$1700 Gaming PC

[LeftForTacos]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BKuj

I will also be buying an additonal fan for my CPU cooler for a push/pull configuration. Aswell as some Thermal Paste.

Extra Fan: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233035

Thermal Paste: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835154003

I feel like I need to explain the PSU. It is 850W as I want to be completely free of limitations for the short future. With nvidia releasing their next line of cards soon, hopefully, I will need some extra power in the future.

I will use the 670 up until the next gen cards release. The monitor I will be running at is 1920x1080 in resolution, and I would like to run high settings, at a steady frame rate. I feel as though the 670 will be able to do this for the next 6 or so months. I say 6 months because I assume that will be around the time nvidia releases their next gen cards. One can never know, though.

So what do you think? Did I do well? Do you think I need to change anything? Bottlenecking? Let me know. Thanks.

[xeks]

I'm partial to the 3770K. Would recommend H110 as well since you're already getting a decently baller set up. Any reason why you want to air cool?

[Kruziik_Kel]

its not bad but it needs improvement:

Motherboard: Spending all that on the Sabertooth is just stupid (coming from a guy with an ROG board) it is literally the worst mistake you will make in that build you net 0 over other cheaper boards with much the same feature set.

RAM: meh RAM is RAM but you are overpaying for that (not by a lot)

HDD: the WD blacks realy are not worth it unless you can get the for cheap either get a WD Blue or a Seagate Barracuda

SSD: its fine though the Samsung 830/840 would be better

PSU: Overkill you do not need that much unless you plan on SLI/Crosfire

Case: meh I wouldnt but its up to you

CPU Cooler: well at least its not closed loop water Phanteks PH-TC14PE or Noctua NH-D14 are the very best air coolers and will destroy any closed loop (citation needed X60/H110 possibly) and they wont leak loosing you the parts corsair dont cover leaks and as far as I am aware neither do NZXT so you loose your parts its cash down the drain

GPU: in this generation you do not want an Nvidia card unless you are doing a Hackintosh or using CUDA if the answer to both of those is no get a 7970 or 7950 from Gigabyte, MSI or Sapphire

Fan: cheap crap (about as nice as I can make that statement) the 820 comes with all the fans you will need but if you want more id recommend Noiseblocker fans they are well priced and perform very well with minimal noise

Thermal Paste: never heard of it id go with Arctic MX-4, Arctic Silver 5, Innovation Cooling Diamond or Noctua NT-H1

so overall something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)

CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler ($79.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Microcenter)

Memory: Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($38.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ Outlet PC)

Storage: Samsung 830 Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($109.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($379.99 @ Newegg)

Case: NZXT Phantom 820 (Black) ATX Full Tower Case ($249.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Microcenter)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)

Total: $1448.87

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-06 05:56 EST-0500)

[Guest]

I'm partial to the 3770K. Would recommend H110 as well since you're already getting a decently baller set up. Any reason why you want to air cool?

Assuming this is a gaming rig, why a 3770K - It'd provide no performance boost over a 3570K. I also wouldn't go the H110 - it performs worse than the H100i on TTL's test.

@OP - consider going with a Silverstone Strider Plus PSU - it's roughly the same price but is fully modular. Also, that case for this setup is somewhat overkill. Perhaps the 420 or 630 by NZXT? Similar aesthetics.

[Smite]

With the build suggested above from Kruziik above it leaves you room to go up on things if you would like, such as more memory or HDD space. In the end it will come down to personal preference. Also could get you a nice headset as wsell.

[Helltech]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Bpts

[Glenwing]

its not bad but it needs improvement:

Motherboard: Spending all that on the Sabertooth is just stupid (coming from a guy with an ROG board) it is literally the worst mistake you will make in that build you net 0 over other cheaper boards with much the same feature set.

RAM: meh RAM is RAM but you are overpaying for that (not by a lot)

HDD: the WD blacks realy are not worth it unless you can get the for cheap either get a WD Blue or a Seagate Barracuda

SSD: its fine though the Samsung 830/840 would be better

PSU: Overkill you do not need that much unless you plan on SLI/Crosfire

Case: meh I wouldnt but its up to you

CPU Cooler: well at least its not closed loop water Phanteks PH-TC14PE or Noctua NH-D14 are the very best air coolers and will destroy any closed loop (citation needed X60/H110 possibly) and they wont leak loosing you the parts corsair dont cover leaks and as far as I am aware neither do NZXT so you loose your parts its cash down the drain

