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It's been a few years since I've built a high-ish end gaming PC. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything or if there was a better combo for the money or something.

I have these parts already:

GPU -https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LYN9KK6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

PSU - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139234

And I'm about to click "purchase" on these parts:

RAM - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232175&ignorebbr=1

Mobo - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157790&ignorebbr=1

CPU - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117827&ignorebbr=1

CPU Fan - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099&ignorebbr=1

Look good? Would something else look better?
 
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If I were you, and picking up a budget cooler, I'd still opt for the H7. Its quieter, performs better & has greater compatibility.... for only marginally more money (in most markets).

As for memory, anything >2666Mhz on CoffeeLake it *technically* an overclock, but setting XMP should be all that's required.

There's extreme diminishing returns when you go >3000/3200Mhz and, on an Intel platform, the gains would be negligible at best (for gaming). Unless 3000/3200Mhz is only a few $ more, I'd just opt for the cheaper 2666Mhz kit.
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Looks fine to me -- the 212 EVO though is pretty dated and relatively weak by 2018 standards.

If you want to do anything greater than a pretty mild overclock, I';d look to something a bit better.

The Cryorig H7 is the new "king" of the budget space.
 
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Interesting. Honestly, I've never overclocked before (my games have always seemed to run fine until I just upgraded anyway). Maybe I could try it this time around, especially since I've noticed some chugging in VR with my old system.

So then my next question is - should I buy DDR4 4000 RAM instead? It says that the CPU only works with 2666 ram, so I limited to that.
 
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If I were you, and picking up a budget cooler, I'd still opt for the H7. Its quieter, performs better & has greater compatibility.... for only marginally more money (in most markets).

As for memory, anything >2666Mhz on CoffeeLake it *technically* an overclock, but setting XMP should be all that's required.

There's extreme diminishing returns when you go >3000/3200Mhz and, on an Intel platform, the gains would be negligible at best (for gaming). Unless 3000/3200Mhz is only a few $ more, I'd just opt for the cheaper 2666Mhz kit.
 
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It was just a matter of my upgrading the GPU a year ago before I decided to upgrade the whole thing a few weeks ago. I'm sure I'll upgrade the GPU in a year or two. But I've been working off of an i5 4670K and DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 memory since the beginning of 2014.

The CRYORIG H7 was double the price, but I guess I'm already spending so much money anyway :p
 
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If the H7 is that expensive then you might as well get something better like:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608041&cm_re=noctua_nh--_-35-608-041-_-Product
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https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608067&cm_re=noctua_nh--_-35-608-067-_-Product
or
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608040&cm_re=noctua_nh--_-35-608-040-_-Product

The H7 generally only cost like 5-10$ more than the hyper 212 evo at which point it's well worth it.
 
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Ah neat. Weird colors on that one but it's better? Says it's made for LGA2011. Does that matter?

I've only ever used the stock cooling that's come with CPUs. I've never bought custom cooling of any kind.
 
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Noctua is widely considered to be the best cooler manufacturer there is, those colors are essentially their "trademark" thing.
It's made for LGA2011 but also supports 115X sockets, i also added 2 other options to it.
 
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One last thing. Got the parts, set it all up, didn't even have to nuke and reinstall Windows. But that makes me wonder...are there things that I'm missing out on with this new hardware that I would need Windows 10 for? I love Windows 7 and I really would rather not switch. I know 10 lets you access DirectX 12, though I have yet to see that make any difference in gaming or anything. Thoughts?
 
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