Help building a PC mostly for gaming, please.

[cowboyfromhell]

I'm looking to build a gaming pc, the next month, around $1500ish dollars (only from the components listed below), i'll mostly be playing, but i plan to do some modeling and rendering plus the normal stfuff like browsing, etc. I'd prefer an Intel CPU, and asus motherboard since it's the easiest to obtain round here, but i'll take any advice, and try to find the pieces if you recommend something else. No need of a SO, i can get it from school. I have a toaster and have save some money to get a good PC, and i really want to build one, but since im new i to this, i prefer to not overclock.

What i need:

CPU:
CPU Cooler:
Motherboard:
Memory
Video Card:
Power Supply:
Optical Drive:

So thanks in advance for any advice you give me, i'll take all suggestions.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Even with dual fans, the NH-U14S is much quieter at both idle and full load, as seen here: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/noctua-nh-u12s-u14s-review,9.html

With a single fan, it's not even comparable. I use a single fan on the unit with my 4.5Ghz OC and it never even strains itself. Plus, aside from the fans being MUCH louder on the H100i, you also have additional pump noise that is on a different sound frequency so it's discernable from the single loudest fan in the system, which is typically the only one you can hear on any rig as it cancels out the sound of any other fans, in most cases.

 

[Xavier Bouttier]

I can't find the report on the WD blue drives I was referring to, and it wasn't the Backblaze report, so I'll retract that statement until I do.

And all this time you and I are keeping this thread alive, with the OP nowhere to be found 😛

 

[Darkbreeze]

It happens. He's likely to come back expecting one or two replies to find an entire series of childrens books and a national debate article.