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Hello, I am putting together my first custom rig this summer. I am trying for the best bang for my buck, while staying near and around this price range. I've looked hard but I'm no expert, is there any way which I can make this setup better without spending much more money? (I'm probably already spending too much) And is there a deadly problem which I have overlooked or have been otherwise unaware of?

My intended loadout:

Intel Core i7-4820K $325
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116940

ASUS P9X79 $230
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131855

Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 Core speed ~1000MHz $470
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202103

AMD Radeon R9 DDR3-2400 "Gamer Series" 2x8GB RAM $200
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820403052

Rosewill Fortress-750 750 Watt 80 Plus Platinum $130
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182084

Western Digital "Green" 2TB HDD $85
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236404

Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147247

Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced $160 (Also looking for Blue Edition if/where it can be found for a reasonable price)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

Subtotal: $1,690
 
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radekmm

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if you want the best bang for the buck, you definandly don't want that 4820k. gdt the xeon e3-1230v3 instead. it's just the same as an 4770 without an igpu, and the 4770 is just a little worse than the 4820k and the 4820k won't give you any real world performance benefits.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-C14 CPU Cooler ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK2 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($174.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin Essentials 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($390.59 @ B&H)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Blue ATX Full Tower Case ($172.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($142.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1676.48
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-15 02:57 EDT-0400

The 4790K will give you the fastest cores, about 4.7GHz+
That Noctua cooler gives you water cooler performance and is quiet and will cool your ram sticks too
The ASUS Sabertooth is a top quality motherboard
The memory is low profile to fit under the CPU cooler and is fast, 1866
250GB is better for a SSD, plenty of room for the operating system and many games plus productivity
2TB HDD
Your Vapor-X is the best video card
Your case
Top quality power supply and has 400W beyond your requirements for plenty of room for overclocking
 
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