularly unsure of the PSU; the Newegg calculator told me that's what I would need, but I am feeling doubtful.

I would really appreciate any and all input, because it's important to me that I spent this money well and to feel good about it!

Corsair Graphite Series 600T Arctic White Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

ASUS VG248QE Black 24" 144Hz 1ms (GTG) HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD 3D Monitor

Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD5000HHTZ 500GB 10000 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

EVGA 04G-2975-KR GeForce GTX 970 SSC 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 ACX 2.0 PCI Express 3.0

FirePower Silencer MK III 1200W 80Plus Platinum Metallic Aviation Sem-Modular ATX PC

Arctic Silver Arctic Alumina 14g Premium Ceramic, Polysynthetic thermal compound AA-14G

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL

Logitech G440 (943-000049) Hard Gaming Mouse Pad

MSI Z97 MPOWER Max AC LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i7-4790K Haswell Quad-Core 4.0GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor BX80646I74790K

SILVERSTONE NT07-115X Super Slim Profile CPU Cooler LGA 1156/1155/1150 Intel LGA115X

SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE120BW 2.5" 120GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

LOGITECH G502 Proteus Core Tunable Gaming Mouse

Corsair Vengeance K70 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Black - Cherry MX Red (CH-9000011-NA)

yasserBasha · Oct 16, 2014

PSU isn't reliable , and why do you have VelociRaptor 10000rpm when you have ssd ? you could use this mony to buy 2tb HDD ?

Also , do you plan to OverClock your CPU ?

Zerk2012 · Oct 16, 2014

The raptor drive really needs to go you can buy a crucial m100 500gb SSD for 200 bucks USD
Look for a Seasonic, XFX, Rosewell Capstone, or EVGA G2 series power supply 550 Watts would run that PC just fine or up it to 750 if you think you will add anouther 970 for SLI in the future.

Greg Jacoby · Oct 16, 2014

I think I will overclock the CPU, yeah! Thank you for those suggestions, they make a lot of sense. I will replace the smaller SSD and the raptor drive with a 500gb SSD, and the PSU with a 750 watt in case I decide to add a second video card.

I found the Crucial MX100 for the SSD

and the EVGA SuperNOVA 750 for the new PSU

Thank you so much for the reply!

Any other thoughts?

C12Friedman · Oct 16, 2014

yasserBasha :

It doesn't get much better than that. The PC Power&Cooling Silencer Mk III 1200 is a highly rated PSU made by SuperFlower. reviews found here http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=304 and here http://www.hardwareheaven.com/2012/08/pc-power-and-cooling-silencer-mk-iii-1200w-power-supply-review/6/
but 1200W is way overkill for your build

Greg Jacoby · Oct 16, 2014

I'm wondering, also, in terms of the monitor that I chose: a lot of reviews seem to point to the 120hz refresh rate making a big difference for gaming, as well as the response time. 24 inches feels a little small for my preferences, but I can't find anything much bigger with those specs without shooting up in price tremendously. Do you feel like 120hz/low response times are actually that important for gaming?

edit: sorry, i ended up starting a new thread about the monitor!

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