Would Like Feedback About Rig Before Building

Gronnie

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Decided to build a new rig that would be a big step up from my current system, and purpose the current system for what it was intended for when I built it (HTPC). Current rig (one in my sig) will lose the i7 3770k and the 6670's to the new rig and will have i3 2125 put back in it.

Any feedback on the new rig before everything arrives and I put it together? Rig will be used mostly for programming, running statistics simulations, and I plan to learn how to do photo and video editing.

CPU: Intel Core i7 3770k $246.73 (includes tax, in store only) Microcenter
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i $109.99 ($99.99 after rebate) Newegg
Case: Corsair Carbide 500R $115.98 ($95.98 after rebate) Newegg
PSU: Corsair HX750 $119.99 ($109.99 after rebate) Newegg
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 $134.99 (plus free 8GB RAM) Newegg
Ram: Corsiar Vengeance 2x8GB DDR3 1600 $54.99 (1 stick was free with MB, bought the other) Newegg
DVD Drive: Samsung OEM drive $17.99 Newegg
SSD: Samsung 830 256GB $173.62 ($153.62 after rebate) TigerDirect
GPU: Already have 2 XFX Radeon HD 6670 1GB DDR5 that I will be using for now, as I don't game
HDD: Have a 2TB WD Caviar Green that I may put in as a data drive

For displays I have 2x Dell 2007FP and a Dell U3011 along the bottom in PLP, and a 32" 1920x1080 LED TV mounted right above the U3011.

Total before rebates: $974.28
Total after rebates: $914.28

Thanks!!!
 
I was going to go with the HX650 but the 750 was the same price.

Forgo to put this in my OP, but I also plan to start gaming a bit this summer and will be upgrading to a much better graphics card.
 
If you want to use all four monitors on one card, you will need to switch to Nvidia for simplicity's sake. Specifically the GTX 660 at a minimum.
 
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