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I'm planning a new gaming PC but I would love any and all recommendations by the community, my current parts are as follows:
I should probably add id like to try and keep the parts to black and red if possible :)
 

Intel
Core 15-4670k 3.4 GHz 6MB cache  $269.99

WD
1TB black SATA III 64MB cache

MSI
Z87-G45 GAMING dual DDR3-1600, SB cinema 7.1 Audio, Killer GB Lan, Crossfire/SLI, HDMI, DVI, D-SUB

Corsair
Carbide 500R case, black

Corsair
Force series GS SATA III SSD 128GB

eVGA

GeForce GTX 770 SC 2GB ACX cooler w/ dual boost 2.0

Corsair
Vengeance Pro 8GB DDR3 1866MHz CL9 dual channel kit

Corsair
RM series RM750 modular PSU

and Win 8 of course

Im also looking into an after market cooling solution for the i5 so i can OC it to around 4.4GHz
AND id like to SLI two 770's in the future.

Any suggestions would be awesome.

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Are you going to overclock? SLI? Do you really need 1866mhz ram? Go for a barracuda or a cheaper WD counterpart. Go for a cheaper SSD, its good, but there are cheaper ones up to par. If your not going to OC, don't grab that motherboard, also, if your overclocking or even if your not, grab a cooler master hyper evo 212 for not overclocking, and a liquid or dark rock pro 3 cooler if your OC'ing

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what is your budget 

My Rig  

 
PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/kGNksY

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($379.00 @ shopRBC) 

CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK THEMIS 65.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ NCIX) 

Motherboard: MSI CSM-H87M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($78.83 @ DirectCanada) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($139.99 @ Memory Express) 

Storage: Kingston Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($71.34 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($92.95 @ Vuugo) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  ($298.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($125.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($66.99 @ NCIX) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($116.00 @ shopRBC) 

Case Fan: Cougar Turbine 120 (4-Pack) 60.4 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($23.99 @ NCIX) 

Monitor: HP 22xi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($187.11 @ Amazon Canada) 

Monitor: HP 22xi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($187.11 @ Amazon Canada) 

Keyboard: Logitech G710 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($114.99 @ NCIX) 

Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse  ($76.99 @ Amazon Canada) 

Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Pro Headset  ($78.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Total: $2074.22

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Are you going to overclock? SLI? Do you really need 1866mhz ram? Go for a barracuda or a cheaper WD counterpart. Go for a cheaper SSD, its good, but there are cheaper ones up to par. If your not going to OC, don't grab that motherboard, also, if your overclocking or even if your not, grab a cooler master hyper evo 212 for not overclocking, and a liquid or dark rock pro 3 cooler if your OC'ing

I do plan on overclocking, the 1866mhz ram was the same price as the 1600mhz so I figured why not? I've heard lots of Seagate drives fail but maybe that would be better for me, could you recommend a SSD to me?

what is your budget

before taxes and any extra warranties if i decide to get them id say around 1800 absolute maximum

Budget? Uses?

100% gaming, and budget is maximum of $1800 CAD

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I do plan on overclocking, the 1866mhz ram was the same price as the 1600mhz so I figured why not? I've heard lots of Seagate drives fail but maybe that would be better for me, could you recommend a SSD to me?

Okay, the ram's fine then, I love my seagate, but you can still go WD if you want, just not black, try something cheaper from them for 1tb. As an SSD, I would say kingston SSDNOW, or samsung 840 evo

 

 

I'd still like to know if your ovrclocking

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100% gaming, and budget is maximum of $1800 CAD

PCPP doesn't have the D15 CPU cooler yet, so get that instead of the 14 and for RAM; Hyper X Fury:

 

 
CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($254.79 @ DirectCanada) 
CPU Cooler:  Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($84.99 @ Memory Express) 
Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ NCIX) 
Memory:  Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($94.99 @ Memory Express) 
Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($96.78 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ DirectCanada) 
Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card  ($559.98 @ Newegg Canada) 
Power Supply:  EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($89.99 @ Memory Express) 
Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($118.34 @ TigerDirect Canada) 
Total: $1669.83
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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Okay, the ram's fine then, I love my seagate, but you can still go WD if you want, just not black, try something cheaper from them for 1tb. As an SSD, I would say kingston SSDNOW, or samsung 840 evo

 

 

I'd still like to know if your ovrclocking

Im not sure who makes the best SSD's but the 840 evo is $40 more than the Corsair, And yes I am planning on overclocking

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I would say get a Seagate HDD and a Samsung SSD right off of the bat.

