Building a Custom Gaming PC Help Needed

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I am building a custom pc using a website called cyberpowerpc for gaming, recording and uploading, I have already designed it but I need to know what I could replace the current pieces with on the website to get better fps, audio, quality, and processing speeds. The current cost is $2071 with the basic accessories (Mouse, keyboard, and mouse-pad) I am willing to spend 2500 max so I will post what I got and let me know what to replace it with! Thank you!
Gaming Chasis: Raidmax Viper GX Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ USB 3.0, External SSD 2.5 inch EZ swap & Side-Panel Window
Laser Engraving: None
Neon Light Upgrade: RGB Multi-Color (16 color) LED interior light strip with Remote Controller
Extra Case Fans: Maximum Enermax Twister Pressure 120MM PWM Cooling Fans (Maximum Performance Operation) (500-1,800 RPM High Static Pressure PWM Case Fan w/ Adjustable Peak Speed Function (FA-204-207))
Noise Reduction Technology: Anti-Vibration Fan Mounts
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.50 GHz Eight-Core AM3+ CPU 8MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology
Venom Boost Fast And Efficient Factory Overclocking: Pro OC (Performance Overclock 10% or more)
CPU / Processor Cooling Fan: NZXT Kraken X31 120mm Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ Copper Cold Plate - Extreme Cooling Performance (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
Coolant for Cyberpower Xtreme Hydro Water Cooling Kits: Standard Coolant
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AMD 990 ATX w/ UEFI Bios, TUF Thermal Components, GbLAN, 4 PCIe x16, 1 PCIe x1, 1 PCI
NFC: None
RAM / System Memory: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR3/2133MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG V3)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4G 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 (Single Card)
Freebies: None
Video Capture Card: Avermedia Live Gamer HD 1080p Capture and Streaming Hardware Encoder Card
Power Supply: 600 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready
Hard Drive: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
Secondary Hard Drive: 500GB Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 7200 RPM HDD (Single Drive)
Hard Drive Cooling Fan: Vigor iSURF II Hard Disk Drive Cooling System (3 x Systems)
External Storage: None
USB Flash Drive: None
Optical Drive: LG 14X Internal Blu-ray Burner, BD-RE, 3D Playback DVD+RW Combo Drive (Black Color)
Optical Drive 2: None
External Optical Drive: None
WiDi Router: Actiontec ScreenBeam Mini2 Full 1080p Wireless Display Receiver (Intel WiDi, Miracast-ready)
Internal Wireless Network Card: 802.11b/g/n 300Mbps PCI Wireless Adapter Network Card
Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
WINDOWS 8.1 PRO
 
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^what he said. Spend a bit more time researching and maybe a little less extra decorations and you would be able to build a monster of a machine yourself. If your unsure how to build one just watch a youtube video. I would suggest the one from newegg tv as thats the one I watched and it helped me alot when I did my build the other day.
 
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Well, if this was my build, this is what I would do:
1. Your boot drive NEEDS to be a SSD if you are going to be working with data input/output (recording/editing). ANY size SSD will make a world of difference, but bigger is better. So, make your boot drive a 240GB SSD or something like that, and your secondary a 7200RPM 1TB.
2. The most important thing in your build is ALWAYS your CPU. You have chosen a damn good AMD GPU, good choice. I personally, with that budget, would go with an Intel i5 or i7 though. i5's and i7's are much quicker than AMD chips when it comes down to the zeroes and ones, and if you are gaming, it will be a noticeable difference.
3. Save your money, ditch the 16GB of RAM and downgrade to 8 or 12. You will NEVER need that much RAM, this I promise you. IF you ever need more, you will be able to buy it for next to nothing.
4. Neon lights: as someone who put this in his last build, I would make a pass on the lights. You think they are awesome, until you need to leave your PC on overnight for downloading/uploading, and your whole house glows and you can't sleep.

Besides those few things, awesome choices, and good luck to ya!

