Hi There,
I've been in the process that I'm sure many have been stuck in. The "I'm building a new PC and have been for the last 2 years". Well here I am again as I've decided that enough is enough and I'm ready to pull the trigger, so without further nonsensical jibber jabber, here goes:
Mobo: Asus Z97-Pro
Gpu: EVGA GTX 980 SC
Cpu: I5 4690k
Ram: Corsair Vengeance 16gb (ddr3)
Psu: Corsair AX 860
Case: NZXT Phantom 410
Ssd: Samsung 840 Pro 500gb
Hdd: WD 2tb Black
Cpu cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo
Monitor: Asus PB 278Q
OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit
They are the specs as they stand toady.
I did have some queries that I would like some help with however.
1) I was considering going for the I7 4790k instead as it seems more and more games for the pc are starting to list quad core< cpus as recommended, (watch dogs and the new AC unity among them), now whether this is due to bad ports (game developers would NEVER ;P) or a greater demand for multi-core cpus, I'm not sure. My only concern was getting the i5, only to have to start to bottleneck performance a year down the line say.
2) WD Black being too loud. Rather self-explanatory, I've heard more than one damning report in relation to the noise that these monsters produce, the drive will mostly be used for mundane storage, with games and the OS going on the ssd. The other option is of course the seagate barracuda, but I've heard less than supportive things about that particular drive as well. From my limited experience, WD have always served me well and the Black's 5 year warranty is also alluring, I just don't want to have a drive so loud it drowns everything out as it would annoy me to no end. So minus that long-winded explanation of my situation, the question is really just how loud are these drives and would I be better served with another one?
3) I live in Australia, and summers can get quite warm, especially in my non-AC room. So I was planning to stuff every available fan into the 410 that I could. I was wondering, is this the most effective/ best thing to do? If so, what fans should I use? Being quite new to the actual construction of PCs I'm still in the dark on matters such as these. My plan was to buy NZXT fans as it was an NZXT case, and just supplement them with the existing fans included with the case. Though I have heard that better fans are either corsair or Noctua if I have the $$$. So Should I replace ALL the fans, including the ones included in the case with "better" 3rd party fans? Or just supplement them with the pre-existing fans in the 410?
4) I had chosen to go with the Asus 1440p monitor rather than the new Asus 4K monitor offering (difference in price is about $125-$150) as I didn't think I'd have the GPU power necessary to run it. Was worried that in a years time I'd be hard pressed to run at 4K at all, hence the 1440p, is this the right logic?
I would be most grateful for any help you could provide on this matter
Finn
I've been in the process that I'm sure many have been stuck in. The "I'm building a new PC and have been for the last 2 years". Well here I am again as I've decided that enough is enough and I'm ready to pull the trigger, so without further nonsensical jibber jabber, here goes:
Mobo: Asus Z97-Pro
Gpu: EVGA GTX 980 SC
Cpu: I5 4690k
Ram: Corsair Vengeance 16gb (ddr3)
Psu: Corsair AX 860
Case: NZXT Phantom 410
Ssd: Samsung 840 Pro 500gb
Hdd: WD 2tb Black
Cpu cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo
Monitor: Asus PB 278Q
OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit
They are the specs as they stand toady.
I did have some queries that I would like some help with however.
1) I was considering going for the I7 4790k instead as it seems more and more games for the pc are starting to list quad core< cpus as recommended, (watch dogs and the new AC unity among them), now whether this is due to bad ports (game developers would NEVER ;P) or a greater demand for multi-core cpus, I'm not sure. My only concern was getting the i5, only to have to start to bottleneck performance a year down the line say.
2) WD Black being too loud. Rather self-explanatory, I've heard more than one damning report in relation to the noise that these monsters produce, the drive will mostly be used for mundane storage, with games and the OS going on the ssd. The other option is of course the seagate barracuda, but I've heard less than supportive things about that particular drive as well. From my limited experience, WD have always served me well and the Black's 5 year warranty is also alluring, I just don't want to have a drive so loud it drowns everything out as it would annoy me to no end. So minus that long-winded explanation of my situation, the question is really just how loud are these drives and would I be better served with another one?
3) I live in Australia, and summers can get quite warm, especially in my non-AC room. So I was planning to stuff every available fan into the 410 that I could. I was wondering, is this the most effective/ best thing to do? If so, what fans should I use? Being quite new to the actual construction of PCs I'm still in the dark on matters such as these. My plan was to buy NZXT fans as it was an NZXT case, and just supplement them with the existing fans included with the case. Though I have heard that better fans are either corsair or Noctua if I have the $$$. So Should I replace ALL the fans, including the ones included in the case with "better" 3rd party fans? Or just supplement them with the pre-existing fans in the 410?
4) I had chosen to go with the Asus 1440p monitor rather than the new Asus 4K monitor offering (difference in price is about $125-$150) as I didn't think I'd have the GPU power necessary to run it. Was worried that in a years time I'd be hard pressed to run at 4K at all, hence the 1440p, is this the right logic?
I would be most grateful for any help you could provide on this matter
Finn
or should I go for some "better" makes? If so, what ones, I've heard noctua and corsair do good case fans?
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