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First Time Builder Needing Help!

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The h100i is WAY overkill. Also, the r9 290 is only around $250 USD right now, so with the $100 from the h100i, you could get an i5-4460 with h97 chipset board (no aftermarket cooler needed) and an R9 290 and be way better off.

Any thoughts from someone would be great appreciated! This is just a starter it will be a ongoing project as I in the FAR future would like to be able to get this system (maybe bigger case if needed eventually) to a 4k gaming rig, or whatever is the "4k" of that time is. 

AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor

Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

ASRock FM2A88M-HD+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard

Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card

Corsair 230T Windowed-Orange ATX Mid Tower Case

Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

Windows 8 x64

 

What should i change or does it look like a good pc?

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you don't need an h100i for an 860k and what is your max budget i can put something better together for you

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