Some tips when building a first Gaming Desktop Please!

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HI Guys.
I'm about to buy individual components from Newegg which are
CPU: 4930k
Cooler: Corsair H100i
Paste: Arctic Silver 5
Mobo: Asus Rampage IV Black Edition
RAM: G Skill Ripjaws Z 32GB 1866MHz
V Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti SuperClocked w/ ACX Cooler
Sound card: Asus Xonar Essence STX
Hard Drive: Samsung 512GB 840 Pro SSD
Samsung 1TB 840 EVO SSD
Optical Drive: LG Electronics GH24NS95B
Case: Corsair 750D
Fan Controller: Bitfenix Recon
PSU: Corsair RM 1000W
Case Fans: AF120 LED quiet edition
and Logisys kit for case lighting.
I'm watching videos and learning how to build a desktop, but they don't really tell me (at least the ones I've watched) if the screws they use come with the components. I was wondering if I need to buy them separately?

What are other tools that I should buy? (which size screw driver, etc)
 
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allof the screws you need come with the case and the motherboard. And you dont need to buy them separatly (unless they didnt give you enough or something) and you should just need a phillips head screwdriver, and thats pretty much it

 
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Whoa... For that money you can build two gaming computers...

The 4930K is overkill, if the computer is indeed mostly for gaming. I'd gladly recommend it for rendering videos or programming or database work, but games won't really need it. You'd get very similar performance with an i7-4770k or even an i5-4670k. Both CPU and MB would be cheaper that way.

Getting TWO SSDs makes no sense either, unless you get two identical ones and setup RAID0. I'd suggest you get two 256GB SSDs and put them in RAID 0, and add a WD Caviar Black 4TB for storage. It would be cheaper, faster, and you'd have a lot more room.

32 GB of RAM is overkill too for gaming. Even 8GB would be enough in most games.

Get two video cards if you have a large monitor, e.g. 2560x1440 or better.
 
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Thanks for the reply!
Also, lots of people mention that I have to know when to use course vs. fine thread screws for individual component installation. How do I find out about that? Do they both also come with the case/supply?
 
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Okay, I'm here to give you some tips.

1.) Buy a Phillips screw set.
2.) Read all the instructions that will come with the CPU cooler.
3.) When installing the CPU, carefully drop it in the socket and don't push it or else you might bend the pins.
4.) When you are planning to remove a SATA cable from the motherboard, remember to pinch the lock so that the "L shaped port" remains in the motherboard or else you will have to deal with very small and fragile pins which is almost impossible to connect together.
5.) Don't plug stuff carelessly and forcibly. Look at every pins first if they are compatible with each other or else you might end up bending them.

Goodluck! :)
 
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Just use the screws that came with the components (i think that the mobo screws might come with the case though)
 
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Sorry guys, forgot to mention. I did mention it as a gaming desktop because some of my components I chose are kinda made for that, like the mobo. But my primary usage is music workstation. I'm working with a virtual instrumental software which I am going to deal with hundreds of tracks.
 
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