What do you think about this build?

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Jakob Aaes

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ASUS MAXIMUS VII FORMULA
Cooler Master CM Storm Trooper Core i5 I5-4690K 6 MB (Intel Boxed)
Corsair CS750M
Corsair Vengeance 2 x 4 GB
Noctua NH-U12S
Sapphire RADEON R9 290X
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3 TB
SanDisk SSD Solid State Disk 128 GB

I would love to hear your thoughts about this computer build. It's mainly for gaming on high graphics, I play various games, no specific and also a lot of programming and high level math.

Is there any better components for less and or are there parts you recommend more than these?
 
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If he is doing alot of programming and Mathematical computations, an i7 will stomp an i5 in some cases even 2:1 performance depending on the programs.

I agree, when gaming, there is little to no difference between an i5 and i7.
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Still very little out of the i7s but with what you're spending on the build it might not be a bad investment. Though the old i7s last maybe 3 months longer as a great CPU vs the same series i5s... I suspect the current gen will act similarly
 
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650w should be sufficient:
http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm
Buy a tier 2 unit from this list:
https://community.newegg.com/eggxpert/computer_hardware/f/135081/t/45344.aspx?Redirected=true

A 120gb ssd will fill up quickly. As it approaches full, it will slow down and wear out.
See if you can't budget enough for a Samsung evo 240gb ssd.

I see some 20% poor user reviews of some of the R9 290X cards. Check to see what your's looks like.
Compare that to GTX780 and GTX770 cards.
I might wait a week to see what the rumored GTX980 offers.
 
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