Compiling My First Desktop

[Aethren]

So, I've assembled a list of parts I intend to build my first rig with, but I have no idea if they work together. My budget is slim, but I'd hope I can run TERA and LoL on max graphics with 45+ fps on this. War For the Overworld too.

Tower: Corsair 500R [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139010]
GPU: GTX 960 [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125772]
Heatsink: Cryorig H5A [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4UF1W87430]
CPU: i5-4460 Quad-Core [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117302]
Motherboard: MSi Z97 [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130770]
RAM: Corsair 8 Gb [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233527]
HDD: WD Green 2TB [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236404]
SSD: SanDisk 120 Gb [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820173010]
PSU: SeaSonic 750W [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151132]
DVD: Samsung SATA [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151281]

Any advice would be welcome.

 

[Albino Boo]

Unless you are planning to overclock your cpu, stick to the stock cooler. You simply won't use the the greater heat capacity of the non stock cooler. Your PSU is over the top, you can just about use a 500w PSU on that setup, 550w-600w to be on the safe side. As a general guide this site is very helpful http://www.logicalincrements.com/ .

 

[SnowyGamester]

Your PSU is over the top, you can just about use a 500w PSU on that setup, 550w-600w to be on the safe side.

True, though that is a SLI capable motherboard so that PSU is a good choice if planning to install a second GPU in the future. Currently running two 970s here on a 750W CoolerMaster PSU no problem. But yeah, you really only need an upgraded cooler for overclocking which you can't do with the 4460 as it's locked...you'd need an unlocked K variant such as the 4670K or 4690K.

But yeah it all appears to be compatible so there shouldn't be any problem there. Though I will point out that tower has a FireWire port but the motherboard doesn't have an internal FireWire connector so you'd either have to get an internal USB to FireWire adapter, a PCI card that provides an internal FireWire connection or have a non-functioning port on the front (which honestly would drive me mad even though I don't own a single device that uses FireWire). If you connect the FireWire connector directly to a USB 2.0 internal connector you're gonna have a bad time (even though it will fit for some reason).

 

[Albino Boo]

True, though that is a SLI capable motherboard so that PSU is a good choice if planning to install a second GPU in the future. Currently running two 970s here on a 750W CoolerMaster PSU no problem. But yeah, you really only need an upgraded cooler for overclocking which you can't do with the 4460 as it's locked...you'd need an unlocked K variant such as the 4670K or 4690K.

I must admit that I didn't notice that it was an sli, I just checked socket numbers. My gut instinct is that two GTX 760s will marginally bottle neck on that cpu and I question the extra cost of the sli board.