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This is my first PC build, and I did a little bit of research and put together this PC at http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YsLJNG
I am a noob when it comes to choosing computer parts, and I don't know if I should add another SSD, or water cool it, or add a sound card, or what.
Ill be using this PC mainly for gaming and browsing the web, but I also want to make sure I can do some work on it. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have a budget of about 4500$, including the peripherals and OS.
Thanks in advance, Ken
 
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This computer can handle ANYTHING you throw at it. The CPU has 6 cores so it is perfect for work, the sli gtx 980 is much better than an sli 970 and watercooling + 2 case fans should be more than enough for cooling.

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($563.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($97.16 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($357.29 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($449.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($208.97 @ SuperBiiz)
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Massively overkill on the CPU side. I suggest a 4790k, Z97, and max 16 GB RAM, unless you want to do RAMDisk. Since you're driving a QHD display, two 980s will be nice. The PSU is overkill, as a 850w could easily drive 2 980s. Also, multiple monitors could work.
 
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This computer can handle ANYTHING you throw at it. The CPU has 6 cores so it is perfect for work, the sli gtx 980 is much better than an sli 970 and watercooling + 2 case fans should be more than enough for cooling.

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($563.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($97.16 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($357.29 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($449.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($208.97 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($585.91 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($585.91 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 1050W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($169.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VG278HE 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($372.99 @ Amazon)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DGX 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card ($27.99 @ NCIX US)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($2.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($2.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($115.13 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Headphones: Logitech G430 7.1 Channel Headset ($68.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $4007.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

I included a monitor which is 144hz so you can actually see fps up to 144 and you can EASILY play anything in 4k. I added a headset which is 7.1 surround sound, keyboard + gaming mouse, wireless sound card and windows 8.1 64bit so you're good to go with WHATEVER you do on the computer, this is the ultimate computer :D
 
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The corsair h100i is an excellent liquid cooler which will be more than sufficient (Including the case fans) to cool the system. It is overkill but if someone asks for a budget of $4k I don't really judge on what they do with the computer that much, I just try help them find a good build for their budget, if I had 4k I would be decking out this build myself.
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rJzZqs
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rJzZqs/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($383.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($224.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($449.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($208.97 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($349.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($349.99 @ B&H)
Case: NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower Case ($99.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Antec HCG M 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VG278HE 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($372.99 @ Amazon)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DGX 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card ($27.99 @ NCIX US)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($2.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan ($2.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($115.13 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Headphones: Logitech G430 7.1 Channel Headset ($68.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $3123.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

$1000 cheaper, still extremely good, if you need it to be even cheaper let me know and I will tweak the build a bit more.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($299.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($69.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-UD3 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($238.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($449.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($208.97 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($349.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($349.99 @ B&H)
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case ($159.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor ($459.99 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Cooler Master Megaflow 110.0 CFM 200mm Fan ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($115.13 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Headphones: Logitech G430 7.1 Channel Headset ($68.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $3167.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-11 00:13 EDT-0400

A few more edits, Including better case/MB, better cooler (well, quieter), QHD monitor, removed sound card.

EDIT: Add one of these if you want to double fan, and it will reach the same performance as the H100i in Maximum mode. There's only 2 to 3 degrees difference though. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-case-fan-nfa15pwm.

If you don't mind a big hunk of metal on your motherboard, you can also use the NH D14
 
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