My First Build, is it Good or is it a Bit Much?

[GoodGuessWork]

Hello everyone!

I am looking for some honest opinions on my first PC build. The intentions for this PC is to do streaming and YouTube recording and gaming. I do not want to overclock just because I personally do not like to do it. Here is my parts list:

CPU: Intel i7-7700K 4.2 GHz

Motherboard: MSI Z170A Gaming M7 LGA 1151

GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 DirectX 12 GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ATX Video Card

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 220-G2-0750-XR 80+ GOLD 750W Fully Modular EVGA ECO Mode

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) Intel Z170 Platform / Intel X99 Platform Desktop Memory Model F4-2400C15D-16GVR

HDD: WD Black 4TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 128MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD4004FZWX

SSD: SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 250GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E250B/AM

CPU Cooler: Cryorig H7

CD Reader: ASUS 24X DVD Burner

Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5

Mouse and Keyboard: Cooler Master Devastator II Bundle

Monitor: LG 25UM56-P 25” Class 21:9 UltraWide IPS Gaming Monitor 5ms 2560 x 1080 5ms GTG 60Hz 5,000,000:1 Contrast Ratio with Black Stabilizer and Dynamic Action Link, SRGB Over 99% and 4-Screen Split

My ultimate question is, is this build a bit much for my first PC? I would love to have a good PC, but I also understand the idea of not going to far with a first build. Also, if possible, I would like to bring the price down some if possible, but I like the high GHz i7 processor for the natural high speed and hyperthreading. Right now the price is $1,797.38 getting the parts through NewEgg. I would love any suggestions that could help me in my decision. Thanks!

 

[GoodGuessWork]

Well if you go with the fatality the fully white Asus dual will look odd IMO on a red/black board.

The MSI will still look OK.

If you went with the pro 4 I'd go with the Asus dual because I personally think its a slightly better card.

Onboard audio for me is a non issue as I'm using the nvidia onboard audio via HDMI to my av setup.

The only reason I see the fatality audio being worth the extra is if using an analog 7.1 speaker set or you need optical out.

My ath-m50x headphones work absolutely perfectly on the pro 4.

I think I will end up going the pro4 route. It looks good and saves me some money

 

[Karadjgne]

ALC892 is Realtek high-performance 7.1 HD audio. Pretty much every mobo made nowadays uses the same if not better audio codecs.

 

[Isokolon]

With the ACL1150 & 1220 out it can be considered a bit old by now.
But it is a potent and good performer and still has basically the same sound quality unless you're hooking it up to speakers that you wouldn't hook up to a Realtek on-board audio anyway

 

[Karadjgne]

Better DACs, more i/o channels, larger bandwidth, better lossless. Pretty much it. As long as it's not ALC663 or similar you're good. That's old analog, not the newer HD digital.

By comparison, my Z77 mpower uses ALC898 and I'm running it hooked upto my Onkyo component system, and I have exactly no issues with good sound.

 

[madmatt30]

The fatality has extra outputs on the rear of the board , meaning you can do 7.1 analog from those ports , the pro 4 does 7.1 but needs the extra 2 outputs from the board header or from the front headphone outputs.
The fatality does have an extra Dolby decoding chip onboard offering 7.1 True HD via optical .
If you don't need those the pro 4 is virtually the same board.

Lime I said the pro 4 is happy to run my ath-m50s with plenty of volume & good definition.

Don't see any issue with the onboard audio at all.

 

[GoodGuessWork]

I would mainly be using my headset which is a razor kraken 7.1 chroma

 

[madmatt30]

The chroma is USB isn't it ??

Onboard audio doesn't matter , that head set has its own soundcard/audio processor.

 

[GoodGuessWork]

The chroma is USB isn't it ??

Onboard audio doesn't matter , that head set has its own soundcard/audio processor.

Awesome, then I don't need to worry about it. So I think I'll go the pro4 and Asus 1070 route

 

[Karadjgne]

Light at the end of the tunnel....