First time gaming build advice

[Glitznglemr]

Hi all,

Please give me any suggestion on how i can improve this build, alternatives and if its any good in the first place   I plan on buying a PC within the next few days.

 

Budget & Location

Australia, $1500 - $1600

 

Aim

I want to build a small(ish) silent running PC while still being able to achieve 1080p@60fps on high / ultra setting on modern titles (BF4,FarCry3 etc) and also sort of 'future proofing' for games like Witcher 3.  Also interested in dabbling into Overclocking as well.

 

Monitors 

Currently I have 3x Dell UltraSharp 23 inch displays.

 

Peripherals

I have a copy of Windows 7, keyboard and mouse. 

 

 

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ( $278 @ CPL Online )

 

CPU Cooler:  Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ( $85 @ PCCaseGear )

 

Motherboard:  ASRock Z87M OC Formula Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ( $199 @ PCCaseGear )

 

Video Card:  Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4GB ( $579 @ PCCaseGear ) 

 

Case:  BitFenix Prodigy M Arctic White MicroATX Mini Tower Case ( $109 @ PCCaseGear )

 

Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ( $188.57 @ Mwave Australia )

 

Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ( $115 @ PCCaseGear )

 

Case Fans:  Antec TrueQuiet 120 35.8 CFM 120mm Fan ( $19 @ Mwave Australia ) x 4

 

Storage: 1TB and 500GB HDD and a 120GB SSD.  I have these already.

 

Total: $1629.57 ( A little over budget but I'm okay with that)

 

 

Concerns:

 

1. As this being my first time building a PC my biggest concern is if all these parts are compatible and will they all actually fit in to the case I've chosen, especially the video card.

2. Should I swap out the fan in the CPU cooler for a Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan or maybe even use another  Antec TrueQuiet 120 fans?

3. In regards to the Power Supply, I checked out the system requirements for the R9 290 Tri-X on Sapphire's website and it recommends using a 750W PSU. Now this confuses me a little as I have seen other peoples builds only using 600W - 650W PSU.  If i can get away with a smaller PSU i could save a bit of cash for something else.

4. Any suggestions on the best fan setup for airflow.

 

[Kyl3]

Your build is fine how it is right now, even the PSU, it give you a little bit of breathing room for upgrades.

However, personally I would use the stock intel CPU cooler and save for a bit then get a nice liquid cooler like the h100i maybe.

Lastly, I don't know your current level of expertice in PC building but, I know when i first built my PC i watched damn near every one of the videos on linustechtips and NCIXcom

[antoainb]

Get this cooler: http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhu14s and a smaller PSU would work if you want to save some money. Also get cheaper RAM if you can.

[SirRoderick]

The low end liquid coolers aren't the most sensible IMO. I would either got for an air cooler (which is going to be as effective and less loud) or save a little bit of cash for an H80 or 100i which are really good coolers that give you room to overclock while running quietly in normal use. You could get a 600W PSU which would work just fine with that setup in order to afford that perhaps?

[Nunnya Business]

Lastly, I don't know your current level of expertice in PC building but, I know when i first built my PC i watched damn near every one of the videos on linustechtips and NCIXcom

Absolutely !!

 

After watching several (hundred) build videos I kept coming back to Linus’s build tips.  Without a doubt, I would have never had the confidence without his ‘make it look easy’ build tip videos.