Putting together a new rig

[MrEliasen]

Hi Everyone,

I have been looking at building a new rig for quite some time (Decided to wait till Haswell and corsair carbide 540 air before doing anything about it).

I want to build a rig where I also consider how it looks (for the first time in my life!), but of cause also want some power to back the nice looks .

So far this is what I have in mind.
Blue ** = Decided to go with this part, unless the good people of OC3D steers me in a different direction
Red ** = Not decided yet, need feedback.

**Tower: Corsair Carbide 540 Air
**PSU: Corsair AX 860I
**Mobo: MSI Z87-GD65 GAMING Z87
**CPU: I7 4770K 3.5GHZ 8MB
**Memory: Corsair Vengence Pro 1866MHZ ( 4 X 4GB ) (2x Red, 2x Silver)
**GFX: GeForce GTX 770 ( Or is he 780 worth it in the end? )
**Storage: 840 Pro 256 GB
**Storage 2: My current 1 TB SATA barracuda drive
**Cooling: Corsair H100i
**Cooling: 3 x Corsair Air Series AF140 (Quiet Edition - For case)
**Cooling: 2 x Corsair Air Series SP120 (Quiet Edition - For H100i)
**Misc: Corsair Individually Sleeved Modular Cables (Red)

Notes:
What I had in mind with the memory was removing the coloured metal plate and get black mem blocks.
I really for once want to consider how the overall rig looks like. I do not want to go all out with coloured water or like, but just having hardware which goes well together as well would be nice for a change .

I hope you can help me, I am OK with knowing what is good hardware, but once I start digging deeper and have to select a manufacturer like Corsair, Gigabyte, MSI etc I am lost.

I overall end goal is I want to build a small Micro ATX power rig, I love the carbide case but will definitely consider other dedicated Micro ATX cases as long as they are good for cable tidying and looks good.

Once I get this new rig up and running, I was considering donating parts from my last rig (not my current, it stays in the family a bit longer ) to a OC3D member who (if possible) can benefit from it. Its not awesome parts but not bad either. I will create a separate thread for this later if there is an interest for this.

Thanks in advance for any help towards my new build, any advise is appreciated!

Mark


EDIT:
I have updated the parts like after the kind feedback (Thank you!)

EDIT 2:
Completely forgot to add the storage I had in mind as well, updated the post, thanks!

EDIT 3:
Forgot that I need to add the fans I want to the list as well. Also updated the colours of the parts list

 

[NeverBackDown]

if you do not plan on SLI then you could save money and drop down to a 650W PSU or you do plan to SLI a 750watt will also do.. I know you don't want to change it but saving money is always a great option too.

 

[MrEliasen]

I would normally follow that advice, but I will be able to take that 860 with me to the next build or just have the head space for when/if I wish to SLI (Which might happen).

I appreciate the feedback, thanks!

 

[jamesriley94]

Maybe look at a 4x4gb kit to fill up all the slots? You're never going to need 32gb of RAM, so it isn't really necessary to leave the two slots spare for upgradeability.

Also, MATX board in a full ATX case? Not sure why you're doing this, but you might as well get a 350D and keep the motherboard, or a full ATX motherboard and keep the case.

 

[MrEliasen]

Good point with the 4x4 mem blocks, will do that instead.
I agree with the case and the MATX, I think I just picked both because I was undecided what I liked the most, MATX or that Carbide case.. still a tough one for me.

I really like the idea of a MATX rig, but the 350D is a bit boring, and seals off the internals, which I think is a shame.

In the end, I might just go with an ATX instead actually.

I think I will swap the mobo with the MSI Z87-GD65 and keep the Carbide case.

Thanks for your feedback, will update the main thread

 

[NeverBackDown]

Stick with ATX and the 540. Will look much better

 

[maniac]

The current setup looks good tbh, nothing I would complain about atleast.

 

[MrEliasen]

Thank you everyone for the feedback so far!
I think what I have on the list now is what I will be getting, but I am still more than happy to hear from anyone who might have other ideas or like.

Thanks!

 

[Greenback]

the only thing I'd change is the H100i for full water other then that everything else looks good

 

[tinytomlogan]

Agree this is an ATX case. If you want MATX get the 350D

MATX Mobo wise get the Gigabyte Sniper M5

 

[MrEliasen]

@Greenback I am very new to the whole water cooling area, would you mind post a bit more details about that full water? Cheers!

@tinytomlogan
In the initial post the M5 Sniper was the mobo I selected, but decided to actually go full ATX instead, as I really.. really.. like that 540 haha

Thanks everyone!

 

[Spiderz]

SSD and Storage? Samsung have an SSD for any taste just now (840, 840 evo or 840pro) however the plextor M5, Crucial, Kingston and a few others are also worth a shout. Other than that can't see much wrong.

 

[MrEliasen]

@Spiderz Oh crap good point! Forgot to add that. I do have the 840 Pro on my list, Will add that to the initial post.

Thanks for the reminder