What's up guys, I'm building a PC and I have every part picked out for my build, the only thing I am wondering is if there is any advice on better equipment I could be going with, for the same price. I'm pretty new to the Build A PC foundation, but I really want to make sure this build is the best bang for my buck. So any advice, no matter how little or small is incredibly useful to me. Cheers.
Anyway, here is my part list and why I choose it
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K: I chose this because I wanted Hyper-Threading, as I feel games will begin to implement this technology better in future releases. My substitute would be a i5-4690K, but I really wanted Hyper-Threading soo...
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO: I chose this because I cannot afford water cooling at the moment, although I will most likely upgrade to a custom loop, or H100i in the close future.
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3: I went with this board because it supports tri-card SLI, if I ever want to upgrade I can grab another GTX 970, also plenty of features I will use.
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 : What can I say, Ram is Ram, 9 CAS latency and 1866MHz for a decent price, I also like the color contrast.
Storage: 840 Evo 250Gb SSD,
Barracuda 2TB 7200 RPM: SSD is going to be setup for boot drive and games that I play a a lot. , HD for basic storage, and cheap.
GPU: EVGA GTX970 4Gb Superclocked ACX (x2), going to run these babies in SLI, might pick up a third down the road. Better performance than a GTX 980 by itself and considerably cheaper then getting two GTX980s'.
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular: My rig probably won't ever get close to running over 650 Watts of power, went with this one in particular for price and 80+ Gold rating.
Case: Fractal Design: Define XL R2, I wanted to get a Define R4 mid tower, unfortunately, it was not capable of shipping prime on Amazon, so it would've costed me an extra 153 dollars to ship. Besides, I get a lot of comfy room to work with now :D
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST, just because.
OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (OEM) (64-bit), if I'm going to build a PC, why wouldn't I want anything other than Pro?
Fans: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack):
Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet (x2): I don't think I really need to explain these, case can support 7 fans, it comes with three quiet fans, I want a quiet computer, quiet fans it is. Cooling is important.
or here: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TKQHpg
My case is missing in PC partpicker, because I have already purchased it.
Total Price: 1,895.50 USD
Aight guys, what can I do better?
Just an after thought, any recommendations need to be through Amazon Prime, I live in Alaska so free shipping doesn't really apply to me. Except Amazon Prime does, so... It saves me boatloads on shipping costs. Thanks again!