Building a computer for the first time. need to see if what i have will work

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Brandon Hankinson

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ASUS Maximus V FORMULA LGA 1155 Intel Z77 Extended ATX DDR3 2800 PCIe 3.0 HDMI SupremeFX IV Audio Motherboard



Intel Core i7-4790K Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz) (BX80646I74790K)


Mushkin Chronos 240 GB SATA 6.0 Gb-s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive (MKNSSDCR240GB)


SilverStone ATX12V/EPS12V 850W Silver PFC Power Supply ST85F-P ST85F-P (Black)


EVGA GeForce GTX 750 2GB FTW with EVGA ACX Cooling, GDDR5 128bit, Dual-Link DVI-I, HDMI,DP Graphics Cards 02G-P4-2758-KR


Corsair Hydro Series H100i GTX High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler CW-9060021-WW


Asus 24x DVD-RW Serial-ATA Internal OEM Optical Drive DRW-24B1ST (Black)


Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit (OEM) System Builder DVD 1 Pack (New Packaging)


Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10)


WD Green 4TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5-inch, SATA 6 Gb/s, IntelliPower, 64MB Cache WD40EZRX



All are on amazon... Please help. Want to start buying soon.
 
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im not 100% sure but i think you need a motherboard with a lga 1150 socket. i think the lga 1155 sockets are for up to 3rd gen cpus. (like my i7 3770). looking at the ssd reviews.... im not too sure that this is worth the amount. just go with what everyone buys. the samsung one. has a lot of reviews. since you have a pretty new i7 processor, i would get at least a gtx 970 with 4gbs of ram. remember that you always want to spend as much as you can on the graphics card. a i5 will work fine with games if you have a good enough gpu. and are you going to overclock? if not, you can save money by getting a cheaper motherboard and a 40$ cpu cooler. the money you save can go towards your gpu.
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nipplethewhale

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im not 100% sure but i think you need a motherboard with a lga 1150 socket. i think the lga 1155 sockets are for up to 3rd gen cpus. (like my i7 3770). looking at the ssd reviews.... im not too sure that this is worth the amount. just go with what everyone buys. the samsung one. has a lot of reviews. since you have a pretty new i7 processor, i would get at least a gtx 970 with 4gbs of ram. remember that you always want to spend as much as you can on the graphics card. a i5 will work fine with games if you have a good enough gpu. and are you going to overclock? if not, you can save money by getting a cheaper motherboard and a 40$ cpu cooler. the money you save can go towards your gpu.
 
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brispuss

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As mentioned above, the i7-4790K will not work with the Maximus V Formula motherboard.

Suggest getting a compatible motherboard such as -

this, for example.

Compatible memory (@ 2 x 8 GB and @ 1600 MHz), include -

this

this

this

this


The Silverstone is considered about an average+ quality PSU. But for this system, a higher quality PSU would be a better choice, such as -

this

this

this


All links are to Amazon, but by shopping around, it is possible to get cheaper prices.
 
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