I am going for a red/black/white theme and $1000 not including OS, keyboard and monitor (cheap 24-27 inch monitor suggestions would be good, too. Here is what I have picked out:
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I know some stuff could be swapped for others, but is it generally a good build? I'm still not exactly sure about the ASRock motherboard... Reliable? It seems a bit more complicated than going for a ASUS Maximus VII motherboard. The Vengance memory to me is worth the extra $5-10 purely by cosmetics. GTX 760 Striker, it's an ROG product and is a bit faster than reference, pretty much on a GTX 770 level, but cheaper and good looking. H440 is one of the best mid tower cases around (Tweaktown gave it an 100%!!!). And PSU, I don't know if I need that many watts and what are some good brands/models (I might upgrade to a 760 SLI later).
Project Pho3niX
I know some stuff could be swapped for others, but is it generally a good build? I'm still not exactly sure about the ASRock motherboard... Reliable? It seems a bit more complicated than going for a ASUS Maximus VII motherboard. The Vengance memory to me is worth the extra $5-10 purely by cosmetics. GTX 760 Striker, it's an ROG product and is a bit faster than reference, pretty much on a GTX 770 level, but cheaper and good looking. H440 is one of the best mid tower cases around (Tweaktown gave it an 100%!!!). And PSU, I don't know if I need that many watts and what are some good brands/models (I might upgrade to a 760 SLI later).