My first build for 2300 please critique my build

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Louis345

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This is my first build and would like the community opinion. The primary purpose of this PC is for gaming but will be doing some programming on it as well. When select the parts for my PC, I kind of went with the most popular votes on new egg and what I watched on YouTube.

I am unaware on how to hide this and make this prettier please don't bash me for my ignorance.

Can anyone out there let me know if there will be any compatibility issues?

Thanks

Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133192

CORSAIR HX Series HX750 750W ATX12V 2.3 /
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010

G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C10D-16GTX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231589

ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131989

ntel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501

SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE750BW 2.5" 750GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147250
 
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CPU cooler? Why 3770 instead of 4770? OS? ODD? Get a smaller SSD - say 120 or maybe at most 240GB for OS and a 2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD for data - games, documents, emails, etc. Level 10GT is really expensive. Have a look at cheaper. Go through reviews for everything. Does $2300 include monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers?
For $2300 US you should be able to get something like - http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1411&products_id=27220
or for half that - http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1411&products_id=27033
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Dblkk

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Your motherboard and cpu don't match. You have a z87 motherboard which is haswell, like the 4770k. Plus, id rather get the 4770k vs 3770k. Not much difference, 4770k is less than 10% faster, but it is faster, newer, and should be roughly same price. If you do want the 3770k, you'd need a difference motherboard.
 
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i7Baby

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CPU cooler? Why 3770 instead of 4770? OS? ODD? Get a smaller SSD - say 120 or maybe at most 240GB for OS and a 2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD for data - games, documents, emails, etc. Level 10GT is really expensive. Have a look at cheaper. Go through reviews for everything. Does $2300 include monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers?
For $2300 US you should be able to get something like - http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1411&products_id=27220
or for half that - http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1411&products_id=27033
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($71.99 @ Mwave)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($119.97 @ TigerDirect)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($146.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($519.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($519.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($139.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2293.85
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-29 20:55 EDT-0400)

I would think this is quite a nice build.
 
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this is a MONSTER!
for gaming this is perfect, TONS of GPU power and a CPU that can keep up

For gaming AND editing, modeling, and rendering machines, you could cut back a GPU and get a 6 core i7 for more CPU grunt.
 
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