Anyone consider themselves a PC builder?

[requiem]

So I had my pc explode on me last night. Had a corsair 60 water cooling unit, but the dust buildup was so large that it wasn't cooling. My CPU temp breached 100 degrees for a while, was quite something.


The idea occured to me maybe its a sign to upgrade.

I don't need new monitors as I have 3 * 27 inch monitors. I also have a Geforce 680 I bought at rage.

Everything else can be upgraded. What type of build would you suggest.

My current idea looks like.
case - http://www.prophecy.co.za/lianli-pcx1000-full-tower-chassis-black-p-56427.html
cooler - http://www.prophecy.co.za/corsair-h100-hydro-series-liquid-cooler-p-97095.html
cpu - http://www.prophecy.co.za/intel-cor...-lga1155-boxed-processor-bridge-p-116172.html
mobo - http://www.prophecy.co.za/asus-p8z77v-deluxe-lga1155-ddr3-pcie-slicrossfirex-bridge-p-115791.html
Ram - 2 * http://www.prophecy.co.za/corsair-c...nce-2x8gb-ddr31600-cl10-desktop-p-111163.html
HDD - http://www.prophecy.co.za/agt325sat3480-agility-series-480gb-sata3-p-111192.html


This is a quick list of links from prophecy. Not trying to advertise them. Just always used them. Anyone have any better ideas?

 

[Rudimental]

Ask in the PC Hardware and Gadgets forum. There are plenty of helpful guys in there who can give you advice.

 

[Cameronkk]

Super components, just make very sure that case can house the H100 comfortably.

 

[requiem]

Posted in the right forum. Mods please close.

Apologies.

 

[LazerFazer]

The fact that your CPU 'blew up on you' is more disturbing than anything. Modern CPUs have fail-safes that kick in when the temperature gets too high. I know even my OLD Prescott CPU used to downclock when the temperature got too high.

Anyway, as for your specs, they look good except consider the i5 3570k unless you really need a higher thread count. The price difference is significant, and performance difference not so much. Also the Agility 3 SSD range is very much an entry-level SSD. I would highly recommend going for the Vertex range, and specifically the Vertex 4. Have a look at http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/374?vs=561 for a comparison between the Agility 3 and Vertex 3. The difference to the Vertex 4 is even more distinct.