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It's aimed towards gaming and general computing using a windows 10/linux dualboot. Is this good? I plan on buying all of this around Christmas. Where could I cut costs? Is the water cooling too overkill?

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CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($409.99 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Glacer 240L 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($73.40 @ Amazon)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Cooling MX4 4g Thermal Paste  ($5.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($132.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL SUPER LUCE 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($85.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL SUPER LUCE 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($85.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($86.95 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($489.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($89.88 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($29.89 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 2 61.2 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($8.50 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 2 61.2 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($8.50 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($239.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm QuickFire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($88.30 @ Amazon)
Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($75.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $2131.10
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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It's aimed towards gaming and general computing using a windows 10/linux dualboot. Is this good? I plan on buying all of this around Christmas. Where could I cut costs? Is the water cooling too overkill?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($409.99 @ B&H)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Glacer 240L 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($73.40 @ Amazon)

Thermal Compound: Arctic Cooling MX4 4g Thermal Paste  ($5.89 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($132.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: GeIL SUPER LUCE 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($85.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: GeIL SUPER LUCE 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($85.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($86.95 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($51.88 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($489.99 @ Amazon)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)  ($89.88 @ OutletPC)

Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($29.89 @ OutletPC)

Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 2 61.2 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($8.50 @ Newegg)

Case Fan: be quiet! Pure Wings 2 61.2 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($8.50 @ Newegg)

Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  ($239.99 @ Amazon)

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm QuickFire TK Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($88.30 @ Amazon)

Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse  ($75.00 @ Amazon)

Total: $2131.10

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-09 00:05 EST-0500

Get a better PSU and the memory looks sketchy at best

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I've had friends who've used the memory, it's pretty good.

pc parts is the one thing you really want to get name brand you wouldnt go to a car dealership and buy a chinese jeep for more than the real thing 

CPU: i5 4690k  (overclocked to 4.3ghz)             CPU Cooler: Cryorig h7                 MOBO:  Msi Z97 pc mate             RAM: 8GB HyperX 1600 blue

GPU: rx480  4gb                                                 CASE: Corsair Spec-01 red              OS: Windows 10

PSU: EVGA 500   watt                                       SSD:    v60gb Mushkin ssd                HDD: 1000GB WD BLUE

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pc parts is the one thing you really want to get name brand you wouldnt go to a car dealership and buy a chinese jeep for more than the real thing 

It's a somewhat popular brand, but if so I might change to a bigger name brand and downsize to 16GB of ram.

Do you live near a microcenter?

No.

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Rather than two 2x8GB memory kits I would suggest either a 2x16GB (GeIL SUPER LUCE 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory) or 4x8GB (G.Skill Value 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory) kit. The later is a fair bit less expensive but uses all the memory slots. The 2x16GB kit would leave two free slots for a possible upgrade. Thirty-two GB of memory seems like an awful lot for the intended use unless you tend to work with multiple vm concurrently.

 

The cpu cooler comes with a tube of thermal paste.

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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It's a somewhat popular brand, but if so I might change to a bigger name brand and downsize to 16GB of ram.

my friend on another forum has 16gb of ram and said that he never uses all of it with about 10 programs/games running he was only using about 5gb of 16 

CPU: i5 4690k  (overclocked to 4.3ghz)             CPU Cooler: Cryorig h7                 MOBO:  Msi Z97 pc mate             RAM: 8GB HyperX 1600 blue

GPU: rx480  4gb                                                 CASE: Corsair Spec-01 red              OS: Windows 10

PSU: EVGA 500   watt                                       SSD:    v60gb Mushkin ssd                HDD: 1000GB WD BLUE

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Rather than two 2x8GB memory kits I would suggest either a 2x16GB (GeIL SUPER LUCE 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory) or 4x8GB (G.Skill Value 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory) kit. The later is a fair bit less expensive but uses all the memory slots. The 2x16GB kit would leave two free slots for a possible upgrade. Thirty-two GB of memory seems like an awful lot for the intended use unless you tend to work with multiple vm concurrently.

 

The cpu cooler comes with a tube of thermal paste.

I plan on using a lot of VM's, but I can upgrade later, I'll probably use 16GB for now.

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