Black Friday build

CanucksinthePuck

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Well Black Friday is over and I think I manage to save quite a bit, even tho I'm in Canada. This is what I manage to snag up for myself alone when I went with a friend. I'm missing the GPU and powersupply, as I didn't see any worth picking up or on sale that would inspire me to buy right away, so I decided to come here first for some advice.

For GPU I was looking at asus. But when I saw the R9 280x, there was 3 types. Now I know the ROG one is higherclocked and probably better then the other 2 for overclocking. But whats the difference between the other 2? One has a cooltech fan, and the other one is like more square. I'm thinking of crossfire or SLI, depending on what deals or cards offer affordability with performance.

As for PSU, I probably need something that can run my GPU's, I was thinking 750W from Corsair or Seasonic. Looking for suggestions.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($182.90 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Intel 530 Series 180GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 530 Series 180GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 530 Series 180GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital WD Black 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital WD Black 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1577.81
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-30 01:21 EST-0500)
 

CanucksinthePuck

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Nov 29, 2013
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Not sure what you mean? Or are you saying that the 280x is a 7970 which I kind of understood. I'm just asking which nonreference cooler is better from ASUS of the 280x. ;o

and thanks for the powersupply, i'll go have a look at it.