GPU: in this generation you do not want an Nvidia card unless you are doing a Hackintosh or using CUDA if the answer to both of those is no get a 7970 or 7950 from Gigabyte, MSI or Sapphire

Fan: cheap crap (about as nice as I can make that statement) the 820 comes with all the fans you will need but if you want more id recommend Noiseblocker fans they are well priced and perform very well with minimal noise

Thermal Paste: never heard of it id go with Arctic MX-4, Arctic Silver 5, Innovation Cooling Diamond or Noctua NT-H1

so overall something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)

CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler ($79.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Microcenter)

Memory: Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($38.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ Outlet PC)

Storage: Samsung 830 Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($109.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($379.99 @ Newegg)

Case: NZXT Phantom 820 (Black) ATX Full Tower Case ($249.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Microcenter)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)

Total: $1448.87

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-06 05:56 EST-0500)

WD Black has a 5 year warranty compared to 2 year on Seagate or WD Blue.

[xeks]

I'm partial to the 3770K. Would recommend H110 as well since you're already getting a decently baller set up. Any reason why you want to air cool?

Assuming this is a gaming rig' date=' why a 3770K - It'd provide no performance boost over a 3570K. I also wouldn't go the H110 - it performs worse than the H100i on TTL's test. @OP - consider going with a Silverstone Strider Plus PSU - it's roughly the same price but is fully modular. Also, that case for this setup is somewhat overkill. Perhaps the 420 or 630 by NZXT? Similar aesthetics. [/quote']

Like I said, I'm partial to it. And it's a bit more "future proof" in some ways.

[LeftForTacos]

I'm partial to the 3770K. Would recommend H110 as well since you're already getting a decently baller set up. Any reason why you want to air cool?

I don't need an i7 for gaming. It'd preform just aswell as the 3570k.

I thought about water cooling, but I thought that it wasn't necessary for me. I'm not going to be doing any ridiculous overclocking, so I don't see the need for it.

[LeftForTacos]

its not bad but it needs improvement:

Motherboard: Spending all that on the Sabertooth is just stupid (coming from a guy with an ROG board) it is literally the worst mistake you will make in that build you net 0 over other cheaper boards with much the same feature set.

RAM: meh RAM is RAM but you are overpaying for that (not by a lot)

HDD: the WD blacks realy are not worth it unless you can get the for cheap either get a WD Blue or a Seagate Barracuda

SSD: its fine though the Samsung 830/840 would be better

PSU: Overkill you do not need that much unless you plan on SLI/Crosfire

Case: meh I wouldnt but its up to you

CPU Cooler: well at least its not closed loop water Phanteks PH-TC14PE or Noctua NH-D14 are the very best air coolers and will destroy any closed loop (citation needed X60/H110 possibly) and they wont leak loosing you the parts corsair dont cover leaks and as far as I am aware neither do NZXT so you loose your parts its cash down the drain

GPU: in this generation you do not want an Nvidia card unless you are doing a Hackintosh or using CUDA if the answer to both of those is no get a 7970 or 7950 from Gigabyte, MSI or Sapphire

Fan: cheap crap (about as nice as I can make that statement) the 820 comes with all the fans you will need but if you want more id recommend Noiseblocker fans they are well priced and perform very well with minimal noise

Thermal Paste: never heard of it id go with Arctic MX-4, Arctic Silver 5, Innovation Cooling Diamond or Noctua NT-H1

so overall something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)

CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler ($79.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Microcenter)

Memory: Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($38.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ Outlet PC)

Storage: Samsung 830 Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($109.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($379.99 @ Newegg)

Case: NZXT Phantom 820 (Black) ATX Full Tower Case ($249.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Microcenter)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)

Total: $1448.87

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-06 05:56 EST-0500)

Motherboard: I know that I'm paying for plastic ontop of my board, but call me crazy, I like it. It'll preform just fine with the rest of my components, and it will look good. That's two thumbs up for me.

RAM: I don't care much if I'm overpaying $5-10, so it's fine.

HDD: Blacks preform better than Blues, and for $20 more I'm willing to pay for the extra preformance.

SSD: 840's are too expensive, I don't see the need to drop down to 128GB from 240GB just for a little bit of a faster speed. It's like chopping off your arms just so that you can run slightly faster. Doesn't make any sense.

PSU: Yeah, I'll be SLI'ing in the future. These will be with next-gen cards. I don't want to be held back by it.

Case: I like the look of it.

CPU Cooler: Don't need water cooling, I'm not doing insane overclocks.

