Rapajez said:
Ok, important to know your monitor's native resolution and some of the other info from the sticky'd template.
Right off the bat, there's a big mis-match between your CPU and GPU. The 730 is going to struggle with a lot of current games, while the i5-4690k is overkill, by comparison. You may be better with a Intel Pentium G3258 Anniversary Edition, which would let you upgrade down the road, and is still very OC-friendly. That or switch to a AMD FX platform. With the saved money, you want to bump the GPU up to a GTX 760 or R9 270X.
I'd also lose the Closed Loop Water cooler. Check out the Noctua NH-D14, or if you're not doing too much of an OC, the much cheaper Hyper 212 EVO. The problem with water cooling, is you still end up with a loud radiator, more work to install, and the rest of the mobo isn't kept cool as the CPU. All for a very tiny bump in cooling, compared to the air cooler.
If you can squeeze in the budget, I'd add a SSD. Everyday computing is much more responsive, and the time it takes for game launching and loading is cut into a tiny fraction.
My monitor has a 1920×1080 native, so I upgraded to the Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB DirectCU II overclocked card should play about anything at that resolution. I feel it's a good buy for the features and performance. And it can be managed by the Asus Z97 MB's software and overclocked. As far as the water cooler, my intentions are to sell this system in the not too distant future and build another; so I think the water cooler will be more attractive to buyers. Especially with the overclocking that can be done so easily to both the unlocked CPU and GPU with the new Z97 Asus motherboards.
I really appreciate the feedback. I looked at the Cooler Master 212 and just think it's too big for the case I'm using. The Corsair Spec 3 is not the biggest ATX case. I've seen some pictures of systems with that cooler and one concern expressed by several builders in other forums was getting the side panel on with the height of the cooler. One actually had the heat pipes sticking through the holes in the vent panel of the side panel. I want to avoid any problems like that on my first build. The water cooler with keep me away from those problems and it is certified by Corsair to work in my case. That gives me piece of mind.
One thing I don't understand. I've got more fans and other 3 pin power components that there are plugs on the motherboard. Is there a Molex power cable with the Corsair RM PSU? I can't find where it actually says there is. It says there are 4 connectors of the PSU, but does not mention a cable. Hoping someone has experience with the RM series from Corsair and can answer that question. Just wondering if I need to purchase a fan power hub or something similar.
Here is the link to my updated parts list. I added a card reader which is not a big deal and really does not affect the build. I changed the water cooler to the H60 for ease of installation. It has the best LGA 1150 socket install I can see on YouTube.
Thanks for all the comments and suggestions guys. Really appreciate it. Little slow getting back to this I was out of town.
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/sandlizard/saved/XLK2FT