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Hey guys
i am building a gaming computer for the first time and i have all the details and specs for this new build i will list them below

my problem is that im going for a 780 ti the new nvidia card which obviously is green and black which is what i want for my color scheme i was wondering if one of you could list the equivalent part to the one i have but in green and black or just black or just green

PSU: Corsair HX-1050W Professional Power Supply
SSD: 256 Samsung 840 Evo SSD
Hardrive: Seagate 3tb
Processor: Intel i5 3670k
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Fatal1ty Professional LGA 1155
GPU: Nvidia Geforce 780 TI
Screen: benq xl2411t $399.00
Mouse: Saitek Cyborg MMO 7 Gaming Mouse
IOS: Windows 8 - 129.00
Mousepad: QCK Steel Series Heavy
Headphones: Astro-a50
Keyboard: Corsair k95/Logitech G19
Case: Corsair Obsidian 750d
Ram: 16 Gb Vengence
 
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SSD, HDD, CPU, OS - Doesn't matter for aesthetics.
PSU - Just take the sticker off.
Mobo - Have a look at the Gigabyte G1 boards.
Kinda stuck on the screen
Mouse - Razer Deathadder 2013
Mousepad - Razer Goliathus
Headphones - Razer and Turtle Beach come to mind
Keyboard - Here is where I don't recommend Razer, get a Ducky Shine III with a green backlight.
Case - Whatever, just replace any stock LED fans with green ones. Look into the NZXT Hue
RAM - Crucial Ballistix have green LED's, though plain black RAM is probably better.
CPU Cooling - Nothing green I can think of out of the box, maybe get yourself a Xigmatek Dark Knight and add your own green fans on. Bitfenix Spectre Pro's look pretty good and perform well.

With the PSU, you...
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You might as well go with a 4670k and a z87 board. Either way, you also need to look into a CPU cooler, whether you want an air cooler or an AIO liquid cooler is up to you (I prefer the AIO solution). Maybe also get a 780 Ti that has an aftermarket cooler already installed.

 
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Unless you are going to go tri sli in the future or something, that power supply is way overkill. If you plan on running a second 780 in the future, you could grab a 850w or so power supply, and have plenty of room for overclocking and such. If you arent gonna to add a second card and overclock heavily, you really dont need anything more than a 600w for the build youve listed.
 
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With a 4.6ghz OC on my 4770k, 780 GTX OC, 3 ssd's. 2 hdd, 12 total fans and a 27" Apple cinema Display at full brightness will not exceed 440W at the wall while gaming (keep in mind the monitor is around 100W~ as well as the power loss at the PSU) I just bought a 1000W seasonic Platinum rated PSU (overkill I know) for a second GPU and when and if I upgrade to 6 core possible 8 core machine. I did only pay $48 for it brand new, using points from my Visa credit card and selling my old 600W EVGA for $50 (that's my defense).
 
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SSD, HDD, CPU, OS - Doesn't matter for aesthetics.
PSU - Just take the sticker off.
Mobo - Have a look at the Gigabyte G1 boards.
Kinda stuck on the screen
Mouse - Razer Deathadder 2013
Mousepad - Razer Goliathus
Headphones - Razer and Turtle Beach come to mind
Keyboard - Here is where I don't recommend Razer, get a Ducky Shine III with a green backlight.
Case - Whatever, just replace any stock LED fans with green ones. Look into the NZXT Hue
RAM - Crucial Ballistix have green LED's, though plain black RAM is probably better.
CPU Cooling - Nothing green I can think of out of the box, maybe get yourself a Xigmatek Dark Knight and add your own green fans on. Bitfenix Spectre Pro's look pretty good and perform well.

With the PSU, you could get a 650W on this machine and be fine. 850W if you want to SLI in another card down the line.
 
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