Advice for a new PC

[Solmyr]

I'm still in serious doubt why I would need more than 120 GB SDD. I'm literally only going to have Windows on it and nothing else, everything else will be on the HDD.

[Solmyr]

So after some tweaking I've ended up with this possible setup:

CPU: Intel Core i5 4670K 3.4 GHz LGA1150
Mobo: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming
RAM: 2x G.Skill F3-10666CL9D-4GBNQ DDR3 1600 Mhz 4 GB
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 770 Twin Frozr IV Gaming OC 2048 MB
Case: Cooler Master CM 690 III
PSU: Fractal Design Tesla R2 650W, 80 PLUS Gold
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO SSD 120 GB 2.5" SATA3
HDD: Verbatim 2 TB SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 RPM 64MB - 3,5"

It's over my original budget but hopefully worth it and will last me some years in the future. Any comments?

[Monoriu]

So after some tweaking I've ended up with this possible setup:

CPU: Intel Core i5 4670K 3.4 GHz LGA1150
Mobo: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming
RAM: 2x G.Skill F3-10666CL9D-4GBNQ DDR3 1600 Mhz 4 GB
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 770 Twin Frozr IV Gaming OC 2048 MB
Case: Cooler Master CM 690 III
PSU: Fractal Design Tesla R2 650W, 80 PLUS Gold
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO SSD 120 GB 2.5" SATA3
HDD: Verbatim 2 TB SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 RPM 64MB - 3,5"

It's over my original budget but hopefully worth it and will last me some years in the future. Any comments?

I bought a 128GB SSD 3 years ago.  I soon found that it was insufficient.  Ended up buying an additional 500GB SSD a few months ago. 

[Solmyr]

Does C:\Windows really take up that much?

[Grey Fox]

You will want to install programs on it too. Take advantage of that SSD speed.

[Solmyr]

You will want to install programs on it too. Take advantage of that SSD speed.

Not a big deal for me, I don't use programs that require super speed. As I said, I really want nothing but Windows on the SSD.

[Grey Fox]

Then don't buy an SSD. You'll be over spending for shedding 30seconds on boot up.

[Monoriu]

Does C:\Windows really take up that much?

No, but SSD makes everything faster and more quiet.  So I put as many frequently used programmes there as possible. 

[Norgy]

You will want to install programs on it too. Take advantage of that SSD speed.

Not a big deal for me, I don't use programs that require super speed. As I said, I really want nothing but Windows on the SSD.

Trust me, you will want the speed of an SSD for Skyrim with mods.

[Solmyr]

You will want to install programs on it too. Take advantage of that SSD speed.

Not a big deal for me, I don't use programs that require super speed. As I said, I really want nothing but Windows on the SSD.

Trust me, you will want the speed of an SSD for Skyrim with mods.

Well I'm definitely not putting my Steam game directory on the SSD, I'd need a 1 TB one. 

[sbr]

You will want to install programs on it too. Take advantage of that SSD speed.

Not a big deal for me, I don't use programs that require super speed. As I said, I really want nothing but Windows on the SSD.

Trust me, you will want the speed of an SSD for Skyrim with mods.

Well I'm definitely not putting my Steam game directory on the SSD, I'd need a 1 TB one. 

You can have a Steam directory on multiple drives.  I have most games on my HDD, but some are on my SSD as well.

There is a drop down menu to select when you are downloading/installing a game.

[Solmyr]

I went with a 120 GB SSD. Not going to shove everything possible on it, just Windows and a few select programs. I'm generally fairly happy with the HDD speed.

[Grey Fox]

It's a good size.

For steam use this : http://www.traynier.com/software/steammover

[sbr]

It's a good size.

For steam use this : http://www.traynier.com/software/steammover

But Steam does that itself now.

Maybe not the moving of existing games though.

[Grey Fox]

Not all games support it either.