- Harrison Whitmarsh
Lincoln Nebraska USA
 
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If you are spending that much, it should be an intel computer.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($231.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($113.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($108.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($118.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($97.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1224.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-01 14:40 EDT-0400
 
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For $2000, you can build a much stronger PC yourself; much stronger. If you will be recording and/or streaming your gameplay, then the extra cores of the AMD FX CPU may help, for just about anything else, the much faster cores of an Intel i5 will make a visible difference, especially with higher minimum FPS in games.
I'd keep the 16GB of RAM since you'll save a lot of money building this yourself. It's not really needed now, but might be next year, and doesn't hurt anything.
Visual effects are entirely up to you of course, but I guarantee you they are very high profit-margin items for CyberpowerPC. Raidmax cases have a reputation for low quality, and I would not trust the default PSU they use, even with the 80+ rating. For what you mean to be a high-end rig, get a Seasonic- or Super Flower-built PSU. For a single GTX970, a 550W PSU provides plenty of headroom for high overclocking and longevity.
Liquid cooling is not a great idea in AMD FX-8xxx builds, because they do little or nothing to cool the VRMs. Get a good 140mm air cooler like a Noctua or Phanteks. Even at $65-$80, you'll probably spend no more, but likely outperform a cheap 120mm liquid cooler.
If you switch to an Intel i5 (or even i7), you can spend even less on a cooler, since they produce less heat. Select from http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2478892/alternatives-hyper-212-evo-budget-cooling.html so as not to waste money on a bang/buck Loser.

 
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Ok so I did some redesigning and here is the updated version it is just the amount I want to pay:
Gaming Chasis: Raidmax Viper GX Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ USB 3.0, External SSD 2.5 inch EZ swap & Side-Panel Window
Extra Case Fans: Maximum Enermax Twister Pressure 120MM PWM Cooling Fans (Maximum Performance Operation) (500-1,800 RPM High Static Pressure PWM Case Fan w/ Adjustable Peak Speed Function (FA-204-207))
Noise Reduction Technology: Anti-Vibration Fan Mounts
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K 4.0 GHz 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150 (All Venom OC Certified)
Freebies: None
Performance Tuning Protection Plan by Intel: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Performance Tuning Protection Plan by Intel
Venom Boost Fast And Efficient Factory Overclocking: Extreme OC (Extreme Overclock 15% or more)
CPU / Processor Cooling Fan: NZXT Kraken X31 120mm Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ Copper Cold Plate - Extreme Cooling Performance (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
Coolant for Cyberpower Xtreme Hydro Water Cooling Kits: Standard Coolant
Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK1 ATX w/ TUF Thermal Armor, Dual Intel GbLAN, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 1x M.2, 8x SATA 6Gb/s (All Venom OC Certified)
NFC: None
Intel Smart Response Technology: 64GB ADATA SP900 SATA-III 6.0Gb/s - 550 MB/s Read & 505 MB/s Write (Single Drive)
RAM / System Memory: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR3/2133MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG V3)
Video Card: EVGA FTW Edition ACX 2.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 ACX 2.0 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 (Single Card)
Power Supply: 600 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready
M.2 SATA SSD: None
INTERNAL PCI-E SSD CARD: 240GB HyperX Predator PCIe Gen2 x4 (HHHL)SSD - 1400MB/s Read & 600MB/s Write (Single Drive)
Hard Drive: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
Secondary Hard Drive: 240GB Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 450MB/s Read and 450MB/s Write (Single Drive)
Hard Drive Cooling Fan: Vigor iSURF II Hard Disk Drive Cooling System (3 x Systems)
Optical Drive: LG 14X Internal Blu-ray Burner, BD-RE, 3D Playback DVD+RW Combo Drive (Black Color)
Optical Drive 2: None
External Optical Drive: None
WiDi Router: Actiontec ScreenBeam Mini2 Full 1080p Wireless Display Receiver (Intel WiDi, Miracast-ready)
Internal Wireless Network Card: 802.11b/g/n 300 Mbps Wireless Card + External 2.4G 5 Dbi Omni-Directional Wireless Antenna
Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
 
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You are wasting money having them build it. You're spending way too much on some things (cooling, PCIe SSD, SRT SSD) and not enough on others (case, PSU).
If you absolutely do not feel comfortable building one yourself, ok, but then your best bet would be to work with a local shop and have them build something for you.
 
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