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Mellissa Worman

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I was wanting input and suggestion on the following
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/T4JjsY
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/T4JjsY/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($16.85 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill Challenger-U3 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1023.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-07 01:03 EST-0500
 
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Good call will edit now :)
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Looks pretty good to me, if I were you I'd pay the extra $14 for a Hyper 212 Evo which will give you great performance/price when overclocking the CPU. Is $1000 your budget? An SSD certainly is nice to have, but not necessary by any means just lets you boot faster. You could go for a smaller PSU like a 600W if you aren't planning on adding a 2nd GPU in the future, otherwise the 750W is the better choice. Also on pcpartpicker it is unable to verify if your CPU cooler and case are compatible, are you set on this case?
 
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Really nice choices. I would make just one change, and that is the PSU. The one you have selected is a good entry level psu, but it does have some cheaper parts in it that can make an overclock become unstable.

Also, since you are looking at a 750W psu, I'm guessing you are wanting to be ready to SLI in the future at some point. That being the case, I'd recommend the following PSU. It is actually a little cheaper, but of much higher quality, being made by Seasonic.

Antec HCG750M - 59.99
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-hcg750m
 
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mas7873

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Here's the pcpartpicker list I came up with, only costs an extra $4 than yours and gives you a higher quality CPU cooler, ram and PSU
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wQMB7P


CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler ($28.75 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.SKill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.85 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1020.41
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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You can get ride of the $4 extra if you put in the RAM I linked, it's actually cheaper and higher frequency.
 
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Good call will edit now :)
 
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