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Xabran

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My first question is what case should I use for this set up ,I am at the end of my budget so cant go nuts with the price on it.
My second question does the rest of this look ok? Any advice? I am building this for a gaming pc plus a home hub type of a pc that I can record cable with and store movies and watch anywhere in my house on xboxs and such. Thank any of you who can help me and give me any pointers or did I forget anything?

I am building it with the following,

Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80637i73770k

ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z77extreme4

Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmz16gx3m2a1600c10

OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/ocz-internal-hard-drive-vtx425sat3256g

Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st3000dm001

Asus GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-gtx670dc22gd5

Corsair Professional 850W 80 PLUS Silver Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cmpsu850hx

Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-optical-drive-bw12b1stblkgas

Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-cpu-cooler-h100i

Ceton InfiniTV 4 Quad-tuner Card for Watching Digital Cable TV on the PC, PCI-Express x1 Interface
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815706001
 
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TheBigTroll

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rig doesnt look right for a gaming rig or a media hub. you dont need the i7, 16gb of ram or most of the stuff above. get this instead
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JEFO

-way better board with no cheapo caps
-h100i is no where near quiet enough for what you are using it for. not to mention that cheapo watercooling is never good
-you dont need that much ram for gaming
-SSD is cheaper and is a better value
-7950 is cheaper and is a better value overall. but if you want a 670, i can suggest one. the asus 670 is overpriced
-wattage is overkill
-keep the blu ray drive if you actually watch blu-rays
-the case i chose is pretty quiet and is built very well. if you want the silent model, get this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352024&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
 
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What do you mean the mother board has cheapo caps?
The i7 chip I can get at a micro center for about the same price as the i5 that is why I was getting it.
I read a lot of reviews on that water cooling unit and it said it was the best. You think air cooled is quieter and more effiecent? I am going to be trying to OC the CPU as high as it will let me and run stable.
I would rather have the 670 I have always had nvidia cards and never had a problem with any. just my personal preference.... then again I was once an AMD all the way for CPUs too:) Which 670 would you recomend?
I plan on at some time getting a second 670 GPU just not right now. I want to play with the new system with one GPU and see how it goes and maybe next year get a second that is the reason I had the bigger PSU.
you added a DVD-Cd writer I wont need this if keep the blue ray writer because it does all three will I?. My mom and dad travel alot and take thousands of pictures when they do. I am the lucky one that gets to transfer them from the SD cards to DVDs at this point and there are usually multiples so I figure I would get the blu ray and put them on that so I could probably fit one of their trips on 1 blu ray verse 4 DVDs. This was the reason I had added more ram because I have 8 gigs now in my pc and the burning is slow I was hopeing with more ram it might speed that up some.
Thanks for your help and advice I have seen you give it to many others here.
 
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TheBigTroll

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-low quality D-pak mosfets are used on the extreme4. they are basically the cheapest and hottest running stuff you can get
-fair enough
-it might be, but then you get nice jet engine fans. by the time you get some good quiet ones, it will run you to an area where custom watercooling destroys
-fair enough. just telling you though, you do get crysis 3 and bioshock infinite for free with the 7950
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125423&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
-ok then. you only need 750w for that job though
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182264
-just give them a external hard drive. save money and takes up less space.
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=76995&vpn=STBX1000101&manufacture=Others&promoid=1276
-burning speed is kind of based on the speed of the writer

you should be good now
 
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Xabran

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The cooler you sugested will be good enough to run on the i7 OCing it?
 
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