OceaniaAE-1

I hear ya. My 1996 Nissan 200sx had over 420k miles on it before i CRASHED IT. Thing would not die.

Sennheiser HD 558 and Modmic 4.0 hands down.

Great job on this build. Probably one of the best desk builds ive seen. Its nice to see a desk PC that includes the rest of the room to fit the aesthetics as well. KEEP UM COMING!!!!  

Don't get a headset, get a pair of headphones and a modmic instead, it will be significantly better than any headset out there.

The pentium is great for very low budget builds where every penny you can spare to use in the gpu is awesome. g3258 + R9 270 are the ultimate budget gaming solution. However it only really makes sense if you keep the stock cooler and overclock it to 4.5ghz or so. It's not an end all be all solution, but for pure gaming it is enough if your budget is super tight. Pairing it with a 970 wouldn't make sense.

if you can afford this machine...this is my budget gaming system for the day: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($104.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Club 3D Radeon R9 270 2GB '14Series Video Card ($128.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $474.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-15 08:22 EST-0500
If you want to spend more upgrade GPU to R9 280, if you still want more your next upgrade is CPU get the i5-4460.

Fan design is also a factor here. A Corsair AF fan is designed with thinner blades and will move more air, but an SP (Static Pressure) fan is designed to go through obstacles like Radiators without waisted air coming back through the fins. Getting at least one SP fan on there will help if you don't have one already let alone a push/ pull setup. Although push/pull have only shown to help by a few degrees. Saving space is nice too.

Fan design is also a factor here. A Corsair AF fan is designed with thinner blades and will move more air, but an SP (Static Pressure) fan is designed to go through obstacles like Radiators without waisted air coming back through the fins. Getting at least one SP fan on there will help if you don't have one already let alone a push/ pull setup. Although push/pull have only shown to help by a few degrees. Saving space is nice too.

Modern demanding AAA open world games mainly: Assassin's creed unity, FarCry4, call of duty advanced warfare, dragon age:inquisition, watchdogs, crysis 3, dead rising 3...that kind of games don't like to be ran on a dual-core CPU...too intensive. Some of these will still be playable on lowish setting though, but farcry4, dragon age inquisition and CoD AW flatout refuse launch, the others will launch but you get far from an optimal gaming experience...but with a 750ti it's alright and it gives options for an upgrade path which is excellent.
I'd suggest looking for an R9 270 GPU instead of a 750ti....more performance for around the same price.
also, from my testing the i3-4150 is a much better CPU for gaming and it can be found around 100$ if you shop a bit...pair that with the cheapest H97 board.

http://gaming.coolermaster.com/en/products/keyboards/rapid-i/
 
Great little keyboard.

ACER did it using an AHVA panel, which has been designated in the IPS family for a while now.
 
Full IPS color gamut actually.

See for yourself. http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/283616-acer-announcing-1440p-144hz-gsync-monitor-with-ips/

Acer managed to do it, except it's only 1440P.

I just put some of noctuas grey redux fans on my h110. 1200rpm, not to bad looking and not very loud and they do a good job. I keep them around 40% and I actually have seen a little decrease in usual temps since replacing the stock corsair fans. Stock fans were always running at 5v or 40%. Bought them on sale for $13, not bad for noctuas and 140mm SP fans in general.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvXw4aIdl7I
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor ($218.49 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Shadow Rock 2 87.0 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler ($49.90 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team Zeus Blue 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M550 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($269.99 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Phenom M Midnight Black MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($94.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus VS229H-P 21.5" Monitor ($137.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1091.27
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-05 14:16 EST-0500

Aida64
OCCT
Intel XTU
Prime95 (Only if not haswell CPU)

144HZ is amazing if you can drive it.

Linus is a fan of AIDA64. OCCT is another great one and if you are on any Haswell K series chip the Intel Extreme Stress Test is a good one to hit all the new technology.

Yeah, Cooler Master makes some good ten keyless keyboards, just like @OceaniaAE1 said

http://gaming.coolermaster.com/en/products/keyboards/rapid-i/
 
Great little keyboard.

I don't really like Razer's design and they tend to overprice their products by a lot. They do have some fantastic products like their free surround software for headphones and DeathAdder mice.

I also remember from Anandtech that AMD had to go outside of the PCIe spec to release the card in its current form.