New rig build

neviditelny · 17 Oct 2015 at 06:55

Hello people

I'm looking into getting myself a new rig to replace this almost 5 year old AMD Phenom II quad core im running at the moment and would like some input from you guys.

This is the parts I've planned to use:

Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon)
MSI Z97A Gaming 7 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (But going for a total of 32GB)
Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive
Western Digital Caviar Green 4TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD (I might go for a 5TB drive instead)
Corsair Hydro H90 140mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
EVGA Supernova G2 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply
Corsair SP120 Quiet Series High Pressure Low Noise - Dual Pack
Zalman Z11 Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black

I got a bluray-optical drive and an EVGA NVidia GTX760 graphic card at the moment that I'm intending to keep for the time being.

I was initially going for a Corsair PSU, but it seemed that most people on this forum was recommending EVGA PSU, will 650W be ok or should I go slightly higher?

Will watercooling be the best choice or could I get away with having a "normal" CPU cooler?

And how is the case? The reason why I chose the Zalman Z11 is because I like how it looks lol.

Happy for any kind of input

neviditelny · 17 Oct 2015 at 11:52

McGraw, I'm not sure if it is financially worth it to go for the 6700-series as I'm not a hardcore gamer or so. My main aim is to get a computer that will generally do quite well for the next 2-3 years.

Danny, that Aerocool Aeor 800 case looks pretty good too and seems a bit more spacious. What i understood from the Zalman is that it can be pretty tight of space if you want double graphic cards.
If i'm not a hardcore gamer, will i really notice water cooling system, or should i save the money and get a standard CPU-cooler?

About the PSU, i'm thinking about maybe going with a bit more power, just in case basically.

neviditelny · 17 Oct 2015 at 15:43

Lee, thanks for the input about the cooler. I think i prefer the Aerocool
case though.

I'm not going to run dual graphic cards at the moment, but it have been tempting at times but i got to settle with the GTX 760 i got at the moment.

neviditelny · 17 Oct 2015 at 22:02

To be honest, I'm not sure what exactly hyperthreading does, but i thought ill go with as good CPU as i can in a format that is "tested" and not one of this really new ones, but still should hold their time for a while.

neviditelny · 18 Oct 2015 at 19:45

Danny, you did tell me about the Aerocool Aero 800. It looks like it only supports 2x3.5 HDD, I would prefer to have a few more spaces available.

I kept looking at Aerocool and did find the Aerocool Battle Hawk Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black, which if i understand it right supports 4x3.5 HDD's, and 2x2.5 HDD's.

Any ideas or thoughts about it?

neviditelny · 19 Oct 2015 at 09:15

Danny, i was looking around a bit, and I did find the Antec GX300 Combat Ready Midi Tower Gaming Case, that supports up to 6 HDD's, supports up to 400mm graphic cards and 170mm CPU coolers. Price is the same as the Aerocool Aero 800.