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corsair power supplies range from excellent quality for their most expensive models, to doorstop use only for their budget range. seasonic is about the best you can get at any price range. other than that, your build looks great.

i have a kingston v300 SSD, and while maybe not the fastest out there (so i hear) it is definitely a massive improvement over a mechanical hard drive, and have had no reliability issues with it. if funds are short, it is a good choice.

well, a bit overkill, maybe... how about this one http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=271059222404&alt=web

i'm not sure what a dim rail is, and i don't fully understand how switching power supplies work but from what i gather from research for my own work in progress (haha), you need (total load)A + about 25% for best results.

most laptop chargers are around 19V 3.5A. sure, a buck converter will easily get you to 15V, but 3.5A will run one low powered peltier, so not really an option... http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=181641792716&alt=web you don't need to open it up, just solder on a few wires, and...

or, for about twenty monies, a server power supply is easily modded to deliver lots of nice smooth amperes which can be used to power high-end battery chargers... http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1170784 or if radio controlled flying isn't your thing, use it to power the cooling...

yes, it will work, and should be good for gaming at 1080p and decent quality.

if you have no plans to overclock, you don't need a 'K' processor. if you want to overclock, you will want a Z97 motherboard and a good cooler.

the gold, silver, bronze etc ratings are a measure of efficiency. an 80+ bronze unit powering a 500w system will draw up to 600w from the wall. a gold rated unit would draw 550w or something similar from the wall. ^rough maths. essentially the more efficient the unit, less energy (money) is...

none taken. i was merely trying to explain why i haven't yet built a below ambient cooling system... :)

an old acer veriton case that i have stripped, prepped and trying to get painted and put back together before his broadband goes on... oh yeah, i have that to sort out as well...

something else to keep me busy (as well as helping my eldest move house) is his housewarming present: http://s17.postimg.org/61zmhnd8f/P_20151005_214959.jpg

+1 to checking everything is still tight. pulling the power cord out may have corrupted some data on the hard drive if it was in use at the time, but doing a hadouken on a computer is sure to loosen something.

http://www.techspot.com/review/722-radeon-r9-270x-r7-260x/page3.html that test was at higher resolution, so 60fps should be achievable.

an i5 is good for gaming. you only need the extra cores if you're streaming while gaming, or doing lots of video editing and rendering. tweak: PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RBsqZL Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RBsqZL/by_merchant/ CPU: Intel Core...