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The aftermarket thermal paste is unnecessary--the H60 comes with decent preapplied paste.

What's the system being used for?

Is the optical drive really necessary? Why Win7 instead of 8.1?

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Okay so no thermal paste. Im mainly going to be using the system for gaming and school. And id like to have an optical drive, I have more experience downloading a OS on a drive rather than USB and its nice to have the blu ray reader for movies if i ever need it. Finally I chose 7 because I find 8 and 8.1 unnecessary considering im going to be playing games most of the time, not looking at the backdrop or using the start menu features. Also Im using 7 now and I personally like it better. And thanks ThyFeared. How about the Samsung 840 EVO 120GB?

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Much more color coordinated and has much higher performance

 

 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($125.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: OCZ ARC 100 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($249.99 @ Newegg) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  ($12.99 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: Acer H226HQLbid 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1190.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-30 22:27 EST-0500
 
Windows 8.1 has higher performance and is newer. Get it. 

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Okay so no thermal paste. Im mainly going to be using the system for gaming and school. And id like to have an optical drive, I have more experience downloading a OS on a drive rather than USB and its nice to have the blu ray reader for movies if i ever need it. Finally I chose 7 because I find 8 and 8.1 unnecessary considering im going to be playing games most of the time, not looking at the backdrop or using the start menu features. Also Im using 7 now and I personally like it better. And thanks ThyFeared. How about the Samsung 840 EVO 120GB?

Do you already have a copy if Win7 lying around? 8.1 is better than 7 if you're going to buy a new OS. You'd also need to spend quite a bit more for a bluray reader: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-optical-drive-uh12ns30

Better: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sNXqVn

 

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Why not samsung for ssd?

the samsung evo 840 is a great ssd

i smell a fanboy

Pretty sure the original list had a ssdnow v300 and the OP edited the list.

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Do you already have a copy if Win7 lying around? 8.1 is better than 7 if you're going to buy a new OS. You'd also need to spend quite a bit more for a bluray reader: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/lg-optical-drive-uh12ns30

Better: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sNXqVn

 

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Pretty sure the original list had a ssdnow v300 and the OP edited the list.

 

 

I used a copy of windows 7 that my friend let me borrow for the build i had before the one im using now. The one I have currently is prebuilt and I honestly dont like it as much as the one i built. Thats why im planning another one. Also how is this build better than the one I had? Im now doubting that its not better just wondering.

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I used a copy of windows 7 that my friend let me borrow for the build i had before the one im using now. The one I have currently is prebuilt and I honestly dont like it as much as the one i built. Thats why im planning another one. Also how is this build better than the one I had? Im now doubting that its not better just wondering.

It's much better in almost every way. There isn't any aftermarket cooling for the cpu cooler in the list I recommended but you can still add it if you really want to: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-cpu-cooler-rcrst4001

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