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Hi Guys. I'm building a new Rig. So I need your opinions. I have done my researching and shorten the list but still a little indecisive. And I’m going to put all the components in one thread. So pardon me for that but feel free to answer whichever component you are comfortable with.

Rig purpose: Gaming 50%, Web surfing 25%, Media Playback 10%, Graphics rendering 5%, Office work & others 10% ( + prolonged use, multitasking 70% of the times)
Budget: $1600 (converting from INR. Things are a bit pricy here)

1. Motherboard: Gigabyte gaming 5 vs MSI gaming 5 (z97). Based on – performance under stress (hardcore gaming and prolonged use), Moderate OC performance, and recent brand value.

2. CPU + DRAM: i7 4790k + 16GB vs i5 4690k + 32GB. considering the Rig purpose and tight budget.

3. CPU Heatsink: Noctua NH-D15. Considering moderate OC and tight budget.

4. Graphics card: GTX 970 4GB vs R9 290 4GB ( + mild OC). From price point vs performance.

5. SSD: Samsung 850 Pro 2 x 128 GB RAID0 vs 256 GB. Based on real performance. ( 2 x 128 is $60 costlier.) Would a 256 GB do?

6. WD Black vs RED (cheaper). Considering price normal performance and RAID1 performance.

7. Rest would be taken from previous build (for now).

Sorry it got a little big. I really need expert opinions and I really do appreciate you reading through all this & your opinions. THANKS.
 
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1. With motherboard, you have to worry more about features you need on it then on durability, if you take a good brand then they are all reliable, but you are overpaying for features you most likely wont need. For your need as long as it is z97 and has m.2 and sata express storage, then it's fine if it's from a good brand.
2. i5 doesn't have hyperthreading, for multitasking and video editing - rendering going with i7 makes a big improvement.
3. Hyper Evo 212 is best cost efficent CPU heatsing, good for mild overclocking.
4: if you planning on having more monitors then go with 290, AMD eyefinity is great for multi monitor, nvidia not so much.
5: If you want relieble new SSD hard drive, go with Crucial MX100 256Gb, it has good speed, acces time and relieble brand.
6: if you want a durable disk with low die rate and high speeds go with toshiba, it outperforms wd black and it's cheaper. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/toshiba-internal-hard-drive-dt01aca200
 
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Thanks for opinion on Mobo.
I agree i5 should be ample for gaming alone. But rendering comes big on i7. my dilema performance per buck improvement.
My Chasis is a CM HAF-X. I hear its good for about anything.
and I agree it was bit dumb pitching GTX 970 againts 290. But I hear 290 will work better for multi display
 
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Regarding to Mobo my features requirements are mainstream. I won't need the M.2. And I'm downright against SATA-Express. Its just a marketing gimmik. Where are you going to find SATA-Express compatible SSD? No offence.

I agree with you regarding i7 and 290.

I'll be doing modarate OC on my CPU as in not to kill the kitten or brake the table. A little more than mild I think.

And NH-D 15 is like the fore-runner in Air coolers with being ear friendly. I have squeezed out the bucks for it.

In my country crucial's service is non-existant (almost) and toshiba's not so well heard of. Plus I'm pretty decided on 850 pro; just confused between 2x128/ 256.

But thank you for your opinions. It is valuable to me as it confirms certain things for me.

 
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5% graphics rendering I belive is considarable amount. + the multitausking. But as I said you are right; for gaming ALONE i5 should do just fine.

And I have to disagree with you on multimonitor being just high res. It involves compatibility with all the monitors res. and involves certain amount of calculating. Even two different monitor with same res suffers fron sync isues many times. No disrespect.
 
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Thanks. WD Black it is then. Seagate fail time is a bit high as I have come to know from web searching and from my personal experience. [By the way I mentioned WD Red for RAID1 performance.]

Samsung 850 pro cost the same as 840 pro and is better in about every way; says samsung itself & the reviews.
 
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