if gaming a main priority of this rig, better opt for black. or minimum Blue. green is a 5400rpm hard rive. large access time. GAMING SUCKS on a green.
no to Asus. they having lots of problems. ranging from audio to ram. if you pick Asus, b rest assured, within one year you'll start facng serious issues, & RMA won't help.
they tell Corsair VX550W bad cause they have either no idea about PSUs or they know about the issues users faced with Extreme Power (graphics card, motherboard, even processor & rams burning down due to spikes).
simply don't jump for speed. all rams can't run in that rated frequency. lots of tweaking maybe needed.
get Benq G2220HD or E2200HD (best looking monitor)
too costly. forget it. theres many better cabby in market. get the CM690 Pure if you find.