Looking to spend 1500 on a new PC

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Money is a little tight so i'll either be saving for almost 2 months or just buying each piece with each paycheck i get (i have 2 jobs and get paid every week)

I am going to be using this for gaming and streaming. Very little personal stuff, i already have a laptop for that.

I already have 2 BenQ gaming monitors and a windows 7 OEM, so i'm good on those 2 fronts.

Hopefully this link works, but I used PC part picker and created what I think would be good for about $1500. http://pcpartpicker.com/user/joestoppable/saved/BNgzK8

If anyone has any changes they would like to suggest or parts that could be changed for others I am open to suggestions.

In the link above as far as parts go, I would like to keep in there the Case, the i7, and the motherboard. But again if anyone else has any suggestions I am open.

Also as a side note, from the parts there i'm pretty sure that build would work perfectly. If someone could look it over and just tell me if 2 parts would interfere with each other that would be great. But I'm pretty sure I did it correctly. But I was doing it at like 3am so yah.
 
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Both are great brands for mobos, but i've heard better things about gigabytes BIOS than MSI, but if you want MSI then go for it. I don't think you will notice the difference between $130 and $180 mobos. As long as you get a gaming orientated one you'll have a good LAN solution and at least decent onboard audio.

There is a MASSIVE difference in performance between the 760 and 290x. The 290x with good cooling, such as the gigabyte windforce, is close to a 780ti and is actually better at high resolutions.

For liquid corsair probably makes the best all in one solutions. The H100i is their main stream top offering and performs decently better than air coolers whereas the lower end, single radiator coolers perform marginally better than...
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WBBfhM
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WBBfhM/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WBBfhM/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($333.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($133.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($164.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($379.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower Case ($100.98 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($140.98 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1509.89

This build will perform much better and will be better for multiple screens
 
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Thanks for the input, i had a few questions though.

I guess i'm a company loyalist, but i've used MSI on all my builds, I've compared the motherboard to the gigabyte one. they are pretty similar. the MSI one has a few advantages but there is a big price difference. Is there a reason why you prefer the Gigabyte over the MSI

Also as far as the graphic card I noticed i accidently put up the wrong one, the one i put up was a 2GB card this is the correct one I was looking at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130953&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= would you still choose the Gigabyte and why?

I also like the case idea, it looks clean and the way they have everything setup seems a little bit better for liquid cooling. But I wish it had USB 3.0 on the front of the case. But i might consider it for the price alone.

Last i've always done CPU Coolers, i was thinking for this build I wanted to do Liquid Cooling, do you have any suggestions and also, how easy are they to install?
 
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Both are great brands for mobos, but i've heard better things about gigabytes BIOS than MSI, but if you want MSI then go for it. I don't think you will notice the difference between $130 and $180 mobos. As long as you get a gaming orientated one you'll have a good LAN solution and at least decent onboard audio.

There is a MASSIVE difference in performance between the 760 and 290x. The 290x with good cooling, such as the gigabyte windforce, is close to a 780ti and is actually better at high resolutions.

For liquid corsair probably makes the best all in one solutions. The H100i is their main stream top offering and performs decently better than air coolers whereas the lower end, single radiator coolers perform marginally better than high end air coolers. They are easy to install, almost easier because you aren't moving around a massive heat sink like in air coolers. There are usually a couple extra plugs though for corsair as they have special software to control their coolers.

The case does have USB 3.0 on the front.
 
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