Looking For Feedback Before Putting Together Build

[Gronnie]

Decided to build a new rig that would be a big step up from my current system, and purpose the current system for what it was intended for when I built it (HTPC).

Any feedback on the new rig before everything arrives and I put it together? Rig will be used mostly for programming, running statistics simulations, and I plan to learn how to do photo and video editing.

CPU: Intel Core i7 3770k $246.73 (includes tax, in store only) Microcenter
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i $109.99 ($99.99 after rebate) Newegg
Case: Corsair Carbide 500R $115.98 ($95.98 after rebate) Newegg
PSU: Corsair HX750 $119.99 ($109.99 after rebate) Newegg
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 $134.99 (plus free 8GB RAM) Newegg
Ram: Corsiar Vengeance 2x8GB DDR3 1600 $54.99 (1 stick was free with MB, bought the other) Newegg
DVD Drive: Samsung OEM drive $17.99 Newegg
SSD: Samsung 830 256GB $173.62 ($153.62 after rebate) TigerDirect
GPU: Already have 2 XFX Radeon HD 6670 1GB DDR5 that I will be using for now, as I don't game
HDD: Have a 2TB WD Caviar Green that I may put in as a data drive

For displays I have 2x Dell 2007FP and a Dell U3011 along the bottom in PLP, and a 32" 1920x1080 LED TV mounted right above the U3011.

Total before rebates: $974.28
Total after rebates: $914.28

Thanks!!!

 

[realchaos]

Looks good. You might want to make sure that the ram will work together. I remember reading something where a guy bought 2x 4gb of ram and then bought another set of the exact same ram and it didn't work. He contacted the company and they said that the ram aren't certified to be compatible with each other and it's not their fault. You should make sure on that.

 

[Outlander_04]

Power supply massive overkill

Cases expensive , but only a moderate performer

watercooler not needed unless you intend to overclock a LOT

Overkill mb for your usage .

 

[Gronnie]

Any suggestions? I was going to go with the HX650 but the 750 was the same price.

Forgo to put this in my OP, but I also plan to start gaming a bit this summer and will be upgrading to a much better graphics card.

 

[Outlander_04]

Even a top end graphics card like a GTX 670 or Radeon 7950 would need only a 500 watt psu
http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

As it stands your build would run very comfortably with a 400 watt psu

 

[Gronnie]

If I upgrade my video card would this one be a good choice? SAPPHIRE 100352-3L Radeon HD 7950 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
I would like to be able to run all 4 of my monitors on one card (if I game, it would only be on a single monitor though probably the Dell U3011).

 

[realchaos]

Gronnie, can you please repost the link or just post the item name? The link you posted was broken.
Also, the ASRock Z77 Extreme4 is not overkill if he plans to overclock.

 

[Gronnie]

Updated the link and added the card name.

 

[realchaos]

You can't run 4monitors with this card. When running multiple monitors, you can only use 2 of the folllowing: hdmi, vga, dvi. Once you used two of those, you're forced to use display ports/mini display ports for the rest of the monitors. The card you listed only got one display port, so it could only run 3 at max.
The only gpu I know of that can use all 3: hdmi, vga and dvi is the Sapphire FLEXX.