New build

**phidan** · 12-22-13, 07:10 PM

Opinions welcome

Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor
Xigmatek Dark Knight II SD1283 Night Hawk Edition 89.5 CFM CPU Cooler
Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
G.Skill TridentX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB Video Card
Corsair 650D ATX Mid Tower Case
Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (for OS and a few games/programs)
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (for storage primarily)
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (raid 1)

Already have a sd card reader and optical drive from my old build

**Guyver** · 12-22-13, 07:26 PM

Spiffy.

Good to see people going with RAM that isn't Corsair. Barf.

**phidan** · 12-22-13, 07:30 PM

Oops, that's actually the wrong RAM. I'm actually getting G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

I wanted the 7 ms CAS latency

Fixed it in the OP too

G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C7D-16GTX - Newegg.com

**HeavyG** · 12-22-13, 07:53 PM

Expensive power supply...

I would go with a gold or bronze rated power supply as the efficiency in terms of any type of cost savings will take you 8-10 years before breaking even. Try to find a more affordable PSU, and drop in a larger SSD.

That is my opinion... Otherwise, everything looks fantastic!

**phidan** · 12-22-13, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by HeavyG

Expensive power supply...

I would go with a gold or bronze rated power supply as the efficiency in terms of any type of cost savings will take you 8-10 years before breaking even. Try to find a more affordable PSU, and drop in a larger SSD.

That is my opinion... Otherwise, everything looks fantastic!

I'll look at gold. I didn't realize the difference was that small. Not sure if I want to spend the money on the larger SSD

**phidan** · 12-24-13, 02:13 PM

updated here: About the same price still ( low 1600s)

Switched out the SSD and PSU. Also just received a 250 newegg gift card, which (on top of my 100 off to amazon) is awesome

Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core
Xigmatek Dark Knight II SD1283 Night Hawk Edition 89.5 CFM
Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H ATX LGA1150
G.Skill Trident X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB
Corsair 650D ATX Mid Tower
Corsair 750W ATX12V / EPS12V

Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" SSD
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM

**Allane** · 12-24-13, 04:46 PM

If you're going to get a Dark Knight II, you aren't going to get an unlocked i5? Granted, you'll need to get lucky on the chip, as I have a shitty binned 4670K myself. I also hope you did your research on the size of the Dark Knight II and the height of your RAM. Large air coolers like that are known for RAM clearance issues.

Personally, I would swap out the Corsair PSU for a SeaSonic one, but maybe that's just brand loyalty speaking.

Otherwise, everything looks good.

**phidan** · 12-24-13, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by Allane

If you're going to get a Dark Knight II, you aren't going to get an unlocked i5? Granted, you'll need to get lucky on the chip, as I have a shitty binned 4670K myself. I also hope you did your research on the size of the Dark Knight II and the height of your RAM. Large air coolers like that are known for RAM clearance issues.

Personally, I would swap out the Corsair PSU for a SeaSonic one, but maybe that's just brand loyalty speaking.

Otherwise, everything looks good.

I really have never messed with overclocking before, so i didn't think there was much reason to get an unlocked one. I'll look into clearance with the ram. I think the corsair was just cheaper than seasonic, while still being highly regarded