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My son and I are building this system together for him.

I have 2 DELL E198WFPF monitors it's going to run also.
The case he allready picked and we bought is: http://www.directron.com/syclon2bk.html

He wanted 3 monitors but after posting here I have decided 2 is fine for him plus I have thoes 2.

I am willing to buy monitors if I need to and I am willing to go higher OR LOWER on the budget if we need to.

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CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120M 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.69 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($114.97 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($157.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($179.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($85.98 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($222.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($25.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($85.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit - OEM (64-bit) ($99.98 @ Best Buy)
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Mouse: Logitech M510 Wireless Laser Mouse ($31.77 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Logitech G930 7.1 Channel Headset ($103.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1498.27
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-12 11:28 EST-0500)

THANKS ALL!!
 
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yes the maximus ram games use nowadays is 4gb and you can count the games that use 4gb on your fingers like bf4 uses 3gb and heavily modded skyrim will use...
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if it is mainly for gaming i would recommend you drop to 8gb as it is plenty and with that saved money grab a gtx 770 instead other then that everything looks great...you can also get the corsair m65 mouse as it is only $20 more and better then the logitech m510
 
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After reading the reviews I think your right on target with the video card recommendation. THANKS, I was really having a hard time deciding on that one.

Do you really think dropping the RAM will make no difference. He is only 14 but I want to system to last at least till he goes off the school. LOL

Thanks

 
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yes the maximus ram games use nowadays is 4gb and you can count the games that use 4gb on your fingers like bf4 uses 3gb and heavily modded skyrim will use 4gb...so 8gb is more then enough for future as well then after couple of years when games start using 6gb or more you can just buy 2 more 4gb sticks and add it to your mobo and you will be good. His system will definitely last until he goes to school and beyond that so you dont have to worry. 16gb ram is mainly used to do video editing/3d modeling and doing heavy multitasking. Believe me for gaming you will not notice a difference between 8gb and 16gb at all.
 
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