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Overkill CPU .... an i5 should be enough for you mate. 

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Buy an i5 4690k and save money, then get rid of the thermal paste because that comes pre-applied on the stock cooler anyway. Those two monitors are not good, they're quite small and they're TN panel.

That case is also pure shit. Shitty, shitty, shit.

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  • What's the thermal compound for? You don't need it for stock cooler or most of aftermarket coolers either.
  • The CPU is way overkill, unless you're actually not gaming on the machine. Get an i5 and a better GPU.
  • Get two identical sticks of RAM.
  • And verify that it works on either the RAM manufacturer's website or the motherboard manufacturer's. This one isn't on either's. Chances are that you won't run in to problems but if you do, you're gonna want to be able to return the RAM.

Here are a few RAM configuration tools: 

Corsair

G.Skill

Kingston

Crucial

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