Computer build opinions

Athair

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What do you think about this build? Would you change anything? Do all the components work together in harmony?

Mobo: MSI Z77MA-G45 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130647
CPU : Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504
GPU : GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB EVGA SuperClocked http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130810
PSU : COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Hybrid http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171061
RAM : G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231427
SSD : Kingston HyperX 120GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239045


I already have the case which is a NZXT Phantom full tower also going to get a hardrive later down the road when I need one.

This computer is mainly for gaming playing BF3, GW2, LoL, and minecraft. Later down the road I'm planning on sli GTX 660 ti.

Just want people's opinions before I purchase.
 
I wouldn't get a 660 Ti and I really wouldn't get a Cooler Master PSU. The 660 Ti has a crippled memory bus that works even worse in SLI. Cooler Master is an unreliable brand that is more prone to failure than good PSU brands such as Antec, Corsair, PCP&P, Seasonic, and XFX. A Radeon 7950 is a generally superior card to the 660 Ti, especially when you pile on the AA like you are likely to do in games that can't tax these high end cards well enough without it. If you want a Nvidia card, then I'd recommend that you go up to a GTX 670.
 
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-660-ti-memory-bandwidth-anti-aliasing,3283-13.html

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This is in one of the most Nvidia favoring games, so it can be worse than this in Nvidia versus AMD AA situations in many other games.
 
I would not look to SLI on an mATX board due to 'inadequate' spacing between two dual slot graphics cards. It would mean that the two cards were right next to each other so the upper most card would get hotter and the fan would have to spin faster, therefore being noisier than it might otherwise be on an ATX board with more space between the cards.

The Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid is a perfectly good PSU (IIRC, haven't checked a review for one for awhile), the only thing wrong with it is that it is overpriced. And you don't really need an 850W PSU for your build, unless you are going to upgrade to more power hungry cards in CF/SLI.
Rosewill Capstone-750M ($110 @ Newegg)
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-power-supply-capstone750m

Better, cheaper, 850W, 80 Plus Gold, modular PSUs:
NZXT Hale90 850W ($143 @ Amazon)
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-power-supply-hale90850m

Kingwin Lazer Gold 850W LZG-850 ($130 @ Newegg / $6 shipping)
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/kingwin-power-supply-lzg850
 

Athair

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Thanks for the replies! Ill definitely look more into the gtx 660 to see what your talking about and if its true I'll get what you suggested. Also makes since on the mATX board Ill find a new one, oh and thanks on pointing out that the psu is overpriced ^.^.