[Build Ready] $1200 Quiet Music Recording / Gaming Rig -- Need final suggestions / price optimization help

Didn't notice that the RAM you had listed before was DDR3-1866, my bad. Yeah that is a good deal. Nah you know what you're right though, I've just been getting jerked around by reviews a lot. I picked that 21.5" monitor because it had like 4,500 5 star ratings, but the 24" will have a lot more room for stuff like music composition.

About the PSU, my system is actually estimated at 352W with the MOBO and GPU changes, so I figured the 450W PSU had plenty of headroom.

And incidentally.. this works out to be a tad cheaper, how bout that.

Adjusted for common sense (hahaha):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor $222.75 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler $28.98 @ OutletPC
Motherboard Asus Z97-E ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $109.61 @ NCIX US
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory $60.99 @ Newegg
Storage Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $99.99 @ Amazon
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $44.99 @ Best Buy
Video Card Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card $329.00 @ NCIX US
Case Fractal Design Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case $119.99 @ NCIX US
Power Supply Corsair CSM 450W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $55.98 @ Newegg
Case Fan Noctua NF-P14s redux-1200 PWM 64.9 CFM 140mm Fan $24.95 @ Amazon
Case Accessory NZXT Hue LED Controller $32.98 @ OutletPC
Monitor AOC E2425SWD 60Hz 24.0" Monitor $129.99 @ Best Buy
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $1333.20
Mail-in rebates -$73.00
Total $1260.20
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-11 01:37 EDT-0400
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