Looking for tweaks for this build

Mindstab Thrull

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I've decided it's finally time to build myself a new computer - all at once, rather than picking up a few parts here, an odd part there, and so forth. I live in Canada and I will be restricting my shopping to Newegg.ca and Canadacomputers.com (both have reasonable pricing and CC has shops relatively close to me, but Newegg has a much larger variety).

Currently, the build I'm looking at is posted here. The biggest question mark in my mind is about the case. At this point all I know I want is:

- Midtower or larger (though I don't have a need for full tower at this point, if it's a better buy than a midtower, feel free mention it)
- Good cable management
- Good cooling out of the box (which is why the Rosewill Blackhawk comes up)
- Toolless for more than just drives if I can manage

(I will be changing the PSU since I did some more research and found I can get something that's a better buy at that price point, even at Platinum rating.)
Suggestions?

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I forgot to mention that I've also never had to buy case fans before, which was part of the appeal of the Rosewill cases. I'd rather not have to buy additional case cooling if I can avoid it. Aftermarket CPU is one thing, but if I can avoid fans for the case over and above what comes stock, so much the better IMO.
 

mjmacka

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You won't take advantage of faster ram. Get DDR3 1600 instead of 1866. It will save you a few dollars too.

Get a smaller SSD drive as Entomber said. You should not use a SSD as storage for static data. A regular platter drive will provide more and cheaper storage.
 

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mjmacka

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As to the drive. You can get a 1 TB SSD, but you are paying out the nose for it. Go with something smaller and a storage drive.

***In my experience*** an SSD failing means most/all data lost. A normal HDD failing means data fine, drive needs to be backed up and replaced.
 

Mindstab Thrull

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Thanks for the feedback. I'll look into memory at a later date anyways - they're currently out of stock on the one I wanted <.<

More of a 'concern' to me right now though is the question of the case. So many cases out there and it's the one spot where people tend to pay the least attention when they're building a machine - myself included, to be fair.