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ManicMonkOnMac

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Hi All, I am looking to build rest of the components for my gaming machine.

Games to be played:

I have the following components:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $215.00)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $183.00)
Power Supply: Antec HCG M 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $457.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-26 18:04 EST-0500)

I am looking for rest of the components. I will list down the budget individually:

GPU: GTX 780 or R9 290 Budget: 350-500$
Memory:(G.Skill trident, 1866 and above) Budget: 100-150$
Case: Any thing black Budget: 40-80$
Case Cooler: Any Budget: Best value for money
CPU Cooler : Any Budget Best value for money
HD SATA: 1 TB Budget: best value for money
HD SSD: 256 GB and up Budget: Best value for money
EDIT: Monitor: 22"-27" Budget: Best value for money

Help me guys, I need to scout for deals
PS: more/generic options are better as I can hunt for the deals on different brands for black friday.
 
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Not being a fan of extreme heat and liking power efficiency, I would choose the 780.

You don't need to spend that much on RAM, you could find a 8gb kit (2x4GB) at 1866/2133 for around $100 or less. Check out Corsair's Vengeance/Pro line.

CPU cooler, would recommend CM Hyper 212 EVO.

HD, I would recommend a Samsung EVO 256GB SSD, and a 1TB Seagate Barracuda.
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Not being a fan of extreme heat and liking power efficiency, I would choose the 780.

You don't need to spend that much on RAM, you could find a 8gb kit (2x4GB) at 1866/2133 for around $100 or less. Check out Corsair's Vengeance/Pro line.

CPU cooler, would recommend CM Hyper 212 EVO.

HD, I would recommend a Samsung EVO 256GB SSD, and a 1TB Seagate Barracuda.
 
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ManicMonkOnMac

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Just has a discussion about memory on this thread:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1899007/memory-module-maximus-hero-4770k.html#12038750

and decided on G.skill given they are all in the same range, I decided to go with 2X8GB over 2X4GB just to be future proof. or else i would be wasting a slot and bottle necking myself to 24GB in future(2 years down the line)

I don't mind the heat and noise, expect the heat might affect the life of GPU, and given that R9 290 after market doesn't seem likely by black friday, I am thinking of 780 too, the question is which one, there are millions, I have read good review Asus(good over clocking room), MSI twin frozr (silent but that doesn't matter to me, its available for 480$ on new egg with 3 games)

Any suggestions for the 780?
 
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