First time gaming PC build. All parts ok? and how's the build?

[Chirag Sharma]

CPU: Intel core i5-3470 @3.2 Ghz [not going to overclock]

GPU: Sapphire HD 7850 2GB GDDR5

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H micro-ATX

RAM: 4GB Gskill RipjawsX DDR3 1600 Mhz

HDD: 2 TB Seagate barracuda 6Gb/s 7200rpm

PSU: Seasonic ECO 600 [or should I take Cooler master thunder 600?]

Cabinet: Cooler Master Elite 344 purple USB 3.0 [Is this case okay?]

 

[jdrag]

To be honest other than the current suggested changes by others, one major change I'd consider is the 2TB hard drive...

I'm a network engineer and on a weekly bases I'm swapping out/repairing 1TB and higher drives...

If I were you I'd get a SSD something cheap like a 128gig and use that as your primary for OS, drivers etc... then use the 2TB for storage, game, data etc... This way if your 2TB fails atleast you dont have to redo your whole system...

If you cant afford an SSD than even get a 750gig or below standard drive, just from experience 1TB+ as a primary drive is just a bad idea.

My current setup I have a 128gig SSD for OS, 3 stripped 350 raptor drives at 10,000 rpms in a strip for my games only and a 1TB for data (movies, files etc...) I dont trust 1TBs so much I recently just bought a 3TB external drive just to backup the 1TB internal and interesting enough 2 weeks after I did that, the internal 1TB is now having I/O errors...

actually I'm getting 2 TB because there's not.much price difference in 1TB n 2 TB. Also, even small drives fail. I can't afford ssd. And I definitely want 1TB. So when the price diff is not much, I am convinced to buy 2 TB.

I'm simply stating anything above 1TB as a primary drive from experience has a higher fail rate, I'm sure if you looked on newegg you could find 2 standard 500gigs for close to the same cost and even strip them together if you wanted 1TB...

I'd pick to smaller drives over a 1TB as a primary any day of the week. But that's just me I'm just giving you advice from someone with experience on the subject, take it or leave it, thats up to you.

I agree with you. But here in india. Two 500 gb hdd cost =cost of 2 TB single hdd.
so 2TB is more tempting.

Wow, that's weird... I'm guessing you don't want to wait for delivery from someplace like newegg where you could get it cheaper? You going to a store to purchase the drives?

 

[Chirag Sharma]

To be honest other than the current suggested changes by others, one major change I'd consider is the 2TB hard drive...

I'm a network engineer and on a weekly bases I'm swapping out/repairing 1TB and higher drives...

If I were you I'd get a SSD something cheap like a 128gig and use that as your primary for OS, drivers etc... then use the 2TB for storage, game, data etc... This way if your 2TB fails atleast you dont have to redo your whole system...

If you cant afford an SSD than even get a 750gig or below standard drive, just from experience 1TB+ as a primary drive is just a bad idea.

My current setup I have a 128gig SSD for OS, 3 stripped 350 raptor drives at 10,000 rpms in a strip for my games only and a 1TB for data (movies, files etc...) I dont trust 1TBs so much I recently just bought a 3TB external drive just to backup the 1TB internal and interesting enough 2 weeks after I did that, the internal 1TB is now having I/O errors...

actually I'm getting 2 TB because there's not.much price difference in 1TB n 2 TB. Also, even small drives fail. I can't afford ssd. And I definitely want 1TB. So when the price diff is not much, I am convinced to buy 2 TB.

I'm simply stating anything above 1TB as a primary drive from experience has a higher fail rate, I'm sure if you looked on newegg you could find 2 standard 500gigs for close to the same cost and even strip them together if you wanted 1TB...

I'd pick to smaller drives over a 1TB as a primary any day of the week. But that's just me I'm just giving you advice from someone with experience on the subject, take it or leave it, thats up to you.

I agree with you. But here in india. Two 500 gb hdd cost =cost of 2 TB single hdd.
so 2TB is more tempting.

Wow, that's weird... I'm guessing you don't want to wait for delivery from someplace like newegg where you could get it cheaper? You going to a store to purchase the drives?

I don't think newegg ships to India. I would've got the parts cheaper if they shipped to India

 

[sourodip]

yeah, newegg doesn't ships to india. building a gaming rig in india is a sin to budget gamers.
hey bro, a best answer should be selected.