Budget € 1.500 Building a new pc and i need an opinion.

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DenysB

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My budget is about € 1.500. These are the parts i found and think to buy.
It is for gaming purpose. I am open to suggestions.

CASE BITFENIX RONIN MIDI TOWER BLACK
CORSAIR HYDRO SERIES H100I EXTREME PERFORMANCE CPU COOLER (240MM)
CPU INTEL CORE I5-4690K 3.50GHZ LGA1150 - BOX
ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO
ASUS GEFORCE GTX970 STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5 4GB GDDR5 PCI-E RETAIL
KINGSTON 8GB (2X4GB) 1600MHZ DDR3 XMP HYPERX SAVAGE DUAL CHANNEL KIT
SSD KINGSTON SH103S3/240G HYPERX 3K 240GB 2.5'' SATA3 STANDALONE
PSU CORSAIR CX SERIES MODULAR CX600M ATX - 600W 80 PLUS BRONZE CERTIFIED MODULAR

Sorry for my english.

Own it
HDD 2 tera ,DVD
 
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littleleo

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The build looks okay, I would go for a 250GB SSD, you will regret settling for a 120GB later. Not to sure about the power supply, but over all it looks okay. No DVDRW, and no storage drive? You know ASUS makes DVDRWs too. You can get a 1TB hard drive cheap. You can't put every think on a 120GB SSD, or a 250GB for that mater.
 
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Onus

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The Corsair "CX" is not a good PSU. Your system will run fine on a good 550W PSU; is XFX available to you?
I know cases are a real personal choice item, but a full tower is a big case; are there any ATX Mid tower cases that appeal to you? In addition to saving space, you may save money there too.
 
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Onus

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The Corsair CX is made with inferior Samxon capacitors that cannot take heat and have been cited for early failure (badcaps.org has threads devoted to it). Lightly loaded, yes it will last. In a gamer, under heavier loads, heat may degrade those capacitors quickly. Anecdotal reports (which are not good sole sources of information) suggest an 8 month-1 year lifespan.
Sapphire, without more information on your system, I would not venture a guess as to whether you've been merely lucky, or have a very low load, exceptional air flow through it, or what might explain your results.
The CX is probably fine in an office build, but I would not put one in a gamer myself, therefor cannot in clear conscience recommend that others do so.
My suggestion would be XFX (they're all made by Seasonic) Seasonic itself, or perhaps Antec. Kingwin (Lazer only) and Rosewill Capstone are also good.
 
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Sapphire Thunder

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AMD FX-8350 (stock clocks since I rather keep the temps as low as possible) with H100i, MSI Gaming 4G GTX970 running 1342Mhz, Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0, 2 HDD, 4 case fans.
My pc is powered on 16hours/day, each day. Except when I happen to go out of town.
Playing games like AC Unity, The Crew, Killing Floor 2, Skyrim with several mods, Titanfall. GTA V as soon as I have money to buy it.

If anything, I would say the other people whose CX has failed within 1-1.5 years, have been unlucky.
Rather than me being lucky.
 
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Sapphire Thunder

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I know, but it's best to have a bit space. As someone said in one earlier thread: it's best when the load is between 30-80% of the max. Which is where my load is with this 600W psu. And same would be on OP's build.

OF COURSE a psu would die quick if you have it run at 85-100% for long periods of time. If that has been case with the ones which have failed after 8-12months, then it has been basically misusage.
Nothing lasts long under full load.
 
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Onus

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Just my opinion, but a PSU should be expected to last a minimum of its full warranty period under 100% load (assuming it gets reasonable cooling air through it). I am certain my old Antec SG-650 would sneeze at those conditions, as would any Seasonic; why not Corsair?

(the Flextronic-built AXi ones certainly could)
 
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