First Build Questions

Loudrawr

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This is what I have for a 1200-1300 dollar build. What I want from it is to be able to max out games on ultra, specifically Wildstar and ESO. I also need to do basic school stuff but that isn't as important as gaming obviously.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3FKms

I think I'm really happy with this build but I have a few concerns.
1. If anyone who looks at it just points out what I could do differently for similar price I'd appreciate it.
2. I'm concerned about the CPU cooler and the hard drive... they both don't have the best reviews, anyone know what I can replace it with?
 

Loudrawr

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Flying-Q would you recommend I go with two? I really don't know much about computers as of yet and don't really know what the advantages of going with a solid state drive as well as a normal hard drive.
 

Flying-Q

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SSD will give you fast loading of windows and games and game levels. Once you have experienced computing life with an SSD you will hate ever having to go back. Downside is they are still expensive on price/GB. For data storage, music,vids, etc you use the cheap capacity of an HDD. When you build your machine and have installed windows you can manually define the location of 'MyDocs', 'MyPics' and 'MyVids' as on your HDD data drive. You do it by right clicking on the folder in explorer and go to 'properties'. In there you can set the new location. Google for a guide if you are unsure.