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TheDukeOfDance

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Hello!

This is my first PC build. I understand the basics (I have helped a friend put his rig together) and have been doing research for a few weeks now, and I'm looking for tips, and to know if the parts I chose will function well together or are the best for their price. I would like to order the parts on Amazon's Prime Day, so any quick help would be appreciated.

Components I am looking at:

Tower:
Corsair Obsidian Series 750D Airflow Edition

MOBO:
MSI Z97A GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

CPU:
Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor

RAM:
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series (2 x 4GB) DDR3

HSF:
Cooler Master Hyper 612 Silent CPU Air Cooler

HDD:
Seagate 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive

SSD: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

PSU:
SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

GPU:
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card

DVD:
ASUS DRW-24F1ST - DVD

Thermal Compound:
Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound, 3.5 Grams

Does all of this add up? It seems to look good for me, many of the parts are on sale on Amazon.ca. Again, any recommendations would be greatly appreciated by this computer building noob!
 

TheDukeOfDance

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Will change the motherboard and power supply, thanks for the recommendations. Is there any reason why it wouldn't be usable for gaming? Overkill, too weak, wrong components? I would like to be able to play most games with high FPS.
 

TheDukeOfDance

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Thank you so much this has been very helpful/informative. Besides the weak GPU, I assume everything else would be fine?
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.98 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 612 Ver.2 44.2 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.04 @ Mwave)
Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($179.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.95 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($119.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 750D Airflow Edition ATX Full Tower Case ($179.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1324.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-13 11:23 EDT-0400
 
The Corsair CX750 PSU is not recommended. This build includes a better PSU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.98 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 612 Ver.2 44.2 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.04 @ Mwave)
Motherboard: MSI Z97A GAMING 7 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($179.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.95 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($119.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($329.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 750D Airflow Edition ATX Full Tower Case ($179.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1324.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-13 11:23 EDT-0400
 
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TheDukeOfDance

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Thanks for the recommendations!