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I think I am all done on picking out the parts for my first build but I just wanted to run everything over with someone here to make sure I did a good job and didn't miss things up to bad. My budget for the build is $1500 and I wanted it to be a gaming/school work build. For the gaming I want it to do 1080p gaming on either ultra or high setting (depending on the game). For the school I will be using VMware Workstation and Adobe CS5 ( the school is talking about upgrading to CS6). For the CS5 the only things I use are Photoshop, Dream weaver, illustrator, Premiere pro, and After effects (Mainly Photoshop, Dream weaver, and illustrator as its a rare occasion we use premiere pro and after effects which is why I didn't go for an i7 and will be overclocking the 4670k to either 4.2 or 4.5 Mhz). So mainly I just wanted to know if I should change things out or go ahead with the order.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/T9ysmG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/T9ysmG/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/T9ysmG/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($228.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87M Extreme4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($82.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($81.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card ($279.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($87.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VH238H 23.0" Monitor ($146.58 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Netgear WNDA3100-100NAS 802.11a/b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($43.84 @ SuperBiiz)
Case Accessory: NZXT Hue LED Controller ($31.75 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Logitech MK120 Wired Slim Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($12.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1432.00
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-03 12:21 EDT-0400)

Some prices on the list are not right as I didn't know how to add in my own price due to promo codes. So here are the changed prices on parts.

Actual price
CPU: $219.99
GPU: $274.99
Monitor: $138.99
Wireless Network Adapter: $19.99
New Total: $1380.08
 
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I had a z97 in mind but as I looked around I couldn't find an microATX boards that were sli/crossfire capable because in the near future when I get more money I was planning on running sli or crossfire (depending on whichever card I went with). If they do have z97 mobo's that are capable of that then please do show me and I will gladly look into it.
 
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running crossfire in a case that small is going to create alot of heat issues i'd imagine... but i've never actually done it in a mini case.

anyway, if you're going to use VMware, definitely go up to 16gb of ram. you'll be glad you did.

also, There's decent 240gb SSDs around for $110 after rebate. that's a worthy investment.... putting VMs on an SSD partition is night and day difference when trying to actually use them.
the 4770k upgrade makes sense as well here.

i guess it depends on how many VMs, and what sort of usage you plan on doing with them.
 
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For the price of those mobo's it almost dosent seem worth it to me to make the switch to z97. I mean ive never had an ssd before so the old data rates will be fine with me.
 
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Well the plan was to eventually upgrade into crossfire and eventually upgrade into 16gb of ram. None of the work that I do is completely major in any way. A lot of it is just introduction so far so the most VMs Ive had open is so far is 2 and just for server virtualization and different OS purposes. Since this is all begging I figured I could get begging hardware then as my class work grows so will my pc components
 
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I wasn't trying to offend (sorry if I did) just trying to find the best set up for myself is all and trying to save some money and space since I am in college and money can get tight at times just as the space can get tight at times
 
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ok thank you and I think I will take the heat issue into consideration and look into a new motherboard that doesn't have sli or crossfire and I will just run 1 GPU and upgrade about ever 4 years or so. Although I do like the mainly black on the motherboard I already picked out. Do you have any suggestions for a different microATX mobo?
 
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