My very first Gaming PC

[Venomz1337]

Hello Hexus,

As the title says, my very first gaming pc, which I'm building in less than a week (ordering the parts). I will be using this pc mainly for gaming on more or less, all games. I will be surfing the net a lot, watching YouTube videos, etc and doing a little bit of photoshopping and video editing, nothing very intensive. I'm planning to buy everything from Scan because I trust them and would prefer to buy everything from the same place. I don't need an OS system as I will use my Win7 Ultimate on it.

The specs I've come up with;

Case - NZXT Switch 810 (Easy for future water cooling)
Motherboard - MSI Z87-G45 (Allows SLI and RAM overclock up to 3000 mhz + Fits in with the colour scheme)
CPU - Intel i5 4670k (Gaming CPU)
CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i (Good for overclocking)
GPU - GTX 770 MSI gaming edition (Good reviews and fits the colour scheme)
RAM - Corsair Vengeance Pro Series Red 8GB 1600mhz 9-9-9-24 (Gaming memory really)
PSU - Corsair AX760 (I like the fact that it's modular and has no rainbow coloured cables)
SSD - 128GB Corsair Force GS (High OP's and write speeds)
HDD - 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm 64mb cache (average HDD)
Fans - Corsair SP120 Quiet Editions (twin pack)

All coming in at a woping £1300.14 including Scansure and Delivery.

I was wondering if I can get any suggestions on things to change or things to add, thanks guys!

-Venomz1337

[NecronomicoN]

Optical drive? Salvaging one from the old machine?

Seems like a good budget build, don't see any issues, everything is par for the course.

[Venomz1337]

I was thinking about an Optical Drive, the one from my old machine will most likely not work so I may just get one, thanks

[NecronomicoN]

After some reading on MSI's forum, it seems there some problems between Sandforce SSDs and MSI (Haswell) motherboards. So if you plan to have that board, might wanna look at non-Sandforce SSDs.

[Venomz1337]

After some reading on MSI's forum, it seems there some problems between Sandforce SSDs and MSI (Haswell) motherboards. So if you plan to have that board, might wanna look at non-Sandforce SSDs.

I don't know, could you maybe specifically link me to the actual topics saying that. I don't want to run into any problems :/

[NecronomicoN]

http://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?PH...topic=170135.0

I linked to the forum in general because the G45 is mentioned by name in about two dozen threads.

[Bambooz]

I don't want to run into any problems :/

Then don't use Sandforce crap based SSDs period. It's as simple as that

edit:
http://skinflint.co.uk/?cat=hdssd&so...4~1195_Samsung

[Scozo]

I'd recommend one of those decent Samsung SSD drives the 840's are a decent set, so my friends say.

[John013]

I don't understand on what basis you call a product crap! I was adviced that sandforce based SSDs are the best ones right now in terms of performance & stability. Intel is a good example of the quality of sandforce SSDs. If sandforce were to be all time faulty, Intel would surely have got away from sandforce. I have been using their products & do not notice any drop in quality & am reasonably happy

[RyanS2H]

Not bad for a first build.

[J-Pandit]

Not bad for a first build.

I wouldn't say bad for a second, or third build either

[Marcvs]

Are you sure 128GB SSD is enough?

I have a 256gb 840 pro, and with windows + CS + 1 game im ~ half full, you van pickup a 250gb samsung evo//250gb crucial m5xx for not too much these days

[surino]

The 250/ 256GB SSDs have come into a favourable price to performance ratio now, so it's well worth considering one to use for your most used programs/ games. I personally think the H100i is overkill for your setup - you could save money and get a H80i, which is more than capable. I used an H80i with a i5 3570k and even at 4.3 - .5 GHz it ran at relatively cool temperatures.

[HassTheMass]

That 760W PSU looks a little overkill, a 650W should be okay and provide a fair amount of headroom for OCing. nVidias GPUs aren't as power hungry as an AMD.

In terms of SSDs, I've heard a lot about the Samsung 840s degradation. The 850 Evos are well received though, so it's worth the money.