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ooo ARGB on the CPU cooler does sound fun. What can I say, I like pretty lights. I'm curious what the rationale for the switch to the MSI B760 mobo was? Mostly for price or also because of the available features? Thank you for your feedback!

Gotcha, yeah PCBeExpensive was just suggesting a 970 EVO as well. When I was looking into it I got a bit wrapped up in the PCIe 3.0/4.0/5.0 options for SSDs. But I'm not sure how much those interface differences will really matter for my use cases. As for the GPU brand, that's very fair. There's definitely some value in having a good reliable company with a solid RMA process to fall back on if that becomes necessary.

Thank you for putting this together! I like these suggestions. Cheaper power supply seems like a solid move and I think I might swap in this less expensive case as well. Going to reconsider my choice in SSD and will definitely consider this one.

Thank you for your reply and suggestions! Yeah, 2x16GB is probably a better choice. Can always get 2 more sticks later if it becomes needed. I'll adjust that. And I'll take another look at the SSD options to see how much more something more name-brand will cost. Wasn't sure how much difference that made since (at least the advertised) transfer speeds on this one looked good to me. I was looking at PowerColor because I found a coupon on Amazon that brought the price down to $880 for that particular one. Does Sapphire give better performance, reliability, or both?

Budget (including currency): $3000 USD. Somewhat arbitrary and there is some flexibility in this amount. But I'm also fine staying under budget. Not necessarily looking to try to max out that specific dollar amount. Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games, coding. As for the type of gaming... all sorts, really. Here are a few I've enjoyed in the recent past: Hogwarts Legacy, RDR2, Factorio, OSRS, Horizon: Zero Dawn, CS:GO Other details: I am working on a new PC to upgrade from the GTX770/i7-3770k that I've been running for the last decade. I'm upgrading because those parts are pretty dated now and I just finished grad school so this is something of a graduation gift to myself. The plan is to build a new system from the ground up rather than upgrade the existing one. I haven't picked out any new monitors yet but was considering running at 1440p (though I am toying with the idea of 4k instead). So far I've put together the following list of parts and I was hoping to elicit some general feedback or opinions on improvements from you fine folks: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/L7hhnt

Anyone found somewhere that is actually shipping the K95 RGB blue switches? My preorder was supposed to ship 2 weeks ago and newegg says they still havent gotten them from Corsair yet. Amazon's page says ships in 1 to 2 months.

I'm afraid I don't understand your question.

That'd have been pretty sick.

Anyone else pre-order from Newegg? It said it would ship 9/24 when I preordered, but I haven't gotten a shipping notification and the page for the keyboard (k95 RGB blue switch) now says "Out of Stock: ETA 12/31/14" I am... slightly concerned. Wanted to see if anyone else is having a similar experience. EDIT: Newegg's FAQ says tracking numbers for shipped items are sent out after 6:30PM Pacific Time on the day it ships. I'll save any panicking for after that ;-)

I don't really care much about the logo, just excited to get my hands on one of these. They look so coooooool! And the crossed swords seems pretty clever to me. Keeps with the pirate theme. I like it; Though it sounds like I'm the only one.

Rentaspoon, the k70 and k95 with Red/Brown/Blue switches went up for preorder today. They ship out 9/24. i.e. the K95 with blue switches: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=23-816-026

Preordered my K95 RGB with Blue switches this morning from Newegg! Scheduled to ship out on Wednesday (9/24)!! http://promotions.newegg.com/corsair/14-5000/index.html Links to a page where you can preorder each switch type for both k70 and k95 are availble if you scroll down a little on that page ^. Just click Shop Now and it takes you to the Newegg listing.

Found K70 RGB Brown and K70 RGB Blue on Newegg.ca: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823816025&cm_re=k70_rgb-_-23-816-025-_-Product http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823816024&cm_re=k70_rgb-_-23-816-024-_-Product Didn't see them on the main site when I checked, only the Canadian one. Also the Blue switch listing says out of stock.

Ah forgot about the first question. I think the LEDs have ten adjustable brightness levels so you can set it to suit your personal preference.

"Late September" is the word from Corsair.