Yep, I think that's it. 
Coatleque and I actually agree, I think, on all of the big bullet points, just not on the finer differences that, in reality, don't really matter for your stated objective (web stuff, XIV at Very High or Ultra). And the SSDs will make your computer feel like it's something out of sci-fi, with 5 second cold boot times, instant app loading, etc. The MX100s are great because they're only 4x the cost of a hard disk, yet have the quality that Crucial/Micron is known for. I recommend getting a pair and mirroring them because SSDs usually have a very annoying failure mode, where they just vanish from the computer if they die. If you want to go with other brands, Samsung, Intel, Corsair, and Mushkin make fine SSDs, or so I hear. I personally try to stick to Crucial/Micron for things involving memory, as Micron is one of the few actual fabricators of memory chips (fewer hands = less opportunity for stuff to go wrong).
Oh, if you're building from scratch, be sure to get the right size power supply. The modern nVidia cards need at least a 600W power supply (the TDP on a GTX 770 is a whopping 230W -- over twice that of your average CPU! It needs 42A of 12V power, which is roughly four times that of a modern Xeon!). I imagine ATI cards are similarly demanding. It's entirely possible to kill your computer with the draw from your video card if your power supply isn't up to the task. If you ask 10 people what brands they like, you'll get 20 different answers, but I've had good luck with Corsair and Thermaltake PSUs in the past.
Coatleque and I actually agree, I think, on all of the big bullet points, just not on the finer differences that, in reality, don't really matter for your stated objective (web stuff, XIV at Very High or Ultra). And the SSDs will make your computer feel like it's something out of sci-fi, with 5 second cold boot times, instant app loading, etc. The MX100s are great because they're only 4x the cost of a hard disk, yet have the quality that Crucial/Micron is known for. I recommend getting a pair and mirroring them because SSDs usually have a very annoying failure mode, where they just vanish from the computer if they die. If you want to go with other brands, Samsung, Intel, Corsair, and Mushkin make fine SSDs, or so I hear. I personally try to stick to Crucial/Micron for things involving memory, as Micron is one of the few actual fabricators of memory chips (fewer hands = less opportunity for stuff to go wrong).Oh, if you're building from scratch, be sure to get the right size power supply. The modern nVidia cards need at least a 600W power supply (the TDP on a GTX 770 is a whopping 230W -- over twice that of your average CPU! It needs 42A of 12V power, which is roughly four times that of a modern Xeon!). I imagine ATI cards are similarly demanding. It's entirely possible to kill your computer with the draw from your video card if your power supply isn't up to the task. If you ask 10 people what brands they like, you'll get 20 different answers, but I've had good luck with Corsair and Thermaltake PSUs in the past.
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