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Nickeroo

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Looks pretty good for budget! I would get 8gb of RAM though!!

EDIT: You WILL NOT need a r9 290 4gb if this is going to be used for 1 monitor. I would honestly get a "ASUS GTX 770 2GB DIRECT CU II COOLER" for $350!
 
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aarnav

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im spending 900 bucks make it future proof anyway i have a 30 inch LCD so most probably i need the VRAM r9 290 has to offer of course with the 8 gb which i will add...What about the case though?good...?
 
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Your original build is pretty solid.

I'd echo that 8Gb of ram is basically a no-brainer. It's not super expensive, and it's good to have.

The size of your monitor is irrelevant, the display resolution is not. If you are using a 50inch 1080P display it's identical to a 20inch 1080P display in terms of it's hardware demands. If you are using a 1080P screen, then Nickeroo has a pretty valid point in that you can save some funds here, even low end cards are remarkably 1080P capable these days. Something in the GTX770/R9 280X range is probably about as much sense as it makes to spend, and even those are fairly poor value/performance at that resolution.

The Antec case seems ok, but only if you want to use the slim ODD. Otherwise I'd probably be drawn to the (more expensive, but not vastly more so) Fractal Design Node 304. It has better general airflow, a built in fan controller, and fully vented sides which support an axial fan graphics card (like the one you chose) much better.
There is also the Coolermaster Elite 130 which is pretty excellent value.

I'd also upgrade the quality of the PSU. Corsair CX are entry level. Your build is not.
There's a lot of good PSUs on the market, but I can't see any Corsair's I'd buy right now as they just aren't falling into the right pricing versus the competition. The Antec HCG-620M has been on discount on and off for months and it's great quality, semi-modular, and not really any more expensive than the Corsair.
 
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aarnav

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Dude shut up.Corsair has THE BEST PSUs on the market....I am going for the r9 290 as i will be future proofing it..

PS.SOME PEOPLE OWN A TV NOT A MONTIOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

will check the node out
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3yBlK
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3yBlK/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3yBlK/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($76.54 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($399.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Antec ISK600 Mini ITX Tower Case ($59.95 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $892.43
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-25 23:19 EDT-0400)
 
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Nickeroo

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Exactly! And a lot of people don't know this but.. They better Corsair PSU's like the AX and HX series are made by seasonic. And most of XFX are season made as well. Seasonic psu's are hands down the best! I am about to get a build for someone. I'm getting the XFX XTR 650WATT 80+ GOLD! Great seasonic made psu.

 
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