First time noob builder looking advice

[Bryan88]

First timer here. Never owned a PC, but i'm tired of consoles. I've been looking into building a pc for a while now. I plan on playing Skyrim (heavily modded) almost exclusively, possibly other games, and little to no program unrelated to gaming. Any advice would be much appreciated.

here's what i'm looking at:
Intel i5 4690k
cooler master hyper 212 evo cpu cooler
ASRock h97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 (upgrading later on)
Kingston SSD 120 gb
Western Digital caviar blue 1tb
Asus GeForce GTX 960 4gb Video Card
Corsair 200r ATX Mid tower
EVGA SuperNova NEX 650w 80+ gold psu
windows 8.1

 

[k4izer]

for the GPU, 4Gb 960 is not worth the extra money. You either get 2GB 960 or 4GB 970.
If you plan to upgrade your mobo later on, you should probably get the LGA1151 mobo and skylake CPU.
And I'm not seeing RAM options.

 

[Geekwad]

If you are a very heavy modder, then consider the R9 390 with more vRAM (though I'm not sure this is within your budget):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($89.90 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97MX-Gaming 5 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($73.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB SOC Video Card ($319.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($163.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($87.95 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Thermaltake Pure S 12 LED 38.9 CFM 120mm Fan ($7.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Thermaltake Pure S 12 LED 38.9 CFM 120mm Fan ($7.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Thermaltake Pure S 12 LED 38.9 CFM 120mm Fan ($7.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Thermaltake Pure S 12 LED 38.9 CFM 120mm Fan ($7.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Thermaltake Pure S 12 LED 38.9 CFM 120mm Fan ($7.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Thermaltake Pure S 12 LED 38.9 CFM 120mm Fan ($7.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Thermaltake Pure S 12 LED 38.9 CFM 120mm Fan ($7.99 @ Amazon)
Other: PowerAdjust 3 Ultra - USB Fan Controller ($47.99)
Total: $1392.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Oversized PSU for a second 390 (which would be a real performer at 1440p someday.....for a heavy modder).

 

[Bryan88]

for the GPU, 4Gb 960 is not worth the extra money. You either get 2GB 960 or 4GB 970.
If you plan to upgrade your mobo later on, you should probably get the LGA1151 mobo and skylake CPU.
And I'm not seeing RAM options.

Thanks, k4izer. Will look into gpu and mobo. As for RAM I was looking at the Kingston hyperx fury 8gb

 

[k4izer]

for the GPU, 4Gb 960 is not worth the extra money. You either get 2GB 960 or 4GB 970.
If you plan to upgrade your mobo later on, you should probably get the LGA1151 mobo and skylake CPU.
And I'm not seeing RAM options.

Thanks, k4izer. Will look into gpu and mobo. As for RAM I was looking at the Kingston hyperx fury 8gb

Just a reminder that RAM compatibility depends on your mobo and CPU combo. Put all your items on pcpartpicker before buying just to be sure that everything is compatible with each other

 

[smorizio]

also as you have not built the pc yet...hold out for the newer pascal and amd gpu that dropping after april of this year.