Is this ok?

[Xavier Bouttier]

Case: Carbide 500r Midi Tower
MOBO: MSI - Z87-G45 Gaming
Ram: DDR3 8GB (2x4) 1600MHz Vengeance C8
CPU: Core i5 4670k(1150/3.4GHz/6MB)
GPU: VGA PCI GTX 770 Jetstream 4GB
PSU: Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W
Disks: Samsung 840 series 120GB SSD SATA / WD10EZRX 1TB HDD
Optical Drive Samsung DVD-RW Sata black
System: W7 pro 64bit
And the fan: Civetta 92mm
(unfo they dont have coolermaster in the shop...)

And this comes out to 1555 euros

 

[RedJaron]

You don't mention a hard drive. Only 128GB of solid-state will fill up fast. You'll want a spindle drive to go with it. I recommend a Barricuda or Caviar ( blue or black ) for that.

You've also got an unlocked i5 but no aftermarket cooler for overclocking. If you're not overclocking, drop to a lower model and save some money since a few hundred MHz don't matter a whole lot except for bragging rights. If you are going to OC, know that the Haswell doesn't do so well in that regard.

Also, do you need that extra case fan? If so, I'd recommend a 120mm fan as they spin slower and are quieter than most 92mm fans ( and still move a lot of air. )

 

[Xavier Bouttier]

You don't mention a hard drive. Only 128GB of solid-state will fill up fast. You'll want a spindle drive to go with it. I recommend a Barricuda or Caviar ( blue or black ) for that.

You've also got an unlocked i5 but no aftermarket cooler for overclocking. If you're not overclocking, drop to a lower model and save some money since a few hundred MHz don't matter a whole lot except for bragging rights. If you are going to OC, know that the Haswell doesn't do so well in that regard.

Also, do you need that extra case fan? If so, I'd recommend a 120mm fan as they spin slower and are quieter than most 92mm fans ( and still move a lot of air. )

I do mention a hard drive 😛 : WD10EZRX 1TB HDD - 1 terabyte

 

[RedJaron]

Ahh, hidden in the same line as the SSD. I missed that. The Caviar Green is good for data storage, but it's a little slow to run applications on. If you're only running two drives, I'd swap it for a Caviar Blue for a little extra speed. Or if you want to go three drives, you can have the SSD for your most important apps and OS, a smaller performance drive ( like a Caviar Black, ) for the rest of your apps, then the Green for pure data storage.

So what about my other questions?

 

[Xavier Bouttier]

You don't mention a hard drive. Only 128GB of solid-state will fill up fast. You'll want a spindle drive to go with it. I recommend a Barricuda or Caviar ( blue or black ) for that.

You've also got an unlocked i5 but no aftermarket cooler for overclocking. If you're not overclocking, drop to a lower model and save some money since a few hundred MHz don't matter a whole lot except for bragging rights. If you are going to OC, know that the Haswell doesn't do so well in that regard.

Also, do you need that extra case fan? If so, I'd recommend a 120mm fan as they spin slower and are quieter than most 92mm fans ( and still move a lot of air. )

And the aftermarket fan getting the: COOLERMASTER RR-212E-16PK-R1 HYPER 212 EVO

 

[Xavier Bouttier]

For the OC, im not 100% sure about it, I will want to look into it and might give it a go to start gathering knowledge about it all

What about the GPU, and the rest is ok?

 

[RedJaron]

The 212 is a solid cooler, no worries there. Again, the Haswell family doesn't OC well, so your results will likely be limited.

Everything else seems ok, mostly it would be a question of manufacturer preference.

 

[Xavier Bouttier]

Ok, now i need help, if you dont mind, whats the difference between blue,black,green caviar / barracuda, etc.. how do i choose an HDD?

And what if I get two SSD's, one for OS, the other for games, and a regular HDD for data storage?

 

[RedJaron]

Western Digital calls their 3.5" desktop hard drives "Caviar" ( their 2.5" laptop drives are "Scorpio." ) The color indicates performance level ( Black is the performance, Blue is the normal consumer model, Green is the low-power/slower performance drive, Red is enterprise-class storage. ) The Barracuda is Seagate's desktop hard drive. A Caviar Green is a saves power by spinning slower so the data can't get read as fast as a 7200 rpm drive. That's not a bad thing for data files like music and documents, but applications tend to load notably slower on them. The slower spindle also means the platters are under less stress so the drives tend to last longer too. That's not to say performance drives aren't reliable; part of their higher cost goes to more solid construction and you can find high-speed drives with five-year warranties too.

And I wouldn't worry about double SSDs. It's more expensive to get two SSDs of the same capacity as it is for one larger drive. The larger drives also are faster since they can saturate the memory channels better.