New build don't wanna mess up :P

[Koolademan]

My build so far is:
Motherboard: ASUS Z97-AR LGA 1150 Intel ATX Motherboard
Graphics card: Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card OC with Boost. Not using the overclock on this.
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz LGA 1150 Boxed Processor
Case: does it matter?
Powersupply: http://www.microcenter.com/product/406088/CX_Series_CX600M_600_Watt_ATX_Modular_Power_Supply
RAM: http://www.microcenter.com/product/...l_Desktop_Memory_Kit_(Two_4GB_Memory_Modules)
Hard drive: WD Blue 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive WD10EZEX - Bare Drive
Internet card: TP-LINK N600 Dual Band Wireless-N PCIe Adapter
OS: Windows 7
would this work.

 

[eidairaman1]

Where is the power supply, hard drive or solid state drive, optical drive and operating system? What specific brand of AMD Radeon 7970?
A case with good cable management and good airflow is highly suggested

 

[Koolademan]

Where is the power supply, hard drive or solid state drive, optical drive and operating system? What specific brand of AMD Radeon 7970?
A case with good cable management and good airflow is highly suggested

cable management yes i can be certain and i almost forgot about the power supply. it's like 2 in the morning. and i added it now. will add the hard drive ina bit

 

[eidairaman1]

Looks good thus far

 

[Koolademan]

Looks good thus far

just upadated it

 

[eidairaman1]

just upadated it

Thumbs up there

 

[Koolademan]

Where is the power supply, hard drive or solid state drive, optical drive and operating system? What specific brand of AMD Radeon 7970?
A case with good cable management and good airflow is highly suggested

its gonna be a AMD 7970

 

[Koolademan]

Thumbs up there

Does the monitor matter. As in do i need to build my computer around it or can i just choose?

 

[Constantine Yevseyev]

Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz LGA 1150 Boxed Processor

So you're buying an OC-capable version of CPU and a motherboard to support that, throwing in something like extra 150 bucks, although you're not going to do this whole OC thing? If so, just get the cheapest i5 Haswell available (I believe that would be i5-4440) and an H81-based motherboard (good options would be MSI H81M-E33 or ASUS H81M-E). Such combo will do exactly the same job for a lot less money (that you could hopefully put into your GPU or even an additional 90-128 GiB SSD).

http://www.microcenter.com/product/428565/H81M-E33_LGA1150_ATX_Intel_Motherboard
http://www.microcenter.com/product/417842/GA-B85M-D3H_LGA_1150_mATX_Intel_Motherboard

http://www.microcenter.com/product/432161/Core_i5-4590_37GHz_LGA_1150_Boxed_Processor

Radeon HD 7970

This card is still pretty good, but if you have at least 60 USD more, go for R9 290. It's much faster. Anyway, your best options in this price segment are either this card or GTX 970, but if you don't have access to any of them, I would still consider buying a slightly cheaper (although almost equal in terms of performance) R9 285, since it's more effective.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/438029/Radeon_R9_285_Overclocked_2GB_GDDR5_Video_Card
http://www.microcenter.com/product/438940/Radeon_R9_290_4GB_GDDR5_PCIe_Video_Card

RAM

Just get a single 8 GiB stick from Crucial or somebody else with same specs (DDR3-12800, CL9 or CL11). You don't need those radiators or anything. Again, saves you few more bucks to put them into GPU/CPU/storage.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/...R3-1600_(PC3-12800)_CL9_Desktop_Memory_Module

Case: does it matter?

I would recommend these two.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/355148/Z9_ATX_Mid_Tower_Computer_Case
http://www.microcenter.com/product/378074/Classic_Series_Source_210_Mid_Tower_ATX_Computer_Case

Does the monitor matter. As in do i need to build my computer around it or can i just choose?

Just pick anything that is Full HD, has a DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort output on it and is marked as anything other than "TN" or "TN+film" (I know how that sounds, but it's better than trying to make a list of all those alternative techs around, IPS is like 15% of alternative panels, so)... And don't forget to purchase a cable separately, they don't come inside the box (only VGA ones, but that's not our case, right?).

http://www.microcenter.com/product/428681/Q236HL_bd_23_IPS_LCD_Monitor

I like your choice of PSU, it's a really good one. The hard drive is fantastic for its price as well, but SSHDs (hybrid drives) or a combination of, say, 500 GiB HDD and 128 GiB SSD would be much better, although it will cost you extra money (~25 USD for SSHD, ~75 for SSD + HDD combo). My friend's got Seagate's 1 TiB SSHD as his main and only storage device. With Windows 8.1 (which supports native 4 KiB sectors and has a shorter startup cycle), his machines boots into Destop and all the apps just as if it was the actual SSD, because the firmware is really smart and makes a good use of those integrated 8 GiB NAND.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/423129/1TB_5400RPM_SATA_III_6Gb-s_25_95mm_Hybrid_Hard_Drive
http://www.microcenter.com/product/...II_60Gb-s_25_Internal_Solid_State_Drive_(SSD)

 

[Koolademan]

So you're buying an OC-capable version of CPU and a motherboard to support that, throwing in something like extra 150 bucks, although you're not going to do this whole OC thing? If so, just get the cheapest i5 Haswell available (I believe that would be i5-4440) and an H81-based motherboard (good options would be MSI H81M-E33 or ASUS H81M-E). Such combo will do exactly the same job for a lot less money (that you could hopefully put into your GPU or even an additional 90-128 GiB SSD).

http://www.microcenter.com/product/428565/H81M-E33_LGA1150_ATX_Intel_Motherboard
http://www.microcenter.com/product/417842/GA-B85M-D3H_LGA_1150_mATX_Intel_Motherboard

http://www.microcenter.com/product/432161/Core_i5-4590_37GHz_LGA_1150_Boxed_Processor


This card is still pretty good, but if you have at least 60 USD more, go for R9 290. It's much faster. Anyway, your best options in this price segment are either this card or GTX 970, but if you don't have access to any of them, I would still consider buying a slightly cheaper (although almost equal in terms of performance) R9 285, since it's more effective.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/438029/Radeon_R9_285_Overclocked_2GB_GDDR5_Video_Card
http://www.microcenter.com/product/438940/Radeon_R9_290_4GB_GDDR5_PCIe_Video_Card


Just get a single 8 GiB stick from Crucial or somebody else with same specs (DDR3-12800, CL9 or CL11). You don't need those radiators or anything. Again, saves you few more bucks to put them into GPU/CPU/storage.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/385181/Ballistix_Sport_8GB_DDR3-1600_(PC3-12800)_CL9_Desktop_Memory_Module


I would recommend these two.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/355148/Z9_ATX_Mid_Tower_Computer_Case
http://www.microcenter.com/product/378074/Classic_Series_Source_210_Mid_Tower_ATX_Computer_Case



Just pick anything that is Full HD, has a DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort output on it and is marked as anything other than "TN" or "TN+film" (I know how that sounds, but it's better than trying to make a list of all those alternative techs around, IPS is like 15% of alternative panels, so)... And don't forget to purchase a cable separately, they don't come inside the box (only VGA ones, but that's not our case, right?).

http://www.microcenter.com/product/428681/Q236HL_bd_23_IPS_LCD_Monitor

I like your choice of PSU, it's a really good one. The hard drive is fantastic for its price as well, but SSHDs (hybrid drives) or a combination of, say, 500 GiB HDD and 128 GiB SSD would be much better, although it will cost you extra money (~25 USD for SSHD, ~75 for SSD + HDD combo). My friend's got Seagate's 1 TiB SSHD as his main and only storage device. With Windows 8.1 (which supports native 4 KiB sectors and has a shorter startup cycle), his machines boots into Destop and all the apps just as if it was the actual SSD, because the firmware is really smart and makes a good use of those integrated 8 GiB NAND.

http://www.microcenter.com/product/423129/1TB_5400RPM_SATA_III_6Gb-s_25_95mm_Hybrid_Hard_Drive
http://www.microcenter.com/product/408885/SSDNow_V300_120GB_SATA_III_60Gb-s_25_Internal_Solid_State_Drive_(SSD)

thank you i will incorporate the monitor but all the other stuff is there because i will upgrade it later.