Building my first rig .

[Organik]

So i have finally decided to put aside my alienware m18x and take on the challenge of building a gaming rig for the future , this is my first time around the park and any advice/recommendation will be greatly appreciated .

My current budget to play with is $2500 give or take . Here are some of the items i have done a little research on that i am thinking of purchasing . Please note that i am not a professional with computers this is my first time purchasing parts and assembling so there may be items you see that dont make sense if so please point it out it will greatly appreciate it .

cpu - $359
Intel Core i7-4790K Haswell Quad-Core 4.0GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor (overkill?)
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117369

motherboard -$154.99
ASUS Z97-A LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132118

gpu-$569
EVGA ACX Cooler 03G-P4-2784-KR GeForce GTX 780 Superclocked 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130918

before i get into harddrives i want to point out that when i got my m18x i got it with a regular 1.5TB
harddrive that i ended up swapping out for 2- 256GB ssd drives and im thinking of swapping them back and putting the ssds into my new rig with another regular sata 2tb drive . Will this work ?

harddrive-$82
Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148834

powersupply -$149 (overkill?)
CORSAIR HX Series HX850 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011

memory- $107
ADATA XPG™ Gaming v2.0 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model AX3U2400GW4G11-DG2
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211766

cooling - $119
Enermax Liqtech 240 All-in-One Liquid Cooler 27MM Thick Radiator w/ Duo High Pressure Airflow Fans
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835214058

tower - $104
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Upgraded USB 3.0
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021

monitor-$599
Acer B276HUL Dark Gray 27" 6ms WQHD HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor350 cd/m2 ACM 100,000,000:1 (1000:1) Built-in Speakers
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009613

Grand Total:* $2,155.92 taxes included

What do you guys think ? is this a good investment ??

 

[ALDJ1]

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[blueangel42]

If I were you and had 2.5k for a system, I would definitely consider getting a Solid State Drive. I say forget the 2 SSD's in your laptop, as far as i know, I have no idea but highly doubt if laptop SSD (or regular hard drives for that matter) are made to be compatible with desktops , but that being said I think if you ditch the liquid cooler (which IS overkill, wont need one of those on a 4790k i7 for at least a year or two for any game, that cpu is a beast) you could free up your budget a little and get one of these babys

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-7TE1T0BW/dp/B00E3W16OU/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1405988266&sr=1-1&keywords=ssd

You could also probably settle for a 750 watt powersupply, save more then 65$ doing that
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ALK3KEM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AZ8ZZL30AH7DI

I am also contemplating getting the Asus Z97-A for my first computer build, seems like a solid choice but i have my own thread i started on that question lol

Best of luck! We have similar products in our builds, here's my (hypothetical at the moment) build if you want to take a look at it for reference

i5 4690K
500gb hard drive @7200rpm (using from old pc)
ATI Radeon 2gb RAM Sapphire 6950 (from old pc)
Corsair CX Series 750 Watts, Modular
Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz RAM
NZXT ca-ph410-g1 Phantom 410 Mid Tower
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound 3.5 Grams (don't forget thermal compound for mounting the cpu to mobo!) its like 5$
Asus Z97-A Mobo

it all costs me about $663

 

[bishopsboy56]

If I were you and had 2.5k for a system, I would definitely consider getting a Solid State Drive. I say forget the 2 SSD's in your laptop, as far as i know, I have no idea but highly doubt if laptop SSD (or regular hard drives for that matter) are made to be compatible with desktops , but that being said I think if you ditch the liquid cooler (which IS overkill, wont need one of those on a 4790k i7 for at least a year or two for any game, that cpu is a beast) you could free up your budget a little and get one of these babys

You can definitely use the SSD's from your laptop in your PC, the only difference between laptop hard drives and desktop drives is the size (laptop drives are usually 2.5" while PC drives are 3.5"). SSDs are always (to my knowledge) 2.5", so you'll need an adaptor to fit it in the drive bay in your pc which you can probably pick up for $5 or so. Personally I would just put the SSD's you currently have in your laptop in the PC, it shouldn't cause any difficulties and 500gb should be able to store plenty of games.
Bishopsboy56