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ignatiusonfire

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Good evening everyone, I need advice on the PC components below. Its going to be my first PC Gaming Rig. Are there any parts I should reconsider?

Cpu: i5-4690k
Mobo: z97 Asrock Extreme 6
Ram: RipjawsX XM 2x8GB
HDD: WD 2TB black
SSD: samsung 850 evo 120GB
case: nzxt Phantom 530
Psu: corsair hx750i
Os: windows 7
Cooler: corsair h100i gtx
Gpu: gigabyte n970g1 gaming

Revision to the build: 5th June 2015

Cpu: i7-4790k
Mobo: z97 Asrock Extreme 6
Ram: RipjawsX XM 2x8GB
HDD: WD 2TB black
SSD: samsung 850 evo 250GB
case: nzxt Phantom 530
Psu: corsair hx750i
Os: windows 7
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Gpu: gigabyte n970g1 gaming

Thank you to G-STAR01 & JingLuci on the advice so far :)

side note: I was thinking of using the SSD mainly for Windows program. I was thinking of saving the rest of the games on the HDD. Considering the file size of the latest games, it will fill up the SSD quickly.
 
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Change the SSD to 250GB.
120GB SSDs are just an uphill battle, trust me I've used them.

Other than that your build looks fine.
Although I would have dropped the cpu & cooler you chose and picked up an i7-4790K with stock cooler.
4790K+hyper 212 evo costs almost the same as your combo and can handle mild overclocking.
 
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Why is 120GB SSDs an uphill battle?
 
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Because by the time you have your OS installed in them, Half the existing usable storage has already been used up. With a bit of application such as adobe flash player, some drives for your hardware and maybe even a steam download, you are looking at almost 80-90% of your SSD storage space gone. I've done that with my laptop and man does it suck to have to delete games to install new ones and repeat the process everytime.

I personally use 2 SSD. One 120GB for boot drive activity and everything related to the PC system while my other 500GB one is used for games only.

For your Cooler, I don't think it's wise going CLC when you're using an i5. There's not many occurrence where you will even be needed the benefits of an CLC for your build other than it being quiet if you compared using an air cooler.
 
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Not enough space.
Windows likes to bloat + you'll want your main programs on the SSD.
120GB is usually what people on here recommend as the minimum, if you can afford a 250GB you definitely should.

When I had a 120GB SSD I ended up having to install a bunch of programs on my HDD which isn't really what most people want.
Now I've got a 250GB, OS + all my programs are on SSD and I've got space for future programs.
Games, movies etc are ofc on HDDs.
 
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i will recommend you to buy corsair ram than a g.skill ram
 
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It actually doesn't matter if it's Corsair or G.Skill RAMs. Both will work fine. Plus G.Skills RAM are usually a lot cheaper than Corsair and both are stable enough to make G.Skill the more preferred RAM choice unless you're a Corsair fanboy or someone who doesn't mind paying high price for the branding.
 
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i had used G.skill ram and i found that corsair is more and stable according to my own research
 
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I used both G.Skill and Corsair both and had no problem with either one. But G.Skills RAM are cheaper than the 'premium' Corsairs ones. So I wouldn't say G.Skill is bad based on just your experience. Hardware are like lucky draw. Sometimes you get unlucky and get the bad performing one but sometimes you get the good performing ones. For eg. just because you didn't receive any faulty corsair's RAM doesn't mean there aren't any. Just because you received a faulty G.Skill RAM doesn't mean they are bad.

That't my point. Not referring to anyone in that example but using 'you' is just so much more convenient.
 
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