New build, ~$1400 range

[stopthat]

Hi,

I haven't built a PC in a solid 10 years, and I'm looking to get back into it. Can anyone give me some insight on this setup? Am I missing something? Do I have anything unnecessary? I'm going to be using this mostly for gaming and music. Thanks.

Case: Corsair Carbide Series 400R Mid-tower
CPU: 3570K 3.4GHz
Cooling: Corsair H60 2x120MM
HDD: 128 GB Corsair Force GS Series
Memory: 4GBx2 G.Skill Ripjaws X
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4
PSU: Corsair CMPSU-850TXV2
Video: Radeon 7970
Asus VS247H-P 24-Inch Full-HD LED-Lit Monitor

 

[stopthat]

Also forgot to add that while I'm only getting one video card for now, Crossfire is something I'd definitely like to look into down the road.

 

[faalin]

Dont get a H60 ether get a good air cooler, h100, or a custom loop. the h60 might do a little better then the stock intel cooler.

 

[stopthat]

With the H100, is one fan adequate?

Does the rest of it look ok?


Thanks dudes.

 

[faalin]

2x120mm what? Fans?


For your setup, if i had it, I would put the h100 mounted to the top of the case in a push pull setup pulling air into the case. Pull air in the front and exhaust out the back and side of the case.

 

[stopthat]

Yeah, push-pull is what I was implying by 2 fans, sorry.

 

[stopthat]

The H100 isn't much more, so I've swapped the H60 for that on my part list, thanks man.

Anyone else have any changes they'd make? Looking to pull the trigger on this ASAP. Thanks guys.

 

[wanderer11]

You're going to want to add a hdd eventually. The H100 will be fine. Looks good.

 

[ArticSair]

Hi,

I haven't built a PC in a solid 10 years, and I'm looking to get back into it. Can anyone give me some insight on this setup? Am I missing something? Do I have anything unnecessary? I'm going to be using this mostly for gaming and music. Thanks.

Case: Corsair Carbide Series 400R Mid-tower
CPU: 3570K 3.4GHz
Cooling: Corsair H60 2x120MM
HDD: 128 GB Corsair Force GS Series
Memory: 4GBx2 G.Skill Ripjaws X
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4
PSU: Corsair CMPSU-850TXV2
Video: Radeon 7970
Asus VS247H-P 24-Inch Full-HD LED-Lit Monitor

Depends on your budget.

But i think if you change the motherboard from extreme 4 to the extreme 6. There isnt much difference but the Extreme6 has extra x16 PCIe 2.0 slot @ x4 and a display port connector and firewire. £30 or $50

You can also upgrade the HDD to a minimum of 500GB for an extra $30 or £25

ermm... The psu is a waaaaaay over kill in my opinion... you can settle for a 650.. which will save you money.

mayb include an SSD to boost the system.

On cooling in my opinion seems to be okay.

 

[stopthat]

Thanks for the replies. Right after I posted I saw that it only totals to around ~570W so dropping the 850W to 600 saves me quite a bit. I have a spare 500GB HDD to use for data, so that's why the 128GB SSD is all that's listed for that.

For the time being, I think I should be safe with what the Extreme4 has, but I'll definitely keep that in mind for any future upgrades!

 

[J_E_D_70]

I'm not sold on water over cheap air unless you really want max overclocks, but that looks like a solid system. Unlike the others, I'd go for a bigger SSD than the SSD/HDD combo.

Edit: On the PSU, you need to scale it back up if you still think you may crossfire down the road. 600W won't cut it with 500W in GPUs and a 100W CPU plus other components. Minimum 750.

 

[stopthat]

I'm not sold on water over cheap air unless you really want max overclocks, but that looks like a solid system. Unlike the others, I'd go for a bigger SSD than the SSD/HDD combo.

Edit: On the PSU, you need to scale it back up if you still think you may crossfire down the road. 600W won't cut it with 500W in GPUs and a 100W CPU plus other components. Minimum 750.

Thanks man, and good point in regards to the PSU for xfire down the road.


So, with the changes, this is what it looks like now -

Case: Corsair Carbide Series 400R Mid-tower
CPU: 3570K 3.4GHz
Cooling: Corsair H60 2x120MM
HDD: 128 GB Corsair Force GS Series
Memory: 4GBx2 G.Skill Ripjaws X
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4
PSU: Corsair CMPSU-750TXV2
Video: Radeon 7970
Asus VS247H-P 24-Inch Full-HD LED-Lit Monitor


Any other thoughts? I'm planning on buying the stuff for this tonight. Thanks in advance!