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Hi, I am building a pc and need help on which cables I will need to buy for my fully modular Corsair RM550X. The parts I am going to use are:
-Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor
-Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
-MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
-Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
-Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
-Intel SSD (Can't remember the name but it has windows 10 installed from my older pc)
-Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (x2)
-Corsair SPEC-ALPHA ATX Mid Tower Case
-Corsair RMx 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

If there is anything wrong with this build please help me. I am getting my cables from cable mod if that makes any difference.
 
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1st, a question: Why the Corsair H100i when you have non-K CPU that you can't OC? You'll do just fine with the Intel stock cooler that comes with the CPU.
2nd, an observation: Seagate HDDs have high failure rate. You'd be better off with Western Digital Caviar Blue HDD. If you want the most reliable one, get the HGST (Hitachi) HDD.
3rd, a suggestion: Rather than going with GTX 750 Ti, go with GTX 1050 instead. Reason why: http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-750-Ti-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1050/2187vs3650

And now about PSU power cables.
You'll need:
1x 24-pin (for MoBo)
1x 8-pin (for CPU, connects to the MoBo)
3x SATA (one for SSD, another one for HDD and 3rd one for H100i)

Depending on which version of the GPU you'll get (Zotac...
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1st, a question: Why the Corsair H100i when you have non-K CPU that you can't OC? You'll do just fine with the Intel stock cooler that comes with the CPU.
2nd, an observation: Seagate HDDs have high failure rate. You'd be better off with Western Digital Caviar Blue HDD. If you want the most reliable one, get the HGST (Hitachi) HDD.
3rd, a suggestion: Rather than going with GTX 750 Ti, go with GTX 1050 instead. Reason why: http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-750-Ti-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1050/2187vs3650

And now about PSU power cables.
You'll need:
1x 24-pin (for MoBo)
1x 8-pin (for CPU, connects to the MoBo)
3x SATA (one for SSD, another one for HDD and 3rd one for H100i)

Depending on which version of the GPU you'll get (Zotac, Asus, MSI etc) you may or may not need the PCI-E power connectors for the two GPUs.
If you want to be on the safe side, then you can go for:
2x 6+2-pin PCI-E (for two GPUs)
 
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