GPU: Why the hate on nvidia? 670's preform perfectly well for single monitors. Which is what I'll be gaming on for the time that I am using it. I know 7970's are cheaper, but I don't see the need of buying two cards if I'm going to be replacing them 6 months down the line.

Fan: It's for my CPU cooler, not a case fan.

Thermal Paste: Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean that it's bad.

[LeftForTacos]

With the build suggested above from Kruziik above it leaves you room to go up on things if you would like, such as more memory or HDD space. In the end it will come down to personal preference. Also could get you a nice headset as wsell.

8GB's is fine for gaming, and I could always add a second hard drive down the line. Also, I already have a pretty good headset.

[LeftForTacos]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Bpts

I was actually looking at the Havik 140 just before I posted this thread, but I dunno much about it.

16GB of RAM is a uneeded, same goes with 2TB's on my HDD. I currently have 500GB filled up on my current drive, and I'm perfectly fine with that.

I see no need in buying 2 GPU's if I'm going to be replacing them when the next gen cards release shortly.

A sound card? That's not exactly a necessity for my build, but I could always throw one as an upgrade sometime down the line I suppose.

[Kruziik_Kel]

its not bad but it needs improvement:

Motherboard: Spending all that on the Sabertooth is just stupid (coming from a guy with an ROG board) it is literally the worst mistake you will make in that build you net 0 over other cheaper boards with much the same feature set.

RAM: meh RAM is RAM but you are overpaying for that (not by a lot)

HDD: the WD blacks realy are not worth it unless you can get the for cheap either get a WD Blue or a Seagate Barracuda

SSD: its fine though the Samsung 830/840 would be better

PSU: Overkill you do not need that much unless you plan on SLI/Crosfire

Case: meh I wouldnt but its up to you

CPU Cooler: well at least its not closed loop water Phanteks PH-TC14PE or Noctua NH-D14 are the very best air coolers and will destroy any closed loop (citation needed X60/H110 possibly) and they wont leak loosing you the parts corsair dont cover leaks and as far as I am aware neither do NZXT so you loose your parts its cash down the drain

GPU: in this generation you do not want an Nvidia card unless you are doing a Hackintosh or using CUDA if the answer to both of those is no get a 7970 or 7950 from Gigabyte, MSI or Sapphire

Fan: cheap crap (about as nice as I can make that statement) the 820 comes with all the fans you will need but if you want more id recommend Noiseblocker fans they are well priced and perform very well with minimal noise

Thermal Paste: never heard of it id go with Arctic MX-4, Arctic Silver 5, Innovation Cooling Diamond or Noctua NT-H1

so overall something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)

CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler ($79.99 @ Newegg)

Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Microcenter)

Memory: Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($38.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.98 @ Outlet PC)

Storage: Samsung 830 Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($109.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($379.99 @ Newegg)

Case: NZXT Phantom 820 (Black) ATX Full Tower Case ($249.99 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.99 @ Microcenter)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)

Total: $1448.87

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-06 05:56 EST-0500)

Blacks actually are the same basic drives there is very little difference in performance all you pay for is the warranty (and considering most drives will fail within the first year if they are going to) and a Blue or Barracuda is significantly cheaper and will perform the same if not better in the case of the latest Barracudas

GPU: no hate simple fact unless you use CUDA then Nvidia are lacking this generation AMD are producing the better cards I suggest the 7970 because it is not only cheaper but better so you get more for you money (and more overclocking potential)

CPU Cooler: I you miss understood I was comenting on that it was a lower end cooler but it was still better than closed loop (no chance of leak) while suggesting 2 very good air coolers that come with premium fans

PSU: fair enough.

SSD: you have headroom bump up the capacity Samsung and Intel today make by far the best SSD's in both performance and reliablity

Case: again the 630 looks much the same for much less but like I said up to you

Fan: even worse for a good heatsink fan you need good pressure optimised fans such as SilverStone AP121's or Noctua NF-F12's ect

Thermal paste: in all fairness most of its all the same but you are better off buying something known to be good for the same price are you not?

Motherboard: ill agree it looks cool its not really worth it but meh you have the headroom again I wouldnt (not again anyway) but go for it if you really want it

[Spite]

Here is my opinion:

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352021

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130645

RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148662

SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147192

HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182132

Cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835214023

Total: $1,213.90

- First of all, you'll want to purchase another SATA cable as the motherboard only comes with two.

- Use the SSD for your OS, applications and a few games if you like. Then use the HDD for storage.

- If you want additional headroom for SLI/CrossFire then I'd recommend getting the 750W version of the HIVE for an additional $20.

