EVGA GTX 760 & i5 4570 Build

Cambo

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Sep 10, 2013
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So what are some thoughts on this build?

1. I plan to do casual gaming on 1080p (1920x1080)
2. The 760 won't get bottle necked by the cpu and be fine?
3. I don't plan to do any overclocking since it's kinda my first actual build
4. Is the CPU cooler unnecessary since I'm not overclocking?
5. Is 650 watts overkill for this build?
6. In the future I may buy a second asus monitor, I'm not going to game on both though. Just one. I will multi-task with digital art, 3d modeling, etc.
7. Any other recommendations and questions are welcome, appreciate it. Thanks!

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1PLZI
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1PLZI/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1PLZI/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.94 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS9900MAX-B CPU Cooler ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.20 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($124.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($168.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 4GB Video Card ($309.99 @ NCIX US)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DG 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card ($16.99 @ NCIX US)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.99 @ Microcenter)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Microcenter)
Case Fan: Antec Two Cool 140 Blue 33.6 CFM 140mm Fan ($10.83 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Antec Two Cool 140 Blue 33.6 CFM 140mm Fan ($10.83 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 650W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($114.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($134.98 @ Outlet PC)
Monitor: Asus VS248H-P 24.0" Monitor ($178.99 @ NCIX US)
Speakers: Logitech Z313 25W 2.1ch Speakers ($34.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1629.62
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-17 01:38 EDT-0400)
 
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1. OK.
2. No bottleneck.
3. OK.
4. Yes; but if you find the stock fan too loud, you can replace it with a cheap quieter aftermarket one.
5. No.
6. OK.

7a. You can remove the cooler and thermal compound.
7b. Weak sound card and weak speakers. The sound card won't do any better than on-board audio. And will have zero impact unless you have better speakers as well.
7c. A bit expensive for the 650W PSU. Do you plan to SLI GTX 760? If so, then the 650W will be fine. If not, then a XFX 550W PSU for about 60% less will do the job. It's a solid PSU made by SeaSonic, who is arguably the best PSU OEM in the market today.
1. OK.
2. No bottleneck.
3. OK.
4. Yes; but if you find the stock fan too loud, you can replace it with a cheap quieter aftermarket one.
5. No.
6. OK.

7a. You can remove the cooler and thermal compound.
7b. Weak sound card and weak speakers. The sound card won't do any better than on-board audio. And will have zero impact unless you have better speakers as well.
7c. A bit expensive for the 650W PSU. Do you plan to SLI GTX 760? If so, then the 650W will be fine. If not, then a XFX 550W PSU for about 60% less will do the job. It's a solid PSU made by SeaSonic, who is arguably the best PSU OEM in the market today.
 
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fudoka711

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Exactly this.

If you do end up finding the stock cpu fan too loud, you can always try the cooler master hyper 212 evo for $30 or so.