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CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($309.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($68.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($164.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($88.97 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($355.66 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($349.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1901.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-11 15:29 EST-0500
 
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g-unit1111

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No reason to purchase a BD-R player anymore since you don't need them and online streaming is becoming the norm for movie playback, and it's just flat out a waste of money since games don't and never will use the format. I'd do something like this personally:

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($129.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($146.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($355.91 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($355.91 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1853.68
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-11 15:58 EST-0500
 
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Samsung 850 Pro is better than Crucial MX100 ( http://anandtech.com/bench/product/665?vs=1221 ) , there's almost no difference between i5 and i7, and having 8 more GB of RAM isn't going to make your rig "future proof" since there's no such thing . Plus you can always add more RAM as you need it.
 
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Yet you gain absolutlly nothing (unless you call getting an overkill psu a gain) going with your build and lose all those other features. I'd rather have double the space on my SSD than a slightly faster SSD.
 
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True that the PSU is overkill, but it's one of the best you can buy right now, and on a PSU having quality is a lot better than quantity. Storage to me is all relevant to the user, you could always configure the build I posted with a 256GB 850 Pro and that would be fine. I guess you could do this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.29 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($129.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($146.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($185.57 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.68 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($355.91 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($355.91 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1832.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-13 12:25 EST-0500

But you also don't lose anything switching from an i7 to an i5, and you also don't lose anything by using 8GB of RAM instead of 16GB, and like I said you can always add more RAM as you need it.
 
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You do lose performance in some of the newer games by going with the i5 over the i7, and i have had times when my computer uses over 8gb of ram although that is very very rare... I just don't see the point in giving those up for a slightly faster SSD and a $60 more expensive CPU cooler that won't really gain him anything unless he is really pushing his CPU to really high clockrates. I'm not saying your build is bad, Just to me the gains from your build do not offset the losses.
 
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I still don't find an i7 to be completely worth it for gaming, there's a few games that now take advantage of it like Wolfenstein and AC: Unity but they're pretty rare exceptions to the rule when most games like Borderlands don't really have the steep CPU requirements.
 
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