Advice on this $2200 gaming rig build

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Hello, I'm looking to replace my current 5 year old gaming rig and since it's been so long since figuring out which bits and pieces to get I could use some advice. I'm aiming for a build that will properly run the newer games coming out - namely Total War Rome 2 and BF4 - as well as letting me do some simply solidworks projects.

Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next few days.
Budget Range: Around £1500 ~ $2200
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, although I'm actually getting parts from a local guy that's pledged to match any prices from Newegg.
Country: UK
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: SLI
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 Primary gaming display and two 1920x1200 secondary screens for work/browsing/streaming/less intense games.

Here's the build I have been thinking of thinking of:

CPU: Intel i7-4770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard: ASUS Z87-A
RAM: 8GB Kingston Hyper-X Genesis Dual-DDR3 1600MHz
Graphics Cards: 2 x NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 770 2Gb
Hard Disks:
120GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W)
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
Power Supply: Corsair 750W Enthusiast Series TX750 V2-80 Plus Bronze
Processor Cooling:
Super Quiet 22dBA Triple Copper Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus Black Mid Tower Case

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any and all help :)
 
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While true, that holds up for this generation of games, with a decent number of games being optimised or at least using more than 4 threads.

You can expect next-gen consoles, seing how both PS4 and Xone have 8 cores CPUs, to make next-gen games utilise 8 or more than 8 threads in time.

Games that know of more than 4 threads: Battlefield 3 MP, Crysis 2 & 3, Assassin's Creed 1 & 2 especially, Far Cry 2, Grand Theft Auto IV, Civilisation V, Rome Total War II and Napoleon, Company of Heroes 2.

And that's just a small list. You can be sure there are more games that use more than 4 threads.
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You're pretty much set for next-gen.

I wouldn't necessarily buy a 4770k, seing how it's overall (to a max of 3%, and in 1080p, that's ~ 0%) ZERO improvement in gaming compared to 3770K. If you can find a cheaper 3770k, go for that one. You aren't missing anything.
 
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While true, that holds up for this generation of games, with a decent number of games being optimised or at least using more than 4 threads.

You can expect next-gen consoles, seing how both PS4 and Xone have 8 cores CPUs, to make next-gen games utilise 8 or more than 8 threads in time.

Games that know of more than 4 threads: Battlefield 3 MP, Crysis 2 & 3, Assassin's Creed 1 & 2 especially, Far Cry 2, Grand Theft Auto IV, Civilisation V, Rome Total War II and Napoleon, Company of Heroes 2.

And that's just a small list. You can be sure there are more games that use more than 4 threads.
 
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Cheers for the advice



I never really just game, I always have other stuff going on on my other screens - a second strategy game, surfing, tv stream etