Hey all! first time posting on Tom's - read a lot though. Little background, I am in the market for a new PC and I have been doing my research for the last month or so and in a few weeks I will buying the parts to build this (currently deployed to Afghanistan and returning home in the coming days). My budget is roughly 2,500$ but don't mind going over a little (Max being 3,000 w/ Monitor/keyboard/mouse). I'll list the parts below and try to give you why I chose each one and look forward to the criticism and I am open minded to any suggestions the pro's (you guys) will make. I'd like to make this PC last 4-5 years as I did with my last one and of course I will be OC'ing and Gaming + Heavy Multi-tasking and very light photoshop work. I would also like a suggestion on a sound card, thanks ahead guys!
CPU - Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core (Unlocked of course)
Cooler - Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid (Simple + Effective liquid cooler)
Case - Cooler Master Storm Stryker (White) ATX Full Tower (I just love the look - White with black and red components and extra white LEDs)
Mobo - Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 (Entry level ROG board, solid feature set, good reviews, simple overclocking)
RAM - Corsair Dominator Platinum 2x8GB 1866mhz (Honestly, I am paying extra for the awesome light bars on this ram - would I get a performance boost going with 4x4 filling all the DIMM slots? it's an extra 40 dollars)
SSD - Samsung EVO 500GB (Go big or go home, I thought about going with the pro but after some research I don't plan on using any hard drive past 5-6 years anyway)
HDD - Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM (Solid product, storage drive)
GPU - Asus GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5 (I was going to go with the Galaxy HOF, decided to switch after reading stories of the gpu catching fire on high OC's - I still want it and I don't plan overclocking the gpu THAT high but I am uncertain and would like someones advice on this)
PSU - Corsair AX860i [860watts] (Want to go top of the line with the PSU and from what I have read with power draw this should enable me to go SLI with two 780's down the line)
Case fans - Corsair AF/SP quiet edition fans (I would go with Noctua... but.. Aesthetics.)
OS - Windows 7
Monitor - Asus VG248QE 24.0" (ALL THE HERTZ GAMING!!!!oneone)
CPU - Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core (Unlocked of course)
Cooler - Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid (Simple + Effective liquid cooler)
Case - Cooler Master Storm Stryker (White) ATX Full Tower (I just love the look - White with black and red components and extra white LEDs)
Mobo - Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 (Entry level ROG board, solid feature set, good reviews, simple overclocking)
RAM - Corsair Dominator Platinum 2x8GB 1866mhz (Honestly, I am paying extra for the awesome light bars on this ram - would I get a performance boost going with 4x4 filling all the DIMM slots? it's an extra 40 dollars)
SSD - Samsung EVO 500GB (Go big or go home, I thought about going with the pro but after some research I don't plan on using any hard drive past 5-6 years anyway)
HDD - Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM (Solid product, storage drive)
GPU - Asus GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5 (I was going to go with the Galaxy HOF, decided to switch after reading stories of the gpu catching fire on high OC's - I still want it and I don't plan overclocking the gpu THAT high but I am uncertain and would like someones advice on this)
PSU - Corsair AX860i [860watts] (Want to go top of the line with the PSU and from what I have read with power draw this should enable me to go SLI with two 780's down the line)
Case fans - Corsair AF/SP quiet edition fans (I would go with Noctua... but.. Aesthetics.)
OS - Windows 7
Monitor - Asus VG248QE 24.0" (ALL THE HERTZ GAMING!!!!oneone)