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Cheaper and just as effective.

Cooler, CM 212 evo is more cost efficient

Motherboard, z97 motherboard to utilize the overclocking ability of the 4690k. ASRock extreme4 has plenty of features.

RAM, went with 8gb, because that's really all you need. It's much cheaper. If you want to go with 16gb, I suggest going with the cheapest 1600Mhz cas9 ram on pcpartpicker.

SSD, too expensive. If you want a better one than selected, then the Samsung 840 evo would be good enough

HDD, 1TB is usually enough for gaming, probably won't fill it too fast. if you need more room, you could add on later on.

GPU, your budget should easily be able to fit something better than the r9 270x, plus there would only be 1 or 2 games that'd be able to better...
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Ok well im going to put this bluntly. The GPU in this is straight stupid for this budget of a build. What is the absolute top budget you can go up to? Do you plan on using this for anything other than gaming? Do you have specific things you need Win7 Ultimate for (Server or something of the sort)? Do you absolutely need 2tb? Or a Optical drive?
 
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I made it cheaper and way better:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WLkhFT
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WLkhFT/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master V8 69.7 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler ($54.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-C ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: G.Skill Phoenix III 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($124.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate SV35.5 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($90.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($369.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($50.30 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($187.97 @ OutletPC)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DG 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($11.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1438.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-02 04:46 EDT-0400

Now you have a R9 290 instead of a r9 270x wich is waaaay better for gaming.
Also you only need 8gb of ram for gaming so you can save money on that.
And I selected a better fully modular PSU.
Oh and a Z97 mobo is better because you will be able to overclock the CPU.

And why do you want windows 7 ultimate?
 
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You have a h97 board, they are not for overclocking, get a i5 4690 instead or get a z97 board , for gaming you only need 8gb, not 16. You can save money by not getting a cpu cooler for the time being, why windows ultimate? what benefits do you get from it? Take offf the sound card and wifi adapter, and get yourself a gtx 780 or r9 290 with the money you saved
 
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Cheaper and just as effective.

Cooler, CM 212 evo is more cost efficient

Motherboard, z97 motherboard to utilize the overclocking ability of the 4690k. ASRock extreme4 has plenty of features.

RAM, went with 8gb, because that's really all you need. It's much cheaper. If you want to go with 16gb, I suggest going with the cheapest 1600Mhz cas9 ram on pcpartpicker.

SSD, too expensive. If you want a better one than selected, then the Samsung 840 evo would be good enough

HDD, 1TB is usually enough for gaming, probably won't fill it too fast. if you need more room, you could add on later on.

GPU, your budget should easily be able to fit something better than the r9 270x, plus there would only be 1 or 2 games that'd be able to better utilize that 4gb vRAM.

I went with a tad bit more expensive case

XFX psu. Cheaper and just as effective. Seasonic unit.

Took out the sound card, onboard sound is good enough.

Went with w8, because you're spending too much for ultimate when everything you need from ultimate will most likely be in 8.1 standard.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($143.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($72.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($389.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: BitFenix Shinobi Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($76.93 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($93.94 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($21.36 @ B&H)
Total: $1267.14
 
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This system can run the games you suggested and the only thing I have to say is go for the ASUS N15 instead of the N10 because I have the N15 and my signal can reach my room with no windows in our upper floor when the router is in my mom's room with one window downstairs while my sister's comp with the N10 can only reach the living room upstairs.
 
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You'll never need Ultimate. Get Professional or Home Premium, or get Windows 8 - it's good. Ultimate may sound amazingly awesome but unless it's $100 or less don't buy it. R9 270X isn't fast enough to saturate 4GB of GDDR5 VRAM, that's why I have 2GB model. Instead of G Skill SSD get Samsung or Intel. G Skill is one of the best RAM manufacturers, but not for SSD. Everything else is good.
 
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CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor $199 @Newegg
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Performance LGA 1150 Motherboard $99 @ Newegg
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.00 @ Amazon
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 $669 @ Newegg
Case: BitFenix Shinobi Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($52.99 @ NCIX US
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($88.78 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($93.94 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-N10 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($11.99 @ Newegg)

Total $1410.67
posting this build for $1500 a while.for this amount of money it can't get any better !

 
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