First build by myself and wanting to make sure everything is compatible and it's a good build

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patrkonk

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4g47Bm

i7-4790K
Noctua NH-D15 CPU Cooler
ASUS Maximus VII Hero LGA1150 Motherboard
A-Data XPG V1.0 16GB (2 x 8GB) 1866
Samsung 850 EVO-series 250GB 2.5" SSD
Seagate 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Hybrid SSHD
Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Vapor-X Video Card
NZXT Phantom ATX Full Tower Case
Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold Certified
Asus PCE-AC68 Wi-Fi Adapter
 
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I like the build. It's a good one. You don't need to change anything as it will all work and work well, but here's a few suggestions which you can take or leave as you see fit:

- Assuming you want the option of crossfire/SLI down the track, swap the PSU to this EVGA B2 850W for just $80: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20850v1 - you drop from Gold to Bronze, but it's still semi-modular and solid quality, but you save a massive $50 - dudeman is right though. You can easily get much lower PSU if you're happy to forgo the dual card option in future.
- You're spending a fair bit on a motherboard, which doesn't really get you anything other than some additional features which you may never need. Something like this...
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dudeman509

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PSU is way overkill, but is a good one. You need like a 650W at most for that build and could save yourself a good chunk of change. Unless you plan to SLI two of those 290s.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

I am not a fan of the Seagate Hybrid drives - they are very unreliable (I own one...have had two RMA 2 others). I'd recommend going with another brand...WD, HGST, and Toshiba all make decent drives. Seagate Constellations are decent drives too. You will also not really see the benefit of the hybrid part of the drive as a program/data drive.

I would look instead for a 7200 RPM 3 TB for a decent price - I haven't looked into 4's myself.
 
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rhysiam

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I like the build. It's a good one. You don't need to change anything as it will all work and work well, but here's a few suggestions which you can take or leave as you see fit:

- Assuming you want the option of crossfire/SLI down the track, swap the PSU to this EVGA B2 850W for just $80: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20850v1 - you drop from Gold to Bronze, but it's still semi-modular and solid quality, but you save a massive $50 - dudeman is right though. You can easily get much lower PSU if you're happy to forgo the dual card option in future.
- You're spending a fair bit on a motherboard, which doesn't really get you anything other than some additional features which you may never need. Something like this Gigabyte Z97X-SLI probably has everything you need and is over $90 cheaper: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97xsli. If you want more SATA, even a well populated board like the ASRock Extreme6 would save you $60: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z97extreme6
- I assume you have a good reason for two optical drives, included the Blu-Ray burner? That's unusual, but fine if you need it.
- Price wise you are in GTX 970 territory which I suggest is better than a 290, especially at 1080p (the 290 starts closing the gap at higher resolutions). It's also lower power. I'm a big AMD fan myself, but even I have to concede that Nvidia has the better deal on the high end at the moment.
- You're sinking a huge amount of money into a wifi card. No way of getting a cable to your computer? Maybe look at a mobo with integrated wifi then? $85 is a lot on a wifi card.

Again, it'll all work and you've chosen solid components. Take or leave my suggests as you see fit.
 
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