My First Custom Pc Build... Any suggestions

[rjhayes89]

I am in the process of building my first gaming/day-to-daycomputer. I have some parts suggested to me by coworkers and would like to see what the Tom's hardware community thinks. Overall with everything the pc comes to about 1500.00

Case:

NZXT Phantom 410 CA-PH410-W1 White Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146087

Power Supply:

CORSAIR HX Series HX750 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010

Mobo:

ASRock Z77 Extreme6 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157295

CPU:

Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

Memory:

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

SSD:

SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD128BW 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147192

Hard Drive:

Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533

Graphics Card:

XFX Double D FX-785A-CDFC Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150609

CD Drive:

ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

Operating system:

Windows 7 or 8 Professional

Monitor:

SAMSUNG LS23A550HS/ZA ToC Rose Black 23" 2ms GTG Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 DCR 1,000,000:1 (1,000:1)


I may have left out some things or changed a few things, but this is the basic setup. Any advice is greatly appreciated!!

 

[tenaciousk]

looks pretty good.

 

[TheBigTroll]

a better choice. your GPU is weak compared to the rest of the build
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JJsX

 

[rjhayes89]

Ok, here is the final build. This will more than suffice for me:

Case: XION XON-301
MOBO: ASROCK Z77 Extreme6
CPU: Core i5 3570K
GPU: EVGA GTX 660
Memory: Gskill Ripjaws X Series 8gb 1600 CAS 8
Power Supply: Corsair Builder Series CX600
Mouse: Razer Naga 2012
Keyboard: Logitech G510
Sound: Logitech Z506
SSD: OCZ Agility3 120gb
HD : WD Caviar Green 1.5TB
Monitor: Asus VS238h-p
CD Drive: ASUS DRW-24b1st/blk/b/as
OS: Windows 8 Pro 64bit

 

[TheBigTroll]

-xion cases are crap
-you dont have a cpu cooler
-the gigabyte ud4h is at least 2x better in terms of quality
-i have more GPU power than our rig while being a better value overall
-cas 8 ram is uselessly expensive. stop wasting money on unnoticeable performance differences
-cx series are sub par compared to what i included in my rig
-id get yourself something like a logitech g500 or a g9x cheaper and better build quality
-if you need a keyboard, id recommend the quickfire pro from cooler master. its 69.99 after a MIR. way better than any membrane keyboard
-get rid of that crappy ssd. its faster than the 840 but has double the failure rates
-get the vs228h-p if you want something cheap
-dont waste your time with green drives. seagate drives are both cheaper and contain more capacity
-do you even like windows 8? if you do, get premium not pro. pro is useless to you given you dont use more than 16gb of ram