First Build

[mondlicht09]

Planning to build this at christmas
This is my first build 

 

 

CPU i5-4690k

 

 

CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO  or Corsair H100i

 

 

Motherboard Asus Z97-AR ATX LGA1150 or ASrock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 or Any LGA1150 motherboards that won't distort the black&white theme

 

 

Memory Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) (Black/Silver)

 

 

HDD Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM

 

 

SSD Intel 520/530 Series Cherryville 120/240 GB SSD or Samsung 840 EVO Series 128GB

 

 

GPU Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970/980 4GB WINDFORCE or EVGA GeForce GTX 970/980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0(Gigabyte preferred if not available go for EVGA)

 

 

Case NZXT Phantom 630 Windowed Edition Black or Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 ATX Mid Tower Case Black

 

 

PSU Corsair/Thermaltake/Coolmaster/EVGA 550-750 watts, Modular with 80+ Gold Efficiency Certification

 

 

Additional 3x BitFenix Spectre 47.7 CFM 140mm(white) and white Led strips

 

Using this primarily for gaming and encoding video(8-bit to 10-bit encoding for smaller file size)

can you recommend a good motherboard(for black and white theme)
should i get i5 or i7 
which SSD to get (primarily for OS and some programs)
which CPU cooler to get, planning to oc a lil bit
giving an advice to improve this build would be appreciated
with 60k PHP/1.3k USD budget

[NUFCThomas]

Not sure how expensive it will be in USA but this http://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-z97s-sli-krait-edition-s1150-ddr3-pcie-30-(x16)-2-way-sli-2-way-crossfirex-vga-dvi-hdmi-atx?utm_source=google+shopping&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=Cj0KEQjw_IKiBRD7rPqut_OZ4qgBEiQASm4GApUdH-DJ1J0MThRhMzb0Scdhdke7jlz-HveJy4oTkTwaAvq68P8HAQ

[Archangel1994]

If you're planning to build at christmas then have the 4690k be a placeholder. Broadwell should be arriving sometimes around december which could be worth taking over Haswell-R assuming that unlocked CPU's are released immediately. I have a few other suggestions:

 

- For SSD I recommend Intel 730, Samsung 840 EVO or Crucial MX100, your choice. 256GB is recommended if you want more games on the SSD or have something like Battlefield 4 Premium/Titanfall/FFXIII size games. Intel is the best, then samsung then Crucial.

- Gigabyte Gaming G1 is by far the best card. You could also consider getting 2x GTX 970 over 1x GTX 980 as the dual GTX 970 will deliver A LOT more performance for only a little over the price of a GTX 980. However keep in mind the SLI incompatibilities with some games and potential microstutter (Not so much of an issue nowadays). Note though that the windforce logo is blue, not black or white but it might be modable.

- For motherboard try looking at the MSI Z97 Krait. That might suit your tastes a lot better than the ones you listed but again this is your choice.

- For case fans you can do better. Noctua NF-A14 FLX if you are fine with painting the fans and getting on the Noctua Hype-train. Otherwise Noiseblocker PK-3 are good fans or Bitfenix Spectre Pro (These are considered decent at best though).

- For CPU you should go with an I7 if you do not intend to upgrade the CPU for a substantial amount of time (4-5 years) because then I predict that games are able to use more than 4 threads more regularly. Otherwise go I5

[mondlicht09]

I'm using Pcpartpicker to pick my parts
can't find that motherboard there

[mondlicht09]

I'll see when Christmas comes, Intel might release Broadwell with some sweet deals

changed SSD to 730 256gb

for gpu, i'll go with gigabyte
still pondering to get 2 970s over 980 or i'll wait for a possible 980ti

MSI Z97 Krait isn't even available on amazon
Dunno if scan.co.uk deliver here in Philippines

If im gonna get on noctua hype-train, what kind/brand of paint should i use to paint it?

I'm sure i'll not upgrade my CPU for the next 3-5 years, i guess i'll settle for i7