- If you are looking for an air cooler that will perform like a H100, if not better then I'd recommend a Noctua NH-D14 or Phanteks PH-TC14PE for $80. Glad you did go with the air cooler route as the AiO units have a horrible price : performance ratio. The Enermax cooler will perform better than a Hyper 212 EVO and will be able to give your system a respectable overclock.

- If you need more storage then I'd recommend grabbing the 1TB version of the Blue drive.

[WaspishVyper]

For a build like that there is simply no point in a massive case like the 820, go with the 630 or the 410, and if you care about the led colours just buy an Nzxt Hue it will still end up cheaper. The armour on the Sabretooth is a gimmick and probably doesn't help thermal performance much at all, I'd go with a Z77 MPower if you care about the colour scheme otherwise I'd go with an Asus P8Z77-V Pro. Amd cards are simply better value, but if you are waiting for next gen thats fair enough. Ram is Ram, Corsair is always a good choice. Psu is fine provided you do Sli/Crossfire. That fan is cheap crap if its for the cpu cooler get a Corsair SP120, or if you want silence get a Noctua NF-F12. I really don't like WD drives every one I've ever had has died after less than a year, so I'd go with a Seagate Barracuda. But at the end of the day it's your money and your Pc not mine.

[Checkitman22]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Bpts

If you're spending that much money and not going dual-gpu then you are making a huge mistake.

[LeftForTacos]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Bpts

Not really... If you've read the original post, you'd know that I am going to be replacing my GPU when the next gen cards release. So about 6 or so months. I think it would be stupid to spend a bunch of the money on the GPU, just to replace it a few months later. Think about it, shouldn't I spend money on components that will last in my system, as opposed to ones that will be gone in no time? Dual GPU's are good in most cases, but not mine.

[LeftForTacos]

Here is my opinion:

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352021

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130645

RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148662

SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147192

HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182132

Cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835214023

Total: $1,213.90

- First of all, you'll want to purchase another SATA cable as the motherboard only comes with two.

- Use the SSD for your OS, applications and a few games if you like. Then use the HDD for storage.

- If you want additional headroom for SLI/CrossFire then I'd recommend getting the 750W version of the HIVE for an additional $20.

- If you are looking for an air cooler that will perform like a H100, if not better then I'd recommend a Noctua NH-D14 or Phanteks PH-TC14PE for $80. Glad you did go with the air cooler route as the AiO units have a horrible price : performance ratio. The Enermax cooler will perform better than a Hyper 212 EVO and will be able to give your system a respectable overclock.

- If you need more storage then I'd recommend grabbing the 1TB version of the Blue drive.

- Will more than 2 SATA cables be necessary if I'm only using 2 drives?

- That was the idea :P

- I'll look into that PSU

- The NH-D14 is massive, and pretty ridiculous. To be honest, the current CPU cooler will be just fine for me, as i don't exactly need as good of preformance as the H100. Like I said I'm not doing any crazy overclocks... maybe 4.5 GHz at the very most.

- 1TB should be fine for me.

[Checkitman22]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Bpts

Not really... If you've read the original post' date=' you'd know that I am going to be replacing my GPU when the next gen cards release. So about 6 or so months. I think it would be stupid to spend a bunch of the money on the GPU, just to replace it a few months later. Think about it, shouldn't I spend money on components that will last in my system, as opposed to ones that will be gone in no time? Dual GPU's are good in most cases, but not mine.[/quote']

Then your budget is too high, set yourself some money out of the budget for new GPU release, flagship cards are going to be like 500 dollars a piece at least.

[LeftForTacos]

For a build like that there is simply no point in a massive case like the 820, go with the 630 or the 410, and if you care about the led colours just buy an Nzxt Hue it will still end up cheaper. The armour on the Sabretooth is a gimmick and probably doesn't help thermal performance much at all, I'd go with a Z77 MPower if you care about the colour scheme otherwise I'd go with an Asus P8Z77-V Pro. Amd cards are simply better value, but if you are waiting for next gen thats fair enough. Ram is Ram, Corsair is always a good choice. Psu is fine provided you do Sli/Crossfire. That fan is cheap crap if its for the cpu cooler get a Corsair SP120, or if you want silence get a Noctua NF-F12. I really don't like WD drives every one I've ever had has died after less than a year, so I'd go with a Seagate Barracuda. But at the end of the day it's your money and your Pc not mine.

Some things:

- I have to agree, the case is massive. But to me, that's a good thing. That means no limitations to upgrades whatsoever. Plus, the 820 is known for it's airflow, so my components will remain cool.

