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Hello Everyone!

As the title says, after years and years of cheap laptops I have gotten tired of gaming at such bad conditions and I have decided to finally build my own PC.

I am a COMPLETE noob at all this and I have tried to do my best researching myself.

Here is the permalink of my part list:
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/jorgemallorca/saved/my86Mp

I am just looking for any kind of your pro advice to tell me if there are any incompatible parts or newbie mistakes I am making buying these components.

***BUDGET=2000$***

Thank you in advance to all of you!

Hope you have a nice day with a great smile in your face! :D
 
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1. You Don't need a 1000W PSU for that system. You can get away with a 650W Unit, but I would recommend an 850W unit if you plan to SLI. Try and get one from EVGA as they have high quality components.
2. Ditch that corsair CPU cooler and go for something like a Corsair H100 or a NZXT X61, you'll want to OC that 6700k a lot.
3. If you're just doing gaming, then 32 GB is complete overkill. Go for 16 GB.
4. Get an SSD from Samsung. The speeds will blow your socks off.

Heres my adjusted part list. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NdgLWZ
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1. You Don't need a 1000W PSU for that system. You can get away with a 650W Unit, but I would recommend an 850W unit if you plan to SLI. Try and get one from EVGA as they have high quality components.
2. Ditch that corsair CPU cooler and go for something like a Corsair H100 or a NZXT X61, you'll want to OC that 6700k a lot.
3. If you're just doing gaming, then 32 GB is complete overkill. Go for 16 GB.
4. Get an SSD from Samsung. The speeds will blow your socks off.

Heres my adjusted part list. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NdgLWZ
 
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The OP has already specified that he intends to do primarily gaming on the system. Also, considering that he included a keyboard and OS in the part list, one should assume that he wants those two extra parts to be included in the price.
 
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Wooow thank you so much for your help really, those were exactly the types of doubts I was having! I feel much better about it now.
 
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I am curious regarding the looks actually. I was looking for some kind of red colour in general and a see-through case specially, the Phanteks Enthoo was the closest I could find to that but if you have any suggestions i'll be more than glad to listen :)
 
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I'm glad to be of assistance. If you're looking to shell out a little more, then the NZXT Manta is a Gorgeous Black and Red ITX case.
 
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I dont really know the difference between the two but I'm guessing it's just sizes. Both micro and mini would do as long as I can fit everything and it looks awesome ;)

And sorry I did not answer that before. Nope, I have both a mouse and a monitor :D
 
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Daaayuuum the Manta looks sick! I'll keep it in mind thank you ;)
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($348.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.50 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z170I PRO GAMING Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($159.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($85.52 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($653.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ITX Mini ITX Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($86.86 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Corsair STRAFE Wired Gaming Keyboard ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1715.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-01 10:25 EDT-0400

- cpu cooler doesnt need to be a 100i gtx it wont cool much more and the price is ridiculous, the cryorig h7 is the best budget cooler that beats the evo.
smaller easier to install better temps and less noise.

- cheaper ram same peformance and i liek red
- u dont need a 500gb ssd just install windows on it and your programs, put the save files from the programs on the hdd,and ur movies etc.
- better psu, that one was junk
- windows 10 is better optimalized for gaming and directx12 works better on windows 10.
 
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-More SSD space means more fast space. If he wants to place high-density games such as GTA V on there, then 500 GB is a good amount. Not to mention, it gives you wiggle room for future games.
-A 100i GTX will cool better than an air unit. It gives you more overclocking headroom and thus more performance.
-Anything past gold and below 1000W is under diminishing returns. That efficiency is only useful when you reach higher wattages. Not to mention, that PSU is NOT junk, if you read the reviews it is actually a VERY good unit.


 
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nono youre missing 2 points

1) yes in a big game like gta 5 it can matter byt 250gb is enough to install a handfull nice open world games.(waste of money)
2) THE GTX H100i is overpriced i mean were talking about 5c degrees and believe me the cpu can handle enough with the cryorigh h7(waste of money)
3) that psu is junk http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=442
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html it sais tier 3 psu Tier Three

and how can u take amazon newegg reviews seriously????? it works 5/5 no man you got to read independant hardware reviews.

Some Haswell compatible, some not (maybe unconfirmed). Still safe to use and stable, just lower quality components. Not really ideal in serious overclocking or super-high load situations, such as a Bitcoin mining rig or a high end gaming system.


and what do u mean below past gold is junk? i know bronze units that are waaay better than your unit.
gold bronze plat , its all about efficieny not about quality and stability.
 
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We could have a debate over this, but the OP has already decided to go with the best answer. Also, I think theres some ignorance within your post, as it directly says that "Efficiency was barely a pass for Gold. Ripple suppression is nothing special. But when that's the worst thing you can say about a unit, you're not doing too bad at all. This is by no means a junk unit." Continuing this argument would be violating the tomshardware forum rules. Goodbye.
 
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The EVGA G1 is not system killing junk but it's not good either, especially for the price. The G1 uses lower quality capacitors making logevity a concern. Its not a unit i'd reccomend. The 650w GQ is better and costs less, the P2 is much much better and only a couple bucks more.
 
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Ripple suppression is worse than nothing special. On Jonnyguru's review, the 5V rail is completely out of the ATX specification. Unfortunately, this is not addressed in the scoring, and OklahomaWolf says it's within spec even though it's not. The 12V voltage also gets kind of low, regulation is very mediocre, and the capacitors are not good quality. But out-of-spec ripple is a plain out bad thing, the same thing that plagues the EVGA 750 GQ.

This is why we should actually read power supply reviews instead of looking at the conclusion statement only. You get a lot more out of it by reading the review.
 
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Here is the ripple/noise graph of the 5V rail in Test 5 of Jonnyguru's review.
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Notice it goes past 50mv. In addition, the ripple on Test 1 is not very good either. Very often ripple gets significantly worse as load increases, but even on low loads the ripple and noise is not very good on this unit.
 
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