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Suggestions on this build

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Corporato

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Suggestions on this build

Hi everyone,
I'm planning on building a new computer and I've chosen all the parts. I would love to hear any opinions on specific parts and suggestions on what I should change.

Case: Corsair Graphite 760T (Windowed)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gaming 5
Processor: Intel Core i5-4690k
Graphic card: MSI Radeon R9 280X
SSD: Samsung Evo 840 120GB
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB
Processor cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury (4x4GB)
Fans: Corsair AF 120mm/140mm

Should I take the MSI R9 280X or the MSI GTX 770? And which PSU should I take?

Thanks in advance, Corporato.
 
Depends on what you are going to do with it... On the surface it will all work, but there are a few changes I would make.

Answer these questions first, maybe we can give you some more substantive feedback. 🙂
 
1. I'm gonna use this pc mostly for gaming, also I'm gonna do a little video editing, photo editing and some 3d work.
2. My budget is around 2000$.
3. I'm gonna buy these parts from Estonia.
4. http://hinnavaatlus.ee (This site is in Estonia language)
5. No brand preferences.
6. I'm not gonna use any of my current parts.
7. I might overclock the cpu but that would be in the near future.
8. Currently I'm gonna use a 1920x1080. Might add 1-2 1920x1080's aswell.
9. I'm propably gonna build it in this summer.
 
On your budget I would increase the size of the SSD to something like the Crucial MX100 256GB or similar.

SSDs like to have 20-25% of their capacity kept empty for optimum performance, and then you have to account for all the Windows system folders which these days can total 30GB or more. So if you chop of 30GB to leave empty and 30GB for Windows you're left with 60GB or less of real, usable space on a 120GB SSD.
 
Corporato said:
1. I'm gonna use this pc mostly for gaming, also I'm gonna do a little video editing, photo editing and some 3d work.
2. My budget is around 2000$.
3. I'm gonna buy these parts from Estonia.
4. http://hinnavaatlus.ee (This site is in Estonia language)
5. No brand preferences.
6. I'm not gonna use any of my current parts.
7. I might overclock the cpu but that would be in the near future.
8. Currently I'm gonna use a 1920x1080. Might add 1-2 1920x1080's aswell.
9. I'm propably gonna build it in this summer.
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What's your budget in Euros? Did you do a straight conversion to $2k USD or did you apply any sort of compensating factors?
 
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