Anyway i could improve this build and price

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I was wondering if some kind people could help me save a bit of money yet possibly help improve this Gaming/Editing build, I am okay with any changes whatsoever as long as it stays at around the same price. Any help would be appreciated because i am so indecisive and cant think of what to do! Thanks in advanced.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1QJQM
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3L2K7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3L2K7/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3L2K7/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4820K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£223.80 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£92.52)
Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme6 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard (£167.15 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£113.39)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£169.98)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Video Card (£765.28 @ Dabs)
Case: Corsair 600T White...
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That's a huge number of fans, you could probably cut out 3 of them.

You need nowhere near an 860w power supply, a good quality 550 would do just fine.

Maybe you really like that case, but you can find cool looking cases way cheaper than that.

Not sure if you really need the Caviar Black as your secondary drive, I'm sure just a regular Seagate or one of the more normal WD lines would be fine for a storage drive.

If it's primarily a gaming rig and just doing some mild hobby editing then dropping to a 4670k and using a Z87 or Z97 board might end up cheaper without sacrificing too much performance. If it's primarily a editing rig rig that happens to do some gaming then you probably want to stick with the i7, but look in to switching to the 4770k an Z87/Z97 board.

If you aren't going for severe overclocking then a normal tower cooler could shave off quite a chunk of cash from that liquid cooler.
 
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Better CPU and better cooler/motherboard for overclocking. Also got better RAM and a cheaper SSD.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£227.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£49.34 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SOC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£143.44 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£106.24 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£101.43 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£123.57 @ PC World Business)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card (£599.99)
Case: Corsair 600T White Graphite ATX Mid Tower Case (£138.18 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£136.49)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£13.79)
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor (£452.98)
Wireless Network Adapter: Belkin E9L6000 802.11a/b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£27.68)
Case Fan: BitFenix Spectre Pro LED 148.7 CFM 200mm Fan (£17.90)
Case Fan: BitFenix Spectre Pro LED 56.2 CFM 120mm Fan (£11.49)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£15.75)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-F12 PWM 55.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£15.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case Fan: Noctua NF-A4x10 4.8 CFM 40mm Fan (£11.49)
Speakers: Logitech Z323 30W 2.1ch Speakers (£34.99)
Other: Microsoft Wired Desktop 600 (£15.48)
Other: Micrsofot LifeCam Cinema for Business (£29.74)
Total: £2273.94
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-16 13:31 BST+0100)

Of course, you could get a cheaper PSU, less fans, etc. But if you ever think you'll add another GPU, etc. you may as well just get what you need now and save the hassle later on.
 
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Looks like a pretty decent build.

If you wanted to save a bit of money without compromising performance too much, I'd personally look at the Radeon R9 290X instead of the 780ti (it's a fraction slower at 1440p but tends to be faster than the 780ti at higher resolutions like multi screen or 4K so both are good, and the 290X is a little cheaper).

I'd also suggest looking at the Crucial M500 480gb SSD instead as its only slightly more expensive. It's a little slower than the Samsung drive but not enough that you'd actually notice and double the space is worth it imo.

Other than that- all good :)
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3L2K7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3L2K7/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3L2K7/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4820K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£223.80 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£92.52)
Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme6 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard (£167.15 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£113.39)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£169.98)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£52.79 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX Titan Black 6GB Video Card (£765.28 @ Dabs)
Case: Corsair 600T White Graphite ATX Mid Tower Case (£144.72)
Power Supply: Corsair 860W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£136.49)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£13.79)
Monitor: LG E2742V-BN 27.0" Monitor (£171.24 @ Amazon UK)
Wireless Network Adapter: Belkin E9L6000 802.11a/b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter (£27.68)
Other: Microsoft Wired Desktop 600 (£15.48)
Other: Micrsofot LifeCam Cinema for Business (£29.74)
Total: £2124.05
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-16 13:35 BST+0100)

man u are born with a gold spoon...my rig only cost 900 canadian dollars . (about a qt of ur rig)

here u go, get ya a 4th gen i7 cpu, a more powerful gtx titan gpu, get rid of some fan (ur not in hawaii right?), get ya a more normal priced monitor and save u some 300 pounds.
 
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I guess it's personal preference, but having built a 'pimp my pc' machine years ago I tend to go for a 'less is more' approach these days.

I had a case with lights and so on all over it- looked great at first buy it really got annoying after a while... I think the case you have there looks good.
 
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Titan really isn't necessary, is it?
 
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