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Use the EVGA G2 that I linked to in my previous posts. I have two of those units and they have not given me a single lick of trouble. Those are Super Flower Leadex units which are the best of the best right now. The Corsair CSM is a mid range Channel Well unit. They're not terrible units but at the same time there's better units in every price range that you could be going with.
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The case fan isn't necessary and there's definitely better SSDs and power supplies you can get. EVGA makes great PSUs but only the G2/P2/T2/B2. Those are Super Flower Leadex based. Everything else they make is a rebranded HEC unit, which are pretty much trash.

This is a unit I would suggest for your budget:

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CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Memory Express)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($31.98 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($152.33 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($79.99 @ Memory Express)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.50 @ shopRBC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($61.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card ($654.25 @ Vuugo)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($144.99 @ Memory Express)
Total: $1628.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-28 15:25 EDT-0400
 
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This looks fine but there is no monitor
 
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I generally leave monitor/keyboard/mouse/OS up to each user (mainly because most people building on $1500 or more include that stuff in a separate budget). If you want a monitor I can definitely suggest one but that entirely depends on what resolution you plan to run. Do you want to run 1080P? 1440? 4K?.
 
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I prefer 1440p but if it doesnt fit the budget then 1080p is fine too
 
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With that particular build you probably won't with 1440P as those run around the $250 CAD range minimum. Quality displays will obviously run more.
 
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So could you give me advice on a good 1080p monitor with at least 75Hz
 
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Thx man really great build, but isaw something I didnt get, the motherboards max ram speed is 1600, the ram you picked is 1866 will it still work on tht mobo
 
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That really isn't a good build - you can't overclock a 4690K on H97 and that defeats the purpose of owning one. The Corsair CSM power supplies are also below sub par units. There's a lot better you can get for the price or not much more than that. And again the extra case fan is a waste of money.
 
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Well I did manage to improve the build a little bit here's the new one.
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/238ZTW
And since you keep saying the psu is bad what do you think i should use
 
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Use the EVGA G2 that I linked to in my previous posts. I have two of those units and they have not given me a single lick of trouble. Those are Super Flower Leadex units which are the best of the best right now. The Corsair CSM is a mid range Channel Well unit. They're not terrible units but at the same time there's better units in every price range that you could be going with.
 
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Thx for the help man
 
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