New build (first build)

[InkedExile]

I am building my first rig and was wondering if this was a good build... I know its overkill for me personally but i want what i want lol.  

just wanna see what an experienced community thought of the build.

Its all going in a Corsair Carbide Air 540

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K Haswell Quad-Core 4.0GHz 

 

Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK1 

 

PSU: SeaSonic Platinum SS-860XP2 860W 

 

Mem: CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 

 

SSD: 2x SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE250BW 2.5" 250GB SATA 6Gb/s

 

CPU Cooler: CORSAIR Hydro Series H100i Extreme Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 240mm

 

GPU: EVGA ACX Cooler  GeForce GTX 780 Superclocked 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5

 

I have some other stuff going in like replacing the stock fans with better, putting a fan controller in just cause i like the way it looks lol 

[AustinKZombie]

Get an HDD for games you'll burn that storage quick and I have the Corsair air 540 amazing case.

[Juganog]

If you want an overpowered build then i guess we can't change your mind on that build, although i would reccomend buying a HDD for generall storage and games instead of 2 SSDs and if this is only for gaming you could change the cpu to an i5 (although persoanlly i miss my i7) and consider only getting 8gb of ram everything else is fine

[SAV1OUR]

budget? 

location? 

uses? 

os? 

peripherals? 

please read before posting 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/

use the quote button if you want my help 

[failblox]

Just want to point out that this topic belongs in 'New Builds and Planning', not in 'General Discussion'

It may not be overkill depending on what you do. What kind of programs/games will you be running on this rig?

It's not necessary to get 2 SSDs (I'm assuming you'd be running them in RAID 0). Just get one and spend the extra money on a hard drive to store music, videos, movies, or whatever big files you need to store.

Other than that it looks pretty good to me...

[InkedExile]

Sorry for posting in the wrong spot... and sorry SAV1OUR for not reading the rules before hand. So i will try this again....

 

1. Budget & Location
My budget is $2500... location is florida

2. Aim
Will be gaming mostly... Old old games like LOTRO and EvE Online mostly.... may splash in some others GW2 most likely.
3. Monitors
gonna use a 32" HDTV as a monitor.. just one btw

4. Peripherals
Dont need any peripherals

5. Why are you upgrading?
all im gonna say is im using a ten year old pc running xp... my other store bought pc blew up not long ago...

[JuTheBarbarian]

Well if you're only gonna be playing older games, than you may as well go for a 760 instead of a 780. The 760 is well prepared to handle even some of the latest games at full graphics (farcry 3 will get around 48fps on ultra methinks), and methinks the games that you are going for are a lot less needy than farcry 3. This will save you around 2 to 300 bucks. The processor is good, as well as pretty much everything else (heck even the 780 is good, I was just recommending the 760 because for older games I don't think you need as much power as the 780 unless you are playing on 3 screens or something). So yeah, pretty good build. However I do agree with AustinKZombie, you should probably add a HDD for game storage, as some games (mainly MMO's and RPG's) can take up up to 50gb of space just by themselves.

 

Hope it helped!

[InkedExile]

Thanks all, I did add the HDD as you all have mentioned. Hopefully will be ordering the parts tomorrow...Yay!