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Buying this next month, but here's what Iv'e got. Just want to make sure everything should run fine

Corsair Carbide Series 200R Black Steel / Plastic compact ATX Mid Tower Case
Standard Return Policy......$69.99

BenQ RL2455HM Black-Red 24" 1 ms (GTG) HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor.......$189.99

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 GV-N970G1 GAMING-4GD 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card........$339.99

G.SKILL TridentX Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C10D-16GTX.......$104.99

GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK (rev. 1.0) LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard.........$129.99

Intel Core i5-4670K Haswell Quad-Core 3.4 GHz LGA 1150 84W BX80646I54670K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics...........$274.99

Crucial BX100 2.5" 250GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT250BX100SSD1........$84.99

ASUS Black Blu-ray Burner SATA BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS.....$74.99

CORSAIR CX series CX750M 750W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified.......$84.99

Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive.....$74.99

Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound AS5-3.5G - OEM.....$12.58


Not sure about the ram, 2400 sounded good, but I dont know I will need it on a 24 inch monitor at 1920x 1080

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Just hang out on these forums for a few days you will see TONS of folks having problems with CX series PSU's, under-powering, failing, etc. The EVGA I...
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Everything will work fine. The RAM does not affect your screen in any way. Just in multitasking and application running. If you must save money, you could downgrade to 8GB of RAM and be alright for gaming for some time. 16 is a good place to be for future growth though.

At 1080P this will be a rather good system
 
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Defintiely don't get the i5-4670K. That's a two-year-old CPU. If you want to stay with DDR3 RAM, get the i5-4690K for about $240, which is a newer refresh of the 4670K. Another, perhaps better, option would be to get an i5-6600K with a Z170 motherboard and DDR4 RAM. The i5-6600K is Intel's newest unlocked i5, but the 4690K is still perfectly capable and a slightly cheaper option with the older motherboards and DDR3. I'm totally satisfied with the 4690K that's in my personal build, and I'm sure the 6600K is even better.

Also, there is absolutely no point in buying aftermarket thermal paste if you're not getting a third-party CPU cooler. I would recommend getting a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo to cool your CPU, and aftermarket thermal paste really isn't necessary, the 212 Evo comes with thermal paste that is perfectly adequate.
 
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Will probably check out the i5 6600, I think its the same price. What's wrong with the power supply?? Not a deal breaker, but why does it suck? Also upgrading the processor, I guess 750 is still good.....?

Ive never bought any type of cooler before for the processor, is there a version that will fit fine in the mid tower case?

In regards to the ssd, I think Im going to just use it for the os, and move games around that are played.

thanks all. basically I want a low power, low noise, and on 1920 x1080 res, so wasnt sure if I was overshooting anything or undershooting
 
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Just hang out on these forums for a few days you will see TONS of folks having problems with CX series PSU's, under-powering, failing, etc. The EVGA I recommended can be had for nearly the same price and is one of the highest rated and highest quality you can get in that size/price range. 750 is more than fine for this.

As for the SSD I agree what you have is all you need the one he recommended is overkill.
 
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If you can get a good deal on a 144hz monitor you will notice the difference (make sure you use a display port cable), that said I wouldn't break the bank on it.
 
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BenQ XL2411Z Black 24" 144HZ 1ms (GTG) HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD 3D Monitor Height&Pivot adjustable 350 cd/m2 DC 12,000,000:1 (1000:1)

299.99 looks pretty good with motion blur game flicker and fps mode
 
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Thats a good deal I would do that, really does make a difference. Like I said remember to make sure to use a displayport cable, not HDMI.
 
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