Epic build suggestions

Emcardle

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Hello I have put together a high end build do you have any suggestion for me?
I have bought some of the components already.

CPU: i7 4770k (bought)
CPU cooler: Corsair H100i
GPU: Sapphire Vapor X 7970 3Gb (bought)
Hard drive: seagate barracuda 2tb
Ssd: Samsung 840 pro 128 gb (bought)
Case: Corsair Carbide 500r
Motherboard: MSI Z87 GD-65 (bought)
Optical drive: Asus DRW-24B5ST
Psu: Corsair HX1050 Professional Series
Ram: Corsair dominator 2400Mhz 16Gb (bought)
Mouse: Rat 7/5
Keyboard: Not decided
Monitors: I will be using two= ASUS VE247H and a BENQ XL2411T 120hz 3d

This is my first build so should I go with water cooling or just a hyper 212 evo?
Money is not a problem.
I am getting the psu to save me for upgrades in the future.
Thanks in advance.
 
thats a pretty terrbile buy i can tell you straight away which

-the i7 will do jack crap if you dont video edit (if you do, great)
-you should have spent 40 more bucks and gotten a plextor m5s 256gb ssd. its the same speed in real life but double the capcity
-way better boards out there. the only good msi boards are the mpower series
-fast memory first of all is completely useless. second, dominator platinums are a total rip off. i can buy 32gb at that price
-the 7970 isnt bad though. however crossfire just doesnt work well

id get these components. better not screw up the other half of the rig
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/14T3N

if you want to watercool, you could pick up the swiftech h220. it isnt junk like the h100i and you can expand it to your GPU (although since you bought the vapor-x, you cant unless EK makes a block for that)
 
If money is not problem. Then better parts:

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151102
or 1050w 205 $ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151110

Rosewill is really good psu too (cheaper)
750w gold with 5 year warranty.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182073
or bigger1000w only 170$ and 5 year warranty http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182239
They have good platina psus too but maybe they are bit more pricy?
219$ psu that do have 1000w and 5 year warranty. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182274
a really good seasonic too: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151105

Maybe better to buy bigger case and make custom loop to water cool both video card and cpu.
That is no so hard. Take case like this or maybe corsair 900d
http://www.rosewill.com/products/21/147/446/0000/series.htm
For example the BlackHawk Ultra http://www.anandtech.com/show/6854/rosewill-blackhawk-ultra-case-review-were-it-not-for-competition
You can put 420mm radiator , 60mm thick. that is more than 2" thick radiator. With 3 140m fans you can make really nice cooling to cpu and gpu.
Just pick up a good cpu block and block and backplate for video card and some fittings and reservoir and tube. And PUMP!
This is so big case that you can fit in almost anything you want. Like more radiators and 2PSU if you need.More radiators are easy to fit in if like more cooling capacity. Id mod this window in side and water loop. And it chap too. only180 $
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/rosewill-case-blackhawkultra
But that case is HUGE!

Or if you want something spcial then order your own custom case from here:
http://www.bsmods.com/Gallery.php






 
^illl help clear up his words

-basically he gives you a variety of psu options. some of which are extra and most of them are unnecessary
-he is suggesting a larger case so that you can watercool but than it would be utterly stupid because no one makes a custom block for the 7970 vapor x
 

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-fast memory first of all is completely useless. second, dominator platinums are a total rip off. i can buy 32gb at that price

Oh absolutely. You're paying tons of money for nothing more than a fancy heat sink. DDR3-2400 will also void your warranty per Intel's end user agreement. You really shouldn't be using anything above 1866 for Haswell.

The H100i is a decent liquid cooler, but the Swiftech H220 is far superior for only $20 more.