NEW BUILD - $1,500 - Amateur Video Editing - Definitely Need Your Thoughts!

FrankAbagnale

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I am putting together a build and hoping to order the parts tonight or tomorrow. I have no experience building a computer. I'm hoping I can get some advice on my list. Will this work? Should I change anything?

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K Quad-Core 3.5 GHZ

CPU Cooler:
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus

Motherboard: EVGA Z87 FTW LGA1150

Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB)

Storage: Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 120GB SSD
Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660

Power Supply:
Corsair CX750 Builder Series ATX 80 PLUS Bronze

Case:
Corsair Obsidian Series Black 550D Mid Tower

Optical Drive
Asus 24x DVD-RW Serial-ATA

Wireless Card:
TP-LINK TL-WDN4800 Dual Band Wireless N900

I'm planning on loading Windows 8 64 bit. Do I need anything else?
 

TheMohammadmo

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($179.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($76.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data XPG SX900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270X 4GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Phantom (White/Red) ATX Full Tower Case ($132.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit - OEM (64-bit) ($99.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1461.37
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-11 11:22 EST-0500)

I have recommend this same exact build, except the graphics card is a 770 4gb and in my opinion, this is the best 1500 dollar build you will find