My first gaming rig

[megatronends]

I am moving away from laptop gaming and finally decided to build my own. I already have the monitor.
Here is the component list, if you guys can have a look and suggest if something can be improved to reduced down.
 

Motherboard         Asus Z97- pro gamer 

Processor             Intel Core i7- 4790K 

Memory               Corsair Vengence Pro 16 GB 

Power Supply       EVGA 650W Fully modular 

CPU Cooler          Nzxt Kraken x61 

GPU                     MSI gtx 980 

Monitor                BenQ G-SYNC Hybrid Engine 24-Inch Gaming Monitor XL2420G

Tower/Case        NZXT h440 

HDD                   WD 1TB 

SSD                   Samsung evo 850 500GB 

[Zefues]

looks good, but please. Use pcpartpicker.

[DarkBlade2117]

Use pcpartpicker.com , give me a minute. What's your budget also?

[Inception9269]

I am moving away from laptop gaming and finally decided to build my own. I already have the monitor.

Here is the component list, if you guys can have a look and suggest if something can be improved to reduced down.

 

Motherboard         Asus Z97- pro gamer 

Processor             Intel Core i7- 4790K 

Memory               Corsair Vengence Pro 16 GB 

Power Supply       EVGA 650W Fully modular 

CPU Cooler          Nzxt Kraken x61 

GPU                     MSI gtx 980 

Monitor                BenQ G-SYNC Hybrid Engine 24-Inch Gaming Monitor XL2420G

Tower/Case        NZXT h440 

HDD                   WD 1TB 

SSD                   Samsung evo 850 500GB 

I dont have any complaints.

[megatronends]

My max budget is $2500, but don't need to spend it completely.

 

here is the pcparkpicker link:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zzLDvK

[DarkBlade2117]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($359.98 @ OutletPC)

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($125.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($145.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($96.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($97.95 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card ($499.99 @ Newegg)

Case: NZXT H440 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($104.99 @ Micro Center)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($86.98 @ OutletPC)

Total: $1636.34

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-19 16:35 EDT-0400

Do you only do gaming? If so a i5-4690k is plenty. That would leave room for a 980Ti. Plus do you TRULY need a 500gb SSDs? SSDs are meant to be a boot drive and have some of your favorite games/files on it. If your budget is $2500 a 980ti might be worth it for that 144hz for more demanding games like GTA v and Witcher 3

[megatronends]

Thanks for the response.

I will down the SSD. But for core i7, I have discounted i7 for the same price of i5 , thats why i am going with i7.
Regarding 980ti, I have seen many response that its overkill for 1080p gaming and should only buy for 1440p or 4k.
also I used MSI gtx 980 coz of red/black color of my most component.
Just to be curious if I do go the way of 980 ti, which one would you recommend strix or MSI ?

[Starelementpoke]

Thanks for the response.

I will down the SSD. But for core i7, I have discounted i7 for the same price of i5 , thats why i am going with i7.

Regarding 980ti, I have seen many response that its overkill for 1080p gaming and should only buy for 1440p or 4k.

also I used MSI gtx 980 coz of red/black color of my most component.

Just to be curious if I do go the way of 980 ti, which one would you recommend strix or MSI ?

Get the 390x instead. Lands itself between the 980 and the 980ti, while being less costy than both.

[megatronends]

i have gsync monitor, so unfortunately amd is not an option