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New build - Please advise

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Mordeth

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Looking to spend about $1k. In North America. Primarily gaming.

Already have a GTX 970. May add another. System is for my son. He wants a little bling for the case. Looking at a Phantom 410, 530 or 630. Thoughts on the below?

PC Hound Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 6M ($249.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.SKILL 16GB (2 x 8GB) Ripjaws V Series ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 220-G2-0750-XR ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: SAMSUNG 500GB 850 EVO MZ-75E500B/AM ($183.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 530 CA-PH530-W1 ($135.98 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 ($30.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1,025.92
Price may include shipping, rebates, promotions, and tax
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Some additional questions:
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.

If you're buying within a week, get this RAM instead:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233835

You really won't notice a difference between DDR4 3000 and DDR4 2666 and the latter comes with a $10 promo code if you buy before 9/7. So the total cost is $115.

Don't bother with the Phantom 410. It's a bit cramped inside and there are significantly better cases for the money out there.
 
Dangman said:
Some additional questions:
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.

If you're buying within a week, get this RAM instead:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233835

You really won't notice a difference between DDR4 3000 and DDR4 2666 and the latter comes with a $10 promo code if you buy before 9/7. So the total cost is $115.

Don't bother with the Phantom 410. It's a bit cramped inside and there are significantly better cases for the money out there.
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7) 1080p 24" (may go 1440p)

8) ASAP

9) SLI, USB 3.0, DDR4, Intel NIC,, socket 1151, decent sound card. I currently use an Asus z68 Pro and have been happy with it.
 
Well then, other than the RAM and case, that setup is more or less fine.
 
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