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geofelt
Looks are a personal thing, that is up to YOU.

From a functional point of view, I have a few suggestions.

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I will never again build without a ssd for the "C" drive. It makes everything you do much quicker.
120gb is minimum, it will hold the os and a handful of games.
But, many things default to the "C" drive.
When a SSD nears full, it will lose performance and endurance.
240gb is the recommended minimum.

If you can go 240gb, or 500gb you may never need a hard drive.

You can defer on the hard drive unless you need to store large files such as video's.
It is easy to add a hard drive later.

Samsung EVO is a good choice for performance and reliability.

For gaming, levels will load faster, textures load faster, checkpoints...
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Nope. But as you said, it makes overall usability of the computer 1000x better. For what else you've put into that build, buy a 256 GB SSD as a C/Windows drive.
 
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1. I know ya goin' for the RGB think but the Kraken X62 is "all show, no go". Weak pump, cheap aluminum radiator, mixed metals.... and noisy as a vacuum cleaner. The H240-X here tops the X61 it by 5C while being half as loud ... newer version is the H240 X2 and the Kraken X62. See 23:00 mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYKdKVxbnp8&t=1381s

2 x 140mm model http://www.swiftech.com/h240x2.aspx
3 x 120mm model http://www.swiftech.com/h320x2.aspx

You can even water cool your water block, and have colored coolant
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137144


2, Especially considering the RGB thing, I'd go all Gigabyte or all MSI (or Asus). The Gigabyte model took TweakTown's Must Have Best Features and HardOCP Editor’s Choice Silver Award
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/LzGj4D/gigabyte-ga-z270x-gaming-7-atx-lga1151-motherboard-ga-z270x-gaming-7

3. Performance wise, I'd recommend 2 sticks in said of 4. 2 x 16Gb if tya think ya need it but if this is a gaming box, I'd do 2 x 8GB at 3200

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ybrcCJ/gskill-tridentz-rgb-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr4-3200-memory-f4-3200c16d-16gtzr

4. With the money saved on the RAM, I'd get a good size SSD

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ZNBrxr/samsung-960-evo-250gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-mz-v6e250

5. Great SSHD choice, super case too

6. Phanteks has the best fans on the market, why downgrade ? Just add these
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/phanteks-halo-lux-rgb-fan-frames,35208.html

7. You have built in RGB control with the MoBo, the Hue is redundant

8. I would strongly consider swapping out the three 23" monitors for an IPS 1440p screen. VG248QE is great monitor but it's 6 years old.... no G-Sync, no ULMB, no IPS,

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ttnG3C/acer-monitor-xb271hubmiprz
 
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It makes whatever is on it faster. So w/ a 512 GB SSD, you should be able to get at least 5 - 10 of your fav games on it. As for everything not on the SSD, the performance / usability increase can be described as "squat".... Typing from box w/ twin 256 GB SSDs and twin 2 TB SSHDs and 7200 rpm HD.

Boot from HD = 21.2 seconds
Boot from SSHD = 16.5 seconds
Boot From Samsung Pro SSD = 15.6 seconds

 
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Looks are a personal thing, that is up to YOU.

From a functional point of view, I have a few suggestions.

1.
I will never again build without a ssd for the "C" drive. It makes everything you do much quicker.
120gb is minimum, it will hold the os and a handful of games.
But, many things default to the "C" drive.
When a SSD nears full, it will lose performance and endurance.
240gb is the recommended minimum.

If you can go 240gb, or 500gb you may never need a hard drive.

You can defer on the hard drive unless you need to store large files such as video's.
It is easy to add a hard drive later.

Samsung EVO is a good choice for performance and reliability.

For gaming, levels will load faster, textures load faster, checkpoints are taken faster.

2. Few games can take advantage of more than 8gb. a 2 x 8gb ram kit is all you need.

3. I see no sense in a $150 AIO liquid cooler in a case with ventilation that is as good as what you picked.
Your case can support a cooler as tall as 193mm.

Your cpu is a 91w TDP processor. More with overclocking.
You may not like the aesthetics of Noctua fans, but here is a useful guide as to what you need for a maximum overclock.
http://noctua.at/en/tdp-guide
NH-D15s or NH-U14s will do the job.
Other similar coolers will also work equally well.
A air cooler will be quieter, easier to install, equally efficient, and will not leak.

FWIW:
As of 6/9/17
What percent can get an overclock at a somewhat sane 1.4v Vcore.

I7-7700K
4.9 83%
5.0 62%
5.1 29%
5.2 6%




 
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