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mrvaughn

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Hello there. I am relatively new to custom pc building, but my cousin works in IT and has experience and is helping me. Here is the rig we plan to build and I would like feedback to ensure that this all looks ok and should be able to play games on high settings with good performance.

Please let me know if you think anything will bottleneck/is not compatible/is underpowered due to components used:

GPU:EVGA GTX 780 3GB Superclocked ACX
PROCESSOR:Intel Core i5-4670K S1150 3.4GHz Haswell 6MB
MOTHERBOARD: MSI Z87-GD65-GAMING S1150 Intel Z87 DDR3 ATX
Memory: Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Vengeance 8GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz CL9 XMP
SSD: Samsung 256GB 840 Pro Series SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Drive
PSU: XFX 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Single Rail PSU
CASE: Zalman Z9-U3 Mid Tower Case
Monitor: 27" Asus PB278Q LED Monitor PLS 2560x1440

Thanks Guys :)
 
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mrdmatt123

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thats an excellent build, that 850w psu will be enough to have two 780's in sli for the future if you want to. however if you want to overclock you would need an aftermarket cooler and you do have the k series cpu which is meant to be overclocked. you would probably want a hard drive as well
 
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Korn007

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Looks good but those Samsung drives have a high failure rate, I was sent 2 of them from amazon and both failed in 3 days. Been going for a month now with a Crucial m500 and zero problems. Crucial controller and firmware is proven and tested its not the fastest drive but its the most reliable ssd.
 
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mrvaughn

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Thta's good to hear. Will this still be the case @ 2560x1440?



Do you think I need to add any cooling solutions other than the stock cooler that comes with the processor and the ACX Cooler on the GPU? Just using a single card for now and nothing else overclocked (bar the GPU which is OC'd out the box). Don't really want to spend any more cash.

Also. The monitor is meant to be amazing. It is 5ms response time, but the input lag is 16ms. I know people say that less than 15 is what to go for, but will I really notice this much if i'm not a 'pro gamer'? The reviewers have said that you don't really notice it, is this true? Thanks
 
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mrdmatt123

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you should be fine on the gpu even if you decide to overclock it as evga gpu's typically have excellent cooling. However if you overclock the processor you will need an aftermarket cooler as the stock ones are not meant to be overclocked at all. With the monitor you should be fine I dont think one ms will make or break a monitor
 
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mrdmatt123

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typically a modern pc will become out of date every 3 years and your rig is extremely high end so it should last about that long
 
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frillybob101

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If you can stand from going to ultra-high-medium then I would say up to 5 years. And you can always SLI another 780 in there in the future. You don't have to rebuild your rig every 3 years. One componant at a time.
 
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