First time building a computer.

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TheRealBidi

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A made a post about a week ago asking if my specs were alright, and I had a few replies telling me what I had gotten wrong, so I think I've fixed these problems, but I'm not 100% sure, so if you guys could tell me if this build is alright and if I can make things a bit cheaper with the same performance that would be great!

Specs:
Case: BitFenix Comrade Midi-Tower
Hard-Drive: 1TB Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 3.5" SATA III
SSD: 120GB Samsung 840 EVO Series 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive SSD
Disk Drive: LiteOn 24x Internal SATA DVD RW Drive [IHAS124-14]
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 3.60GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150
Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) Crucial Ballistix Sport 1600MHz CL9 DDR3
Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 980 4096MB GDDR5 (Maxwell) Nvidia PCI Express Graphics Card GDDR5 Graphics Card
Motherboard: MSI Z97I GAMING AC Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini-ITX Motherboard
Power: 600W Corsair Builder Series CX600M 80PLUS Bronze Modular Power Supply
 
Everything looks good, I would if your set on saving money swap the i7 4790 for a i5 4690k. You won't notice much difference in gaming between them. If your set however get the k version (4790k) so you can overclock in the future. I'd maybe also if it isn't all ready, get a non-reference Gpu. Something like a msi twin frozr 980. Much better cooling, overclock potential, core and turbo speeds are higher etc. also maybe think about a good cpu cooler, stock Intel coolers are rubbish. Something at least like a cooler master 212 if you can, get the best you can afford.

Maybe uprate your case if you can. If you like bitfenix Something like a bitfenix pandora window, colossus etc. if your set on the comrade make sure it can support your GPU size as the reference 980 is around 267mm long the case can support 300mm leaving it a bit thin for a non-reference card.
 
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tylerjrb said:
Everything looks good, I would if your set on saving money swap the i7 4790 for a i5 4690k. You won't notice much difference in gaming between them. If your set however get the k version (4790k) so you can overclock in the future. I'd maybe also if it isn't all ready, get a non-reference Gpu. Something like a msi twin frozr 980. Much better cooling, overclock potential, core and turbo speeds are higher etc. also maybe think about a good cpu cooler, stock Intel coolers are rubbish. Something at least like a cooler master 212 if you can, get the best you can afford.
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Does thermal paste come with the cooler master 212?
 
TheRealBidi said:
Does thermal paste come with the cooler master 212?
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I'm not sure. I would have thought so but best to search around. It's a good cooler for the price. It depends how much you want to overclock. There are plenty better but quite a bit more costly.
 
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