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Ah. Again, thanks for all the advice guys!

@Dzzope Got one question. I was looking at the Storage device you advised. In looking at multiple sites, including Samsung's, the specs are showing pretty much the same Read and Write Speed as mine. But, they are also showing the interface as SATA (which is limited to about 600 MB/s. So, are they just interfacing them incorrectly? If so, what are the read/write speed for that SSD with M.2 interface?

@roctrebira I'm actually going for a Black and red theme, and that's why I chose the motherboard. I'm planning on adding LED down the road a month or two... Which is funny because the Hybrid doesn't have the black and red theme and MSI does. But, I wanted liquid cooling since I'm probably gonna tweak it a little. Good to know on the PSU, though!

@roctrebira Yeah, didn't even think about the height adjustment, thanks for pointing that out. I've already changed over for the monitor and the PSU. I think I've nailed the list down finally. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RcFMRB Note that the case is already at my house, so that is just there for reference. I really like the look.

Again, thanks for all the help everybody! As for the storage, really 500GB is overkill for me. I have a 1 TB external for movies and the like. Right now, I have a fair amount of games and other apps installed on my current HD and I'm only using about 180-200GB (not home so can't give the exact amount, but it is right in there). So, even 480GB is more than I need. You don't think windows 10 is worth it? I've heard good things about it. And do you think upgrading memory from 2400 to 2666 is going to show any large difference? Oh, whoops. didn't realize I hadn't changed the PSU, yeah 620 ain't enough...

@roctrebira What do you think of this then? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZHJPjX

So, that would bring me up to $1860 for the 980 Ti and 1440 monitor... But, you think it's well worth it?

Well I figured, with the ATX motherboard, it could leave open the option for SLI/Crossfire later on.

Ok Guys, and specifically @Streetguru & @Dzzope... I've taken some time to think it over as well as looking at my options. The results being that, I've realized that I found an unused desk a friend is will to give me and I can bring the whole setup into my room (even keeping my current PC in the living room for general use). So, I do think I'll go with the R9 Nano. However, I do want to keep overclocking as an option. What do you guys think of this rig? I actually already got the NZXT 630 Windowed Case from my friend because I really liked the look of it. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GrYhWZ

Thanks for all the help. It's good to know that I can get away with less than the GTX 980 Ti and still work great. I think I'm just going to go with the TV we have and downgrade my GPU. It's also good to know that I was WAY overestimating the power I'd need. Any other suggestions for wireless adapters?

From what I'm seeing above, it looks like I'm over reaching what I need already. So, I don't think I need SLI at the moment. So, you think I could drop to GTX 970 with this build? Current GPU is GTX 480...

Thanks for letting me know. Note that I would need to find a place for the monitor since, right now, I just have the tower next to my TV. Do you think it's really worth it to buy a new monitor?

I actually have just over that amount of storage on my computer now and still have over 80 GB left to work with... Oh, Whoops! I forgot to mention that I have a 1 TB external I use for my videos and music. Sorry about that.

Hey, I've been wanting to upgrade my PC for a while, but unexpected medical costs and other issues got in the way. But, with my taxes in and a cool $2000 refund check heading my way, I can finally get that better build I've been wanting for a long time. However, since the last time I built a PC was about 7 years ago and I haven't kept up with the technology lately, I wanted to confer with others to make sure I wasn't about to make huge mistakes. I appologize for the length of my post as I tend to ramble. So, if you are a tl;dr type, just scroll to the bottom of my post for the final build I'm considering and want your opinion on. However, I felt I would explain how I got where I was first for those who don't mind a little reading... As I said, my current build has been going for about 7-7.5 years (I'm actually not entirely sure the exact age anymore). I currently have an i7 920 that can, on a good day reach about 3.19 GHz. 6GB DDR3 RAM at about 800 MHz with a GTX 480 graphics card. It wasn't too bad in its time, though I upgraded the GPU later on. But, I am reaching the end of it's use. Since I hadn't built a full PC in so long, I asked my friends what they suggested and was directed to logicalincrements.com. I found it quite useful to give me an idea of where I might want to be for my level of use. Using that, I built up a baseline setup with their recommendations to work from (or even use) and came up with the following: R9 390X Graphics card Intel i5 6600 Processor Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO HS & Fan MSI Z170A SLA + Motherboard 2x Crucial 8GB DDR4 2133 MT/s RAM SanDisk Extreme Pro 2.5" 240GB SSD EVGA SuperNOVA 650 GS 80+ GOLD, 650W PSU NZXT Phantom 630 Windowed Case (which works since a friend of mine has one and is willing to let me have it for only $90) This was nice and fairly affordable. But, as I looked into builds more and more, I felt I wanted a little more oomph in my CPU and GPU. I was also wondering about the speed of the RAM (while not nearly as important, it can help some). I must also add in the disclaimer that I have always been on the nvidia side of the battle over AMD. But, I'm willing to be flexible if its worth it. So, with all that in mind, I decided that I wanted to upgrade to the i5 6600k with it's much improved lifespan usability with higher overclock speeds if I need it. As for graphics, I was eyeing the GTX 980 Ti from the beginning, but worrying on the price point (though that was somewhat assuaged when I saw the size of my refund). Then for memory I decided that everything I know says that going from 2133 to 2400 isn't going to actually have a huge impact (let me know if I'm wrong). So, with this in mind I've now worked out a build as such: MSI GTX 980 Ti Graphics card Intel i5 6600k Processor Noctua NH-U14S HS & Fan ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING LGA 1151 Motherboard 2x Crucial 8GB DDR4 2133 MT/s RAM SanDisk Extreme Pro 2.5" 240GB SSD SeaSonic Platinum SS-860XP2 860W ATX12V SU NZXT Phantom 630 Windowed Case I would like to be able to save some of my refund check, so I would put the upper build limit at about $1750 USD (but, if absolutely necessary, I can go over that). The build above is approximately $1600 for me right now. This will be exclusively for web browsing and gaming. No video editing or the like. I am actually using the living room tv as my monitor and plan on using it for a while. It has a resolution of 1920 x 1080. I am happy with my mouse, speakers, and keyboard as is, so I won't be getting new ones. However, I do need wireless internet for my computer due to multiple people using computers in the house and not wanting to have a long wire going along the house to my PC.I am currently using a USB wireless adapter because, when I first built it, I was able to wire directly into the router. So, I will need advise for a wireless adapter. I will also need a new copy of windows and am thinking of going with 10. What do you guys think? Again, sorry for the long post... Edit: I have a 1 TB External for movies and the like.