Main rig on profile

VAULT - File Server

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Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 5x 8TB WD White Label/Red (Plex) (both arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), 1TB Teamgroup MP33 (dumping ground) Corsair RM750x, TrueNAS Scale

Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

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Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 11 Pro

OptiPlex 7040M

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Intel Core i7 6700, 2x16GB Mushkin Redline (stuck at 2133MHz CL13), 240GB Corsair MP510, 2TB Seagate Barracuda 2.5", 130w Dell power brick, Windows 11 Pro

Mac Mini (Late 2020)

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Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma

Consoles: Steam Deck LCD (512GB), Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB, PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black)

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Im not sure who makes the best SSD's but the 840 evo is $40 more than the Corsair, And yes I am planning on overclocking

SSDNOW for cheap, evo for fastest and most reliable in my opinion, okay so if your overclocking add an h100i or swiftech h220 or something

Diamond 5 in League :)

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HDD or SSHD?

Whichever is cheaper for a 2TB drive. Or which ever size you want.

Main rig on profile

VAULT - File Server

Spoiler

Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 5x 8TB WD White Label/Red (Plex) (both arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), 1TB Teamgroup MP33 (dumping ground) Corsair RM750x, TrueNAS Scale

Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

Spoiler

Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 11 Pro

OptiPlex 7040M

Spoiler

Intel Core i7 6700, 2x16GB Mushkin Redline (stuck at 2133MHz CL13), 240GB Corsair MP510, 2TB Seagate Barracuda 2.5", 130w Dell power brick, Windows 11 Pro

Mac Mini (Late 2020)

Spoiler

Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma

Consoles: Steam Deck LCD (512GB), Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB, PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black)

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PCPP doesn't have the D15 CPU cooler yet, so get that instead of the 14 and for RAM; Hyper X Fury:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($254.79 @ DirectCanada)

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($84.99 @ Memory Express)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ NCIX)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($94.99 @ Memory Express)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($96.78 @ DirectCanada)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ DirectCanada)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($559.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ Memory Express)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Memory Express)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($118.34 @ TigerDirect Canada)

Total: $1669.83

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-30 22:31 EDT-0400)

I plan on getting another 770 and SLI'ing in the future, are you sure a 650PSU can power both cards?

SSDNOW for cheap, evo for fastest and most reliable in my opinion, okay so if your overclocking add an h100i or swiftech h220 or something

Thank you

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http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3BiFp

make some changes to this and you will be golden

My Rig  

 
PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/kGNksY

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($379.00 @ shopRBC) 

CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK THEMIS 65.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ NCIX) 

Motherboard: MSI CSM-H87M-G43 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($78.83 @ DirectCanada) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($139.99 @ Memory Express) 

Storage: Kingston Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($71.34 @ DirectCanada) 

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($92.95 @ Vuugo) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  ($298.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($125.98 @ Newegg Canada) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($66.99 @ NCIX) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit)  ($116.00 @ shopRBC) 

Case Fan: Cougar Turbine 120 (4-Pack) 60.4 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($23.99 @ NCIX) 

Monitor: HP 22xi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($187.11 @ Amazon Canada) 

Monitor: HP 22xi 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($187.11 @ Amazon Canada) 

Keyboard: Logitech G710 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($114.99 @ NCIX) 

Mouse: Razer DeathAdder 2013 Wired Optical Mouse  ($76.99 @ Amazon Canada) 

Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Pro Headset  ($78.98 @ DirectCanada) 

Total: $2074.22

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when availableGenerated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-10 15:33 EDT-0400Build log http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/303263-the-dell-from-hell/#entry4121100 

Phone Compassion Spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EN6s426gyxqPloIqT4wQ7Y7yovkkQy_5B3djVN-N-R8/edit#gid=0


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I plan on getting another 770 and SLI'ing in the future, are you sure a 650PSU can power both cards?

You'll want the 750w version of that PSU, but I would go with the 780 that's there, at least for now.

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