My PC Build (arriving today)

[Mrbluee]

CPU: Intel i5 4690k

Motherboard: MSI Gaming 3

CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i AIO

Graphics Card: MSI GTX 980

RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 2x4GB

Mouse & Keyboard: Razer Deathadder & Razer Blackwidow Tournament

PSU: Corsair CX600M

Case: Corsair Spec 03

SSD: Kingston 120GB

HDD: 1TB Western Digital

 

This is my PC which I should be building today?

what do you think of this set-up and how can it also improve it in the future?

[CvrPaddyCvr]

Looks epic man! The only thing that would maybe be an issue is that your kb and mouse may arrive broken. (ayy lmaoo)

 

Nah, good luck with building it and be sure to post pics!

[Albatross]

SSD, more RAM and a better PSU brand (XFX or EVGA) is what I would say would make great upgrades.

 

What case do you have?

[VolkA]

CPU: Intel i5 4690k

Motherboard: MSI Gaming 3

CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i AIO

Graphics Card: MSI GTX 980

RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 2x4GB

Mouse & Keyboard: Razer Deathadder & Razer Blackwidow Tournament

PSU: Corsair CX600M

 

This is my PC which I should be building today?

what do you think of this set-up and how can it also improve it in the future?

Nice. Looking awesome! Maybe in the future when you have spare cash, drop in another 8GB of RAM or SSD (you didn't put in your SSD/HDD here). Anyway, remember to post some pictures after you done building it. 

[Mrbluee]

SSD, more RAM and a better PSU brand (XFX or EVGA) is what I would say would make great upgrades.

 

What case do you have?

 

Yeah forgot to include SSD and is my power supply not enough/good enough?

[Rangelov]

I wouldn;t ge ta liquid cooler for my CPU. If I were your, I would get a water block for the GPU from NZXT/Corsair and water cool the GPU. It is just more worth it than liquid cooling the CPU.

[Albatross]

Yeah forgot to include SSD and is my power supply not enough/good enough?

 

That's not it, I just think a better brand would be a wise and good upgrade for the future.

[Leonard]

and your first upgrade will be a larger capacity ssd, 120gb will get filled so fast especially for a gamer.

[Dezz]

Do you have optical drive? If you do then first install drivers from motherboard.

 

This mobo has a killer lan and windows won't recognize it without installing a drivers from msi website or CD

 

Keep that in mind (I had to download it via phone )

 

I'm guessing it's Z97 not 87

http://www.msi.com/support/mb/Z97-GAMING-3.html#down-driver

[Eniqmatic]

That's not it, I just think a better brand would be a wise and good upgrade for the future.

Absolutely nothing wrong with the brand IMO, it's the "go to" brand for many builders, what makes you claim it's not good out of interest?

[Albatross]

Absolutely nothing wrong with the brand IMO, it's the "go to" brand for many builders, what makes you claim it's not good out of interest?

 

I use it myself in my build, and while it isn't terrible, it does not compare in build quality (or overall quality) of an EVGA or XFX PSU. So it isn't that it is not good just that there are way better brands out there for cheaper or about the same price. So for a future upgrade, going from Corsair to something like XFX would be a wise upgrade.

[Eniqmatic]

I use it myself in my build, and while it isn't terrible, it does not compare in build quality (or overall quality) of an EVGA or XFX PSU. So it isn't that it is not good just that there are way better brands out there for cheaper or about the same price. So for a future upgrade, going from Corsair to something like XFX would be a wise upgrade.

What makes it better about the build quality in your personal experience? Which model do you use?

[Albatross]

What makes it better about the build quality in your personal experience? Which model do you use?

 

I use the exact same one OP is getting (see profile or sig link). Well, for a comparison between this Corsair model and the XFX TS 550W for example the difference is insane. While the XFX isn't modular it is sturdier, cleaner looker, quieter (way, way quieter), stronger cables, and has longer cables (which was a huge plus).

 

It is really hard to explain, I have never reviewed anything. I have only really ever had Corsair PSUs but once I got two XFX PSUs and one EVGA as replacements for current builds I honestly can no longer recommend Corsair in this regard.

[Mrbluee]

 

My build only thing I need to do is change my cabling

[Cavi]

It looks very cool I'm getting mine in some time and it will look similiar, almost the same specs and brands Could you tell me temperatures you're getting with that liquid cooling and 1 fan? 

[Guest]

Absolutely nothing wrong with the brand IMO, it's the "go to" brand for many builders, what makes you claim it's not good out of interest?

Corsair power supplies are overpriced for what you get. The RM series is a prime example. Unless you want to pay through the nose for a high end AX/AXi unit then there are always better (And cheaper) alternatives.

 

The Corsair Builder is the very low end of Corsair's range. The op has a high end gpu an and unlocked cpu so He would have been better going with a solid power supply (XFX XTR, Seasonic G, EVGA G2 etc etc)