Building my first gaming pc, Anything I can do to improve? My Budget is 3500$!

MrStingerr

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So I'm doing my first custom computer build that I would like to last me the next 3 or 4 years. These are the components I've picked so far. Does it look good to you or is there anything I can improve on. Any solutions or answers are greatly appreciated. All the parts I've found on Amazon and the total came to around 3,100$. I'm also hoping the build I have can play every game on the market right now on ultra with no lag at all. Max Budget is 3,500$

BenQ RL2455HM 24-inch LED 1ms Gaming Console Monitor

Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H50 All in One High-performance CPU Cooler CWCH50-1

Evga Supernova 1000G2 1000-watt Atx12V/Eps12V 80 Plus Gold Power Supply 120-G2-1000-Xr

Corsair CC650DW-1 Obsidian 650D Aluminum Mid Tower ATX Enthusiast Computer Case

Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate

Crucial M550 256GB SATA 2.5-Inch 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal Solid State Drive

Seagate Barracuda 2 TB HDD SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive

MSI Z87-G45 GAMING Desktop Motherboard - Intel Z87 Express Chipset - Socket H3 LGA-1150

Intel Core i7-4770K Quad-Core Desktop Processor 3.5 GHZ 8 MB Cache

Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) Desktop Me

EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked with ACX Cooler 3GB GDDR5 384 Bit Dual-Link, DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI, DP SLI Graphics Cardsmory
 
You can get a much better cooler, there's no reason for Windows ultimate, and there are better SSDs. You can get much better with that budget. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PdP9t6 This is what I suggest. It is $1000 under your budget. I would use some of that for a nice mechanical keyboard, Corsair makes nice ones, a good mouse, and some nice headphones. A great computer won't be of much use when your peripherals are poor. Those will cost less than $1000, so you could probably get a second or even third monitor, or a second 780ti for SLI.
 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($222.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2666 Memory ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung XP941 Series 512GB M.2 Solid State Drive ($501.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($704.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Source 530 ATX Full Tower Case ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: NZXT HALE90 V2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VX228H 60Hz 21.5" Monitor ($139.11 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($22.95 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A14 FLX 68.0 CFM 140mm Fan ($22.95 @ Amazon)
Total: $2684.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-16 22:16 EDT-0400
accidentally used a 4k monitor :)
 

MrStingerr

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I like this Build, I could add a few extra components to it like another monitor because its almost 1000 under my budget.