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October 16, 2014 7:21:09 PM

Asus Maximum VII Hero
Intel Core i7 4770k
Asus GeForce 970 GTX Strix OC
Corsair Vengeance Pro Black 16GB 1866mhz
Corsair H100i
Samsung 840 Evo Series 120GB
Seagate Barracuda 3TB
XFX 850w Pro Black Edition
Corsair Obsidian 750D

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October 16, 2014 7:45:45 PM

What will you be using this build for? What opinions are you looking for?
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October 16, 2014 7:46:29 PM

this is a very good rig for me
for all purpose of usage
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October 16, 2014 7:46:58 PM

Without prices its hard to say if there are better picks, but you chose good parts. See if the 4790k is available for about the same price as the 4770k, thats about the only change to be made.
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October 16, 2014 7:55:13 PM

MADVIU said:
What will you be using this build for? What opinions are you looking for?


Gaming and video editing. It's my second build.
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October 16, 2014 7:57:16 PM

Do the Samsung evo series ever go on sale?
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October 16, 2014 7:58:31 PM

That really depends on what you mean by "on sale". You have given no indication of pricing or your region so its not possible to answer the question of if they go on sale, they may already be "on sale" where you are looking.
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October 16, 2014 8:26:15 PM

Sweet build, should be very happy with it ;) 
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October 16, 2014 8:40:36 PM

Asus Maximum VII Hero - $40 more than the MSI GD65 with same feature set and the MSI has equal or better components. Hero also has issue with BIOS Clock Freeze Bug

Intel 4770k - Last generation, 4790k is current CPU

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?35490-Sabertoo...
"I have 3 boards with this issue in my shop and EVERY client system I built has this problem. I have tried EVERY fix in this thread, nothing works for more then a few days. Flashed BIOS, reset to factory, replaced batteries. NOTHING.

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?49989-VII-HERO...
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?49904-VII-Hero...
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?33895-Hero-Tim...
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?46242-Hero-boo...

1st post here shows it affecting Z97 Hero as well ... aslo see newegg reviews
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?36676-Frozen-T...

Asus GeForce 970 GTX Strix OC - Read the review at Bit-tech which goes into deep detail on the physical construction of the cards. Asus utilizes some run of the mill components and doesn't provide direct cooling for many of the PCB compoenents. As a result, the Gigabyte and MSI clock well over 1500 MHz (MSI hit 1567 in hitechlegion review) and Asus manages only mid 1400s
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2014/09/19/nv...

Corsair Vengeance Pro Black 16GB 1866mhz - 2133 CAS 9 is the sweet spot right now, Mushkin has Hynix modules with lowest timings on market
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Corsair H100i - Can you handle 68 dbA ... that's grandma's vacuum cleaner. Swiftech does it better and you can add water blocks to the loop .... is budget an issue, the $90 Cryorig R1 beats the H100i. Read the review
http://www.hitechlegion.com/reviews/cooling/liquid/4087...



Seagate Barracuda 3TB - Ya got the SSD to boot faster but that's not helping the games on the HD. Suggest replacing the 3 TB w/ a 2 TB SSHD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

XFX 850w Pro Black Edition - EVGA 750 watter is today's choice
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Corsair Obsidian 750D - Nice case, but I think the Enthoo Luxe edges it substantially....built in fan controller, built in RGB color changing LED w/ LED controller
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=E...
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October 16, 2014 8:46:44 PM

It needs more Cow Bell...

It's a nice build.
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