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ferusgrim

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My computer has been faithful to me for many years. However, it's time for her to get an upgrade.

The first time I upgraded my PC, I came to the fine folks at Tom's, and here I am, again. <3

My current build:
http://speccy.piriform.com/results/2DbnPDaAljMgopnAWoib34q

Now, I've already pieced together some parts from PCPartPicker, and I'd love to hear your opinions on ways to change it for the better, or cheaper, or however.

My budget is between $900 and $1000.

PCPP: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6Lrpcf
Some notes: The two SSDs would be RAID 0.

Much appreciation as always, gents. :)
 
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The whole RAID 0 SSD thing is very overrated.

Unless you are writing to another SSD raid 0 array or a very large HDD raid array then you will not see the performance gains from it.

Thus you have very little to gain, while more then doubling your probability of data loss.
Since RAID 0 has the data spanned across both disks, all it takes is one disk to mess up and you loose everything.

Not to mention that a single 512gb drive is MUCH cheaper.

Other then that everything else looks good.
If you have a CPU cooler you might want to check on clearance with that taller ram.
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boosted1g

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The whole RAID 0 SSD thing is very overrated.

Unless you are writing to another SSD raid 0 array or a very large HDD raid array then you will not see the performance gains from it.

Thus you have very little to gain, while more then doubling your probability of data loss.
Since RAID 0 has the data spanned across both disks, all it takes is one disk to mess up and you loose everything.

Not to mention that a single 512gb drive is MUCH cheaper.

Other then that everything else looks good.
If you have a CPU cooler you might want to check on clearance with that taller ram.
 
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ferusgrim

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I don't have a CPU cooler (other than stock), but would you recommend getting one? I've thought about water cooling, but most people say that it's overrated unless you're running a powerful rig.

EDIT: I've updated the part list with a 512GB SSD, per your suggestion.
 
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boosted1g

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The intel CPU cooler is completely sufficient for stock clock speeds.

If you have a K series CPU (these are unlocked to be overclocked), and wish to overclock it then you need to upgrade your cooler.

A good $30 air cooler will perform better then a mediocre $60 water cooler. Unless you are doing serious overclocking and wanting to put $100 or more into it then watercooling is more trouble then it is worth.
 
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ferusgrim

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I appreciate your answers. :D I'm glad I did decently this time.
 
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