Hey guys. Any ideas or help on this build would be appreciated. Im new to building a seriously gave a lot of thought to purchasing a pre-built system through Xidax and Digital Storm but decided to go the DIY route. Im currently awaiting parts to get started but figured id post my parts for any ideas. PC is mainly going to be used for gaming. IRacing and 1st person shooters mostly. The only problem ive ran into so far is the case I purchased does not have frontal 3.0 USB ports, and my mobo has a 3.0 header. Keep in mind this is a budget first time build, I have not yet purchased the GPU, OS, or Memory. So any ideas on changing anything is welcomed. Also Im aware that the PSU is overkill but I intended on getting a large enough one for future upgrades.
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower
CPU: Intel Core I5 4690K Devils Canyon 3.5GHz
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-G1 Sniper Z97 ATX
Memory: G Skills Ripjaws X-series 16GB DDR3
Video Card: MSI G-Force GTX 960 2GB
Storage: WD Black-Series 1TB 7200RPM
PSU: Corsair CX 750 Semi-Mod Bronze
Optical Drive: Undecided
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
You will definitely want an SSD. I've been using one since 2011 and all the machines I use and build have one. Even if it's a cheap 120GB model, it will make a massive difference to the responsiveness of your machine. Please pick one up. Look at Crucial MX100/MX200/M550, Samsung 850 EVO, Intel 530/730.
You should have checked whether the case you chose had USB3 before you bought it. Thankfully, your motherboard will have a USB2 header for the front ports though so that's fine.
I disagree with your choice of a GTX 960. I would have gone with an R9 290 instead personally. You'll still get decent performance though.
Corsair CX power supplies are not very good. For a few more bucks you could have gotten a Corsair SSR G550 which is much much better.
WD Blacks are very good hard drives.
You will need an aftermarket cooler. No sense having a K CPU and a Z chipset and not overclocking. Also these things are frying pans with the stock cooler. Pick up, at minimum, a CM Hyper 212.
DO NOT buy Win 7. It's from 2009 for crying out loud. Buy 8.1. You can make it behave exactly like Win 7 with classic shell and there is zero learning curve. It is a snappier, faster loading OS. You'll get a free upgrade to Win 10 with either version of Windows, but don't get Win 7 regardless.
Optical drive you can pretty much buy anything you want, or nothing at all. Optical is obsolete. Most people use it for the OS and nothing else, and honestly, you can just buy a Windows key from Microsoft and download the Windows installer to a USB drive. It's a faster install thanks to the superior read speeds/seek time of a USB drive vs a disc. If you want an optical drive, I'd look at a Blu Ray drive, as you might as well have that capability. Remember that you will need Bluray playback software, which you will have to pay for. Drives bundles with the software are quite cheap these days.
Look at 1866 or 2133 Mhz Cas 9 RAM. 2X8GB. Don't waste all four slots by going 4X4.
