Planing to make a gaming PC, need opinions!

HenrikeG

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Okay I am currently planing to make my first gaming pc and need help from professionals. I will be getting a job so the price won't be much of a problem but keep it under 1500$.
I have all ready chosen a liquid cooling system RAIJINTEK TRITON-BLUE, I would also want a Intel i7 and 16gb of ram please leave suggestions for the rest or if you think there should be any changes
Thank you
 
I made a blue coloured scheme rig
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($326.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($133.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($119.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.20 @ Directron)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Vapor-X Video Card ($321.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT H440 (Blue/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ NZXT)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($93.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1354.11
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-23 23:24 EST-0500

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If you dont care about the looks then i suggest you go for this
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($326.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($74.69 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($133.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($119.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($104.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.20 @ Directron)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($93.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1396.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-23 23:29 EST-0500

A 970>>290 at 1080p.
 
Solution

I don't know anything about speakers. I suggest you make another thread for it.
Also which build are you going for? I suggest the 2nd.