Is this a good $1800 Gaming PC?

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Monitor: ASUS VP247H 23,6" $183,46
Motherboard + CPU kit: ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming + Intel Core i5-6600K $494,99
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V v2 $68
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB DDR4 2666MHz CL16 (2x4GB) x2 so (4x4GB) $149,76
PSU: EVGA PowerSupply (PSU) SuperNOVA 750 G2 750W $136
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4GB $437,3
SSD: Samsung SSD 850 EVO SSD 250GB $103,73
HDD: WD Black 1TB 7200rpm 64MB $102,69
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 $125,79
Case Fan/Cooler (included in the deal with Case): Fractal Design Venturi HF-14 140mm $11,42
Case Fan/Cooler: Fractal Design Dynamic GP-12 120mm $11,42
Total: $1824,56

Any Changes or Recommendations? Feel free to help :)
 
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Hi Ramter,

Very good build! Strong choices all around.

The only thing I would recommend is not getting two different RAM packs. Here's a section from the Tom's Article "The Most Common DDR DRAM Myths Debunked" explaining why:

"It’s Cheaper To Buy Two Sets Of DIMMs Than Larger, More Expensive Sets

Even though you are buying two of the exact same sets, there is no guarantee that they will work together. The DRAM that goes into a package has been tested to work together. Manufacturers don’t guarantee mixing or adding one set to another, even when they are the same exact model.

Customers often try this with higher data rate sticks using XMP to set them up. With XMP enabled, the motherboard may read the profile for two sticks...
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Hi Ramter,

Very good build! Strong choices all around.

The only thing I would recommend is not getting two different RAM packs. Here's a section from the Tom's Article "The Most Common DDR DRAM Myths Debunked" explaining why:

"It’s Cheaper To Buy Two Sets Of DIMMs Than Larger, More Expensive Sets

Even though you are buying two of the exact same sets, there is no guarantee that they will work together. The DRAM that goes into a package has been tested to work together. Manufacturers don’t guarantee mixing or adding one set to another, even when they are the same exact model.

Customers often try this with higher data rate sticks using XMP to set them up. With XMP enabled, the motherboard may read the profile for two sticks of DRAM and set the secondary timings accordingly, but the tRFC timing for two modules may be 226, whereas four sticks require 314. This can be especially hard for most users to troubleshoot/find, as few ever go into the secondary DRAM timings."
 
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Ramter

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Ok, so I should get 2x8 instead?
 
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