You helped me with my buld in 2008, please help me again :) ~$1000...

[havik110]

So I built my last PC in 2008 with help from this forum and I am looking to build another PC. Last time I think I spent ~$1600 but I have a kid on the way any day now and so I need to save a little cash as opposed to going full out this time.

Here is what I was thinking.
-CM Storm Scout 2 Advanced - Gaming Mid Tower Computer Case with Carrying Handle and Windowed Side Panel - Black

-Western Digital Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

-Rosewill PHOTON Series PHOTON-750 750W Continuous @40°C,80 PLUS Gold Certified, Full Modular Design, Single +12V Rail,ATX12V v2.31/EPS12V v2.92,SLI Ready, Crossfire Ready, Active-PFC Power Supply

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

-ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

-Intel Core i5-4570 Haswell Quad-Core 3.2GHz LGA 1150 84W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646I54570

-Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Fan

-LG Black 16X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 12X BD-ROM 4MB Cache SATA Blu-ray Burner WH16NS40 - OEM

-SAPPHIRE TRI-X OC 100362-2SR Radeon R9 290 4GB 512-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card

I originally was looking at
-Intel Core i5-4670K Haswell Quad-Core 3.4GHz LGA 1150 84W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646I54670K
but I'm not an over clocker

and

-MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G LE GeForce GTX 970 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 HDCP Ready SLI Support ATX Video Card
but the 290 actually has better benchmarks for dragon age and of course it saved me a few more bucks.

if you guys think the difference is so great that I should change them back let me know. Full disclosure, I want to play dragon age inquisition at high settings and my rig sputters with low settings now (it is from 2008 after all)

Finally, I worry about 2 small things with the case. 1 is dust. I have an antech case now with no filters and the insides get dusty as heck and I blow them out with a compressor once a month. So if you have a high air case with good filters please let me know. 2nd, is the Video card too long that I may have to mod the case and so I should stick to the 970?

Thanks for any help

 

[Ali_uae]

Get a Seasonic PSU.

 

[Eximo]

Can save a little bit by not buying everything from Newegg, but that is up to you. I assumed that was a preference (I know it is for me, usually get stuff in 2 days or less)

Case has dust filters that should help. I don't think the CM Storm Scout does.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($200.98 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($70.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($344.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Commander G41 ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($85.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1056.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-23 14:23 EST-0500

 

[havik110]

Okay so here is take 2 on my build...
PCPartPicker part list / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2DM9Bm/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor] | $189.99 @ Newegg
**CPU Cooler** | Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler | $34.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard | $89.66 @ Newegg
**Memory** | G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory | $72.98 @ Newegg
**Storage** | Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | $99.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $54.99 @ Newegg
**Video Card** | Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card | $259.99 @ Newegg
**Case** | Rosewill ARMOR-EVO ATX Mid Tower Case | $69.99 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | Antec TruePower Classic 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply | $49.99 @ Newegg
**Optical Drive** | LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer | $49.99 @ Newegg
**Operating System** | Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) | $102.98 @ Newegg
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | $1075.54
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-28 11:44 EST-0500 |

 

[Eximo]

That will work.