First PC Build - Components...Suggestions?

[Ace-Bo]

In about a week I will have finally saved up enough money for a decent gaming rig. In the mean time I have been doing a lot of research on the components I intend to buy. However, being new to building PCs I thought I would post the components on the forum in hopes to receive some feedback. Feedback such as possible compatibility problems or whether you think any part has the potential to "bottleneck" my build. Also, any recommendations to swap one part for another similar in price would also be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Build:

Case: COOLER MASTER CM Storm Series Trooper
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119245

Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131820

GPU: EVGA 02G-P4-3658-KR GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST SuperClocked 2GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130910

PSU: CORSAIR CX600M 600W Modular
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139048

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

Memory: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233218

Harddrive: Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533

Optical Drive: ASUS 24X DVD Burner - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

Total Price: $1,089

As for the operating system I will be purchasing Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (included in total price). Thanks again for all of your feedback.

 

[HillBillyAsian]

everything looks great on there, but do you plan on overclocking? if so you should look into a aftermarket heatsink + fan, if not i don't see anything on there stopping you from having a good gaming pc

 

[Ace-Bo]

I probably will do some overclocking later on. Do you have any suggestions on a brand of heatsink + fan to look into?

 

[HillBillyAsian]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

its basically one of the best air cooling options (and not a huge impact on the wallet) out there with a history of keeping cpu's cool. i for one have one, keeps my amd phenom x3 720 BE overclocked to 3.5ghz under 28C even when my room is over 75 degrees.

 

[Ace-Bo]

Yeah I know little to nothing about overclocking yet but its something I am very interested in learning how to do and will probably eventually get around to doing. With that being said, this is something great to go ahead and add to my list of parts to order as soon as I save up the money. Thanks for sharing! Oh, one more thing. What are your views on SSDs? I know they are expensive but do you think it is worth purchasing one somewhere down the road?

 

[HillBillyAsian]

yea once you start overclocking and you get into that mode where you are trying to get every ounce of performance out of your computer that you can by buying a new piece of hardware or two is when you would really need one. Otherwise you wont really notice. and if you were like me (i went from a p4 to my build 2 years ago and i was so enthralled it was amazing) lol. Once or if you do buy a ssd, make it you OS drive then your mechanical hd your storage.

oh one other thing, the motherboard you chose has uefi bios, (you get to use a mouse and its all pretty) so it might help you learn a little better on how to overclock. it also has a built in optimizer if you want to, and it will put a safe overclock on the computer so you don't have to think about it and you get that little extra oomph outa your cpu.

 

[Ace-Bo]

Sounds like a pretty solid motherboard I really can't wait to start my first build. Thanks for all of your help! Great advice by the way!

 

[HillBillyAsian]

no problem, just remember don't rush putting it together, make sure you statically discharge yourself, dont use too much thermal grease, remember the standoffs for your mobo in the computer case, airflow is always a factor so try to route cables out of the way. double, tripple, quadrouple check your work with the instructions to make sure, you dont want a paperweight because something was plugged in wrong, and finally have fun doing it