Anything i could improve in my build?

[Xj]

Hello guys
Im planning to build a new computer, but i wanted to hear what your guys opinion on this is, I already have samsung 850 evo 250g ssd and some other decent hdds laying around for it.
but here is the list of parts im planning to use:

corsair vengeance pro DDR3 1600 mhz 16 gb
Msi gtx 980 4gb
nzxt noctis 450 (its lovely looking)
MSI Z97A gaming 7
i-7490k
Cooler master v850

Now i know the psu is overkill, but thats more so i dont have to buy another when i want to upgrade, with an extra 980
im also going for a red colour scheme as you may have noticed.
Please tell me your opinion on what I maybe could swap out for a better part
Regards Xj

 

[gilbadon]

Why not skylake? 6700k with a Z170 motherboard and DDR4 memory?

 

[Xj]

Why not skylake? 6700k with a Z170 motherboard and DDR4 memory?

think it would be too overkill for gaming

 

[Groza Adrian]

I would do a raid array with the spare drives that I have.Assuming you have 4 drives,I would go for raid 10.

 

[Xj]

I would do a raid array with the spare drives that I have.Assuming you have 4 drives,I would go for raid 10.

what does that mean? can you explain?

 

[gilbadon]

He is saying if you have 4 identical HDD's, use them in raid 10.

Raid 10 is a mix of raid 1 and raid 0. Raid 0 makes two drives appear as one to theoretically double read and write speeds. Raid 1 creates a complete copy of a drive onto another drive saving your information if one fails and theoretically doubles only read speed.

Raid 10 uses both methods. It creates 4 drives into one larger drive. A part of the total drive is stored redundantly over the 4 drives so if one fails, they array will still be recoverable. This is good for speed and safety

 

[Xj]

He is saying if you have 4 identical HDD's, use them in raid 10.

Raid 10 is a mix of raid 1 and raid 0. Raid 0 makes two drives appear as one to theoretically double read and write speeds. Raid 1 creates a complete copy of a drive onto another drive saving your information if one fails and theoretically doubles only read speed.

Raid 10 uses both methods. It creates 4 drives into one larger drive. A part of the total drive is stored redundantly over the 4 drives so if one fails, they array will still be recoverable. This is good for speed and safety

ahh okay thanks for that, but my hdds are 2 different ones so I cant do that :/

 

[Groza Adrian]

Raid doesn't mean you have to have identical models,you don't even have to have the same capacity(Although your raid array will have the size of the smallest drive).From my understanding you have 2 hard-disks,so,if you do not want to use them in a raid array you can simply put them in your pc and use them for storage.

 

[Xj]

Raid doesn't mean you have to have identical models,you don't even have to have the same capacity(Although your raid array will have the size of the smallest drive).From my understanding you have 2 hard-disks,so,if you do not want to use them in a raid array you can simply put them in your pc and use them for storage.

Okay, but is there anything else I could improve about my build?

 

[Groza Adrian]

I would say no,you have a high-end pc very well balanced.If it does what you need it to do then you are fine.

 

[Xj]

I would say no,you have a high-end pc very well balanced.If it does what you need it to do then you are fine.

Okay thanks