- The fan I've picked out is identical to the one that comes with the CPU cooler itself. I just wanted a balanced push/pull configuration.

[LeftForTacos]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Bpts

I already have. I'll have $400 ready to go when the next gen cards release... assuming they release after June.

[Guest]

For a build like that there is simply no point in a massive case like the 820, go with the 630 or the 410, and if you care about the led colours just buy an Nzxt Hue it will still end up cheaper. The armour on the Sabretooth is a gimmick and probably doesn't help thermal performance much at all, I'd go with a Z77 MPower if you care about the colour scheme otherwise I'd go with an Asus P8Z77-V Pro. Amd cards are simply better value, but if you are waiting for next gen thats fair enough. Ram is Ram, Corsair is always a good choice. Psu is fine provided you do Sli/Crossfire. That fan is cheap crap if its for the cpu cooler get a Corsair SP120, or if you want silence get a Noctua NF-F12. I really don't like WD drives every one I've ever had has died after less than a year, so I'd go with a Seagate Barracuda. But at the end of the day it's your money and your Pc not mine.

The stock fans that come with just about any cooler are absolutely horrible. I'd always get 1 good one instead of 2 crap ones.

[WaspishVyper]

For a build like that there is simply no point in a massive case like the 820, go with the 630 or the 410, and if you care about the led colours just buy an Nzxt Hue it will still end up cheaper. The armour on the Sabretooth is a gimmick and probably doesn't help thermal performance much at all, I'd go with a Z77 MPower if you care about the colour scheme otherwise I'd go with an Asus P8Z77-V Pro. Amd cards are simply better value, but if you are waiting for next gen thats fair enough. Ram is Ram, Corsair is always a good choice. Psu is fine provided you do Sli/Crossfire. That fan is cheap crap if its for the cpu cooler get a Corsair SP120, or if you want silence get a Noctua NF-F12. I really don't like WD drives every one I've ever had has died after less than a year, so I'd go with a Seagate Barracuda. But at the end of the day it's your money and your Pc not mine.

TBH, the only way you will have any aiflow problems in the 410 is if you put multiple, like more than 2 graphics cards in it, and the 630 is even better, the only reason I can see any point in the 820 is if you decide to put some absolutely massive motherboard in it with 10 expansion slots. The entire Phantom Series is known for air flow not just the 820, and the same is true of every single Nzxt case as far as I know. And as windspeed said every stock fan I have had with the exception of the fans in my Phantom 410 have been cheap crap. The Nzxt stock fans seem to be their FN 120RB and FN 140RB.

[WaspishVyper]

Here is my opinion:

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352021

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130645

RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148662

SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147192

HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182132

Cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835214023

Total: $1,213.90

- First of all, you'll want to purchase another SATA cable as the motherboard only comes with two.

- Use the SSD for your OS, applications and a few games if you like. Then use the HDD for storage.

- If you want additional headroom for SLI/CrossFire then I'd recommend getting the 750W version of the HIVE for an additional $20.

- If you are looking for an air cooler that will perform like a H100, if not better then I'd recommend a Noctua NH-D14 or Phanteks PH-TC14PE for $80. Glad you did go with the air cooler route as the AiO units have a horrible price : performance ratio. The Enermax cooler will perform better than a Hyper 212 EVO and will be able to give your system a respectable overclock.

- If you need more storage then I'd recommend grabbing the 1TB version of the Blue drive.

assuming you are putting an optical drive in to go with an SSD and a HDD then yes you need another sata cable otherwise you won't

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Here is my opinion:

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352021

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130645

RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148662

SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147192

HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182132

Cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835214023

Total: $1,213.90

- First of all, you'll want to purchase another SATA cable as the motherboard only comes with two.

- Use the SSD for your OS, applications and a few games if you like. Then use the HDD for storage.

- If you want additional headroom for SLI/CrossFire then I'd recommend getting the 750W version of the HIVE for an additional $20.

- If you are looking for an air cooler that will perform like a H100, if not better then I'd recommend a Noctua NH-D14 or Phanteks PH-TC14PE for $80. Glad you did go with the air cooler route as the AiO units have a horrible price : performance ratio. The Enermax cooler will perform better than a Hyper 212 EVO and will be able to give your system a respectable overclock.

- If you need more storage then I'd recommend grabbing the 1TB version of the Blue drive.

If you are only using two drives then there is no need for additional SATA data cables, the two that come with the G45 will be enough. :)