Need a little advice on my build

Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

ASRock B85M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

PNY XLR8 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

EVGA GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card

NZXT Gamma Classic (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ((OR)) Antec One ATX Mid Tower ??

Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer

Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)

Acer H226HQLbid 60Hz 21.5" Monitor

Rosewill RNX-N250PCe 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter

Cougar Turbine 120 (4-Pack) 60.4 CFM 120mm Fan

NZXT Sentry Mesh Fan Controller

Logitech MK120 Wired Slim Keyboard w/Optical Mouse

Thanks!
 
Yeah that all looks good.
The cases are much the same, the Antec might be a little better built and have usb 3.0 connectors on the front, where as the NZXT is cheaper and has more room for fans. Watch the reviews for the cases on youtube as they can be very informative and see what you think of them, a factor maybe you prefer the styling of one case over the other.
If it were me I would go for the Antec.
 
You're a bit too late with your reply. I already bought the components. Why did I get that motherboard? It was the advice I was given.
 
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Why would you get a i7-4790K and a 70 buck B85 chipset micro board?
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Why would he not buy this mobo, he does not plan to overclock and this mobo fully supports everything in his build?
One of the reasons he can afford a good cpu is because hes saved money in other places, but im guessing you have not read all of the posts.
 
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mrapino you can get the most expensive motherboard you want, maybe a $500 mobo with all the best overclocking support and the latest features, but as you do not intend to overclock and you don't have a aftermarket cooler anyway, its pointless.
 
I went back and looked at the mobo I chose, and read a bunch of the reviews. This board has a pretty poor rating, and many people had "memory problems", "dead on arrival", "only half the memory slots work", etc...

I don't want to have all of this great hardware, and then use a crappy motherboard. I know we were talking about keeping the budget low, and as such we chose that particular motherboard.

Do you have strong opinions one way or another about this board, or would you have made a different choice?

For $55 more dollars, I can exchange the mobo for this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131837

Would it be worth the trouble?

Cheers!
 
Personally I much prefer asus and gigabyte boards, but ive had no problems with asrock as of yet. You can google any product you want looking for problems and you will always find them, ive had many expensive well rated products turn up defective, you just get a replacement.
People believe corsair PSU are good and yes they are good, but I was really unlucky to receive 4 different models and batches, of which 3 did not work. That's a 75% failure rate, one was DOA, one was arcing and the other the fan failed, moral of the story.......bad things happen.
 
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I tell you what, as im a gamer and overclocker, if I was looking for a mobo for that cpu for my own build, this mobo would be the cheapest one I would consider: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H
You are looking at twice the price with no performance gains, unless you overclock and if you want to do that you will need a better cooler, more money.
I haven't had enough experience with MSI to form an opinion, sorry.
 
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I just meant I don't have an opinion of MSI the company in general, as ive not had much experience with many of their products.
 
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