Browncat's MMO Gaming / Video Stream - 1st time build, 2nd prototype

Your build was pretty solid, but there are a few things I would change

The 4690 is locked, so it isn't worth getting it, I changed it to the 4460, about 2% slower at the most and it costs about $50 more, you would be better off getting a 4690k with the price of that and have the ability to overclock, but as I said the 4460 would be the logical choice here for a locked i5.

You aren't overclocking there is no point in having a CPU cooler especially one that expensive if you aren't overclocking, what I would do if you want silence is pick up the 212 evo and put a quiet. inexpensive aftermarket fan on it, that way you don't spend that much for the premium on a noctua cooler. However, the 212's fan is already relatively quiet until it hits the high RPMs.

The 850 pro is a top of the line SSD and it just isn't fast enough compared to the 850 evo to justify the premium price, for the same amount of money you can get a 250gb 850 evo instead of the 128gb pro which will allow more room for other programs that you may want on your SSD, but its up to you for that if you want pure performance.

Like you said, the power supply is fanless so it is dead silent, but a good quality unit with a fan is just about as quiet and I can't even hear mine because case fans and video card fans are always going to be louder anyways. No point of going fanless in my opinion.

With the money saved up switching the other parts, it allowed for me to switch your graphics card to the GTX 970 which is significantly faster than the 960 and also has more vram which will allow for more future-proofing as they call it.

I don't really have an input on your case and peripherals because they are mostly personal preference. Anyways, hope I helped. Here is the list:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($295.00 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake VP300A5W2N ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer ($16.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VX238H-W 23.0" Monitor ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Cougar 500K Wired Gaming Keyboard ($75.99 @ Mwave)
Mouse: Logitech G600 MMO Gaming Mouse Wired Laser Mouse ($50.43 @ Amazon)
Other: anti-static wristband
Total: $1198.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-23 00:49 EDT-0400