How good is my build?

[Techie_Trekie]

Hello everyone,

This is my first PC build and I am just looking for some advise as to whether my components will go together well, whether there is something I overlooked, or if there is a better component I should be using that has a similar price point.

Here is a link to my build:
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/y4tGt6

My parts:
AMD FX-8370

Zalman CNPS9500-A (led CPU cooler)

ASrock 970 Performance ATX AM3+

Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory

Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card

Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive

Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter

Acer T232HLbmidz 60Hz 23.0" Monitor
OR
BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor

NZXT SENTRY 3 Fan Controller

NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case

And, Prolimatech Ultra Sleek Vortex 140mm x 15mm PMW Fan (120mm Mounting Pattern)

If anyone has fan suggestions (LED ones are preferable) please let me know, I'm kind of unsure as to who is the best manufacturer, or which models are the best.

I am aware that I added 2 monitors and I don't plan on purchasing both I just added both to get opinions on which one is better for a moderate gaming rig, as well as just all around performance.

Thank you very much to anyone in advance, and I hope my build, if I selected my parts well, will be able to help others with their builds.

*I am aware that the price displayed by PC part picker is quite high (for me that's considered expensive), but I've found a good deal for many parts through amazon, tiger direct, new egg, etc that PC part picker hasn't updated.

 

[Thaisnang]

You should seriously consider intel build, a GTX 970, and a 144Hz monitor would make overall gaming experience alot better.
CX is poor, Hybrid drives are not that useful.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG R1 Universal 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($146.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($79.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($348.99 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.75 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Acer GN246HL 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($211.98 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($38.29 @ Amazon)
Fan Controller: NZXT SENTRY 3 Fan Controller ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1482.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-03 14:03 EST-0500

 

[badboyrog2]

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/kcYxkL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/kcYxkL/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-8370 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($221.45 @ DirectCanada)
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK THEMIS 65.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.48 @ DirectCanada)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($5.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($128.98 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($97.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($82.89 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($77.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card ($329.99 @ NCIX)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($68.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($20.05 @ Vuugo)
Monitor: Asus PA238QR 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($239.99 @ Memory Express)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($34.99 @ Memory Express)
Case Fan: Corsair CO-9050015-BLED 52.2 CFM 120mm Fan ($12.99 @ Memory Express)
Case Fan: Corsair CO-9050015-BLED 52.2 CFM 120mm Fan ($12.99 @ Memory Express)
Fan Controller: NZXT SENTRY 3 Fan Controller ($39.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $1494.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-03 14:05 EST-0500

 

[Vic 40]

You should seriously consider intel build, a GTX 970, and a 144Hz monitor would make overall gaming experience alot better.

Like this,but i would prefer a >750watt psu for maybe sli in the future,
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/evga-power-supply-110b20750vr%2Cevga-power-supply-110b20850v1%2Crosewill-power-supply-capstone750%2Cseasonic-power-supply-x850/
one of these would do fine.

Like Thaisnang did i overlook that you buy from Canada so another Canadian intel build,

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($238.98 @ DirectCanada)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($84.99 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($174.60 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($92.90 @ Memory Express)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.99 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.89 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($381.95 @ Vuugo)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($68.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($20.05 @ Vuugo)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($269.00 @ Canada Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($34.99 @ Memory Express)
Fan Controller: NZXT SENTRY 3 Fan Controller ($39.99 @ NCIX)
Total: $1663.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-03 15:40 EST-0500

I tried to keep the budget as close to your original budget,but i don't know if thise two monitors were an accident in your own build.

 

[Techie_Trekie]

Ok, thanks to all of you for your answers. I have one big question. Why Intel?? I am aware that Intel has better performance per core, but the issue is that it is so expensive, and I get fewer cores, and a slows clock speed. I am not going to be doing serious gaming, plus many people say that newer games will use more cores and that AMD CPUs will be better because they have more cores. I really don't care too much about increased TPU because getting an extra 50-100 watts on a PSU isn't horribly expensive. And for heat, if that is am issue and my current CPU fan can't handle it, is there a better one?

And also, I noticed a variety of GPUs and fans. I'm addressing this question to Thaisnang when I ask, why Nvidia over AMD? Is there a specific advantage other than noise and heat? I checked a lot of benchmarks and nvidia was outperformed in many of the games tested.

 

[badboyrog2]

first ...you can not compare intel cores with amd cores , this is two differents world

right now the i5 4690k is equal as the fx 8370 in games

about the cores ...thats true about the new games will need more cores , but again here you can not compare the cores between intel and amd in gaming...usually the intel cores are a lot faster then amd

in reality the fx 8370 will be better for you in multitasking or video rendering/3d rendering/cfd

an other thing is the fact ..you do not have a lot of choice in amd motherboard maybe only one or two models in each manufacturer and often cost more then a intel one

about the futur of course intel is a lot more futur proof ...for example you can upgrade to an i7 4690k in the futur and that will kill the amd

 

[Techie_Trekie]

Hey badboyrog2.

Ok, how about clock speeds? AMD has speeds on average 0.5 GHz higher than Intel (even with overclocking). And how much 3D rendering/video editing/general multitasking would I have to do to make buying an AMD CPU worth it?

Also, I'm not sure how in depth you went with my build, but the mobo I selected in cheaper or equal in price to all those suggested in this thread. I'm not worried about selection size as long as there is a good mobo with the features I want. (Like PCI-e 3.0 for future proofing with GPUs, and USB 3.0 ports and headers, sata 6gb/s is also good)

 

[Thaisnang]

Intel VS AMD
AMD and Intel has diff type of architecture you just cannot directly compare the clock speeds,no. of cores etc.
8370 has 8 physical cores although only 4 units for calculations.Two cores shares one each. It has higher clock. But you'll need to overclock it to like around 4.8 Ghz to even come close to the performance of a 4690K at stock. Thus more heat output and power requirement..Piledriver is like dead already you won't get anymore upgrades with it. And NO PCie 3.0 as well.
On the other hand 4690K has 4 cores and 4 units for calculation. It has lower stock clock, Thus lower heat output and power consumption. It can be overclocked as well which willl far surpass the 8370.And other things are that intel has upgradabilty,PCie 3.0,NO northbridge on motherboard etc etc.
So, AMD may have more cores but intel has better and stronger cores, which don't need to go 5Ghz just so that they can match with the performance of other CPU's. It can do alot of calculation even with lower clock speeds. It is more efficient. Yeah it is more expensive but overall you'll have to spend more on FX if you add the cooling.
NVidia VS AMD
GTX 970 clearly wins over 280X. The only card that is equivalent 970 is the 290X. Although 290X performs better than 970 in 2160p. But in 1440p and 1080p NVidia wins in most case.And with the 300 series around I wouldn't be picking a 290 for sure.
I think you wait until the end of CES(it will start on Jan 5th). AMD may announce a new CPU maybe.