Well I somehow did it, with the help of a good friend I managed to assemble my first computer after saving up and buying parts on sale for over a year. This thing is incredible with an SSD as the boot drive, from power to usable desktop is less than 12 seconds. Unlike my old computer which took 3 minutes to boot and suffered from regular BSODs (usually 10 a week).
Everything has been smooth as butter so far but after reading these forums for weeks I'm afraid that maybe my PSU might not be high enough for the system. Granted I know you don't want to go to high otherwise having to much PSU might not be good for you, however, I figure I'd ask and see what you guys though of it and to give me impressions on the rig. Granted I know it's stupid to ask now after the thing is built and running but most of the parts were already ordered in February of last year so I was kinda stuck.
These are the system specs in all their boring details.
Motherboard:
MSI Gaming Z97-G45
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130771Processor:
Intel Core i5-4670 Haswell Quad-Core 3.4 GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116898Graphics Card:
MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127832Ram:
2 X G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 (Four 8GB sticks or 32GB total system ram [Motherboard Max])
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231568Power Supply:
SeaSonic SS-520FL2 520W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151122SSD Boot Drive:
SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 120GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147371HDD Storage Drives:
WD Blue 1TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM
WD Black 1TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM
I plan on adding another WD Blue 2TB drive later as the case has 2 hot-swap bays up front.
Operation System:
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM
Case:
Cooler Master HAF XB EVO - High Air Flow Test Bench
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119265This case is massive but it made assembling this thing so easy since it has a TON of space inside.
CPU Cooler:
CORSAIR Hydro Series H80i High Performance Water/Liquid CPU Cooler. 120mm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181031It also has 4 x 120mm fans (1 intake, 1 exhaust, and 2 intake/exhaust on the CPU Cooler), 2 x 80mm fans (rear exhaust), one 200mm fan (top exhaust) and your standard DVD Burner drive.
I hope to get at least five years out of this thing before any major upgrades but as I said the PSU worries me.