$1400 Gaming Rig - Help me Reduce Cost

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Hi All,

I’m building a new Gaming Rig:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/15NKN
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/15NKN/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/15NKN/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($209.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($663.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 660W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($148.54 @ Newegg)
Total: $1424.48
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-12 21:48 EDT-0400)

$1424 is a little over budget for me right now seeing as I will have to replace my monitor as well (current one only does 1680x1050) and I’m thinking of the Acer T232HL $499. So I can’t really shell out $2000 on a new build right now.

Could you guys help me reduce this to $1200ish, I really want to keep the GTX 680 and a Platinum PSU as electricity is Puerto Rico is $0.30 KW/h!!! and the signal is terrible!

Thanks in advance
 
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dannyboy2233

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1. Drop that motherboard down to an Asrock Extreme4, and save like $80.
2. That cooler is unnecessary; get a Corsair H60 and save $40.
3. Your GPU is unnecessary. I hate to say it, but you're better off just getting a high-level 770 (like the MSI Lightning) and OC'ing it to save $200.
There we go; that's $320 dropped from the build. Using that money, purchase the Dell U2412M monitor. Great setup! :)
If we don't get rid of the 780, you will end up with a not-very-good monitor, especially for a build of this price. :)
 
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Unless your playing at 2560x1440 or higher there is no reason to get anything more than a GTX 770 and in fact a 670 would be sufficient.

You're spending a lot on the motherboard. Make sure you actually will use all of those features.

That water cooler is pretty expensive and unless you're going for an extreme >4.8 ghz OC you would be fine with a less expensive cooler.
 
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dannyboy2233

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Yeah, pretty much what I said. :)
 
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I have a EN-T40-VD Cooler in my current rig I can use, I wanted the Water Cooler because I heard that its optimal for OC and Ambient Temp here in PR is around 30 C, but I guess I can live without it. Main reason I went for that mobo was because it won the $220 price range review on this page and it has Wi-fi and Bluetooth which I guess i can live without as well. So the Asrock Extreme4 is the runner up?

As for the GTX 780, I saw some benchmarks on LinuxTechTips that showed that the GTX 770 wasn't really a significant improvement over the 7870 series and it was either that card or to push for the GTX 780 but idk... Is the GTX 770 worth the extra $200 over the 7870?

Thanks for all the suggestions
 
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dannyboy2233

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Yes! Completely. :)
 
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