Custom Gaming PC Build. Thoughts?

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DelTacoWaco

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Hi Guys,

This is my first time building a PC, and using PCPartPicker I put this build together:

i5-4690k
Gigabyte GA-Z97-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8Gb (2x4) DDR3-1866
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card
NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case
Corsair Builder 750W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Optical Drive

I am planning on upgrading it in the next few months with an SSD and possibly overclocking.

Please give me some advice.
Thanks guys.
 
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Looks good, with a few points that you should think of:
1. Get a better PSU, and 550W is enough with your parts.
2. Try to get an SSD in there.
3. Look for a better case with good cooling. Give us your budget for a case, and we can make some recommendations.
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Seems solid mostly.

But a 750W PSU is complete overkill, not to mention the Builder/CX Corsairs are not really considered good PSUs, especially if you overclock.
Get a more reliable/stable 550-650W unit. Here is a tiered list of PSUs, stick to tier1, tier2a, and tier2b ONLY.
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

Something to consider, a better chassis, the Source is low cost and I do not think you should be adding large coolers to it. :) This is not a must though.
 
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Pr3di

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Looks good, with a few points that you should think of:
1. Get a better PSU, and 550W is enough with your parts.
2. Try to get an SSD in there.
3. Look for a better case with good cooling. Give us your budget for a case, and we can make some recommendations.
 
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DelTacoWaco

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Thanks for the help everyone.
I could probably spend $75 on the case considering the importance of cooling. I was thinking of upgrading to an SSD later on because they're more expensive and for my price range it was 1TB HDD for ~$55 or a 128GB SSD for ~$90. With a OS and games I wasn't sure if 128GB was enough. What are your thoughts?
 
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DelTacoWaco

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Thanks,
Could you recommend any specifically? Possibly from experience? For less than ~$60?

 
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DelTacoWaco

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Here's the updated build guys, thanks for all the help so far :)

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4fgTFT
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4fgTFT/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($225.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($118.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($82.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($349.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ TigerDirect)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($70.35 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1005.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-03 20:10 EDT-0400
 
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Pr3di

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If you will use the stock cooler, lose the Arctic Silver 5, since the cooler comes with pre-applied paste.
Also, if you`ll get a custom cooler, they will come with their own paste. It`s just wasted money to get it.
 
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