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4-4-4-15 is fine. I know that RAM is cheap- but 4x 1GB is not a good idea. It limits future upgrades and can slow you down. You will only get the rebate on one kit. But its still cheaper than 2x 2GB.
Change the motherboard to a P45 chipset board. P35 is on the way out. Look at the MSI Neo-F or Neo-3R.
PSU is ok... Corsair/PC Power and Cooling is better.
3.0 will be easy on that CPU. That PCI slot cooler is a waste of $4.50 + S&H. I had one. Completely useless until the fan broke off from the slot then even more useless.
Get Arctic MX-2 over Silver 5.
Great choice on the video card 
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| linksolo74 wrote : So the Gamexstream will have a total of 72amps i'm guessing. So will i even need that extra 31amps? will it be overkill for my system? and your talking about power loss, are we talking a big power loss or a small one. I don't really want to up the power bill to much, or add to much heat to my case. |
You can't add up the rails, there is some loss, which depend on load and other factors. It shouldn't be large though. It's split rail, so the behavior really isn't the same. To simplify, I'd say it's basically around 20amps more. And the power isn't as much being "lost" as just stay unused.
As for power bill, it depends mostly on how much juice your components actually use, not the max limit of power the psu provide. Power bill from a 750w psu with 500w being used and 650w with the same 500w being used is basically the same. Higher power psus tend to be slightly less efficient on low load than lower ones, but the waste there is probably a dollar or two per year.
There are also psus that can split/combine rails using a manual switch. The one I use is like this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817101029
Normal output is 4x20amps on split rails. There's a button on the back that combines them into a single large rail. As far as I can tell, it's pretty much meaningless though. 
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| dagger wrote : You can't add up the rails, there is some loss, which depend on load and other factors. It shouldn't be large though. It's split rail, so the behavior really isn't the same. To simplify, I'd say it's basically around 20amps more. And the power isn't as much being "lost" as just stay unused.
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So basically, if i get the gamexstream the power bill will go up about $1 a year and i will get a more powerful PSU for a cheaper price. While if i i go with the Corsair i will have a lower power bill (by $1), a lesser powerful PSU and it will be more expensive? Is that the basic gist of it?
| linksolo74 wrote : So basically, if i get the gamexstream the power bill will go up about $1 a year and i will get a more powerful PSU for a cheaper price. While if i i go with the Corsair i will have a lower power bill (by $1), a lesser powerful PSU and it will be more expensive? Is that the basic gist of it? |
Basically right, but don't go by $1. I was just making up a number. It probably won't be that high. 
They're both overkill for your configuration, so you can't go wrong with either one. Don't stress yourself out over it. I just kept rambling on and on because you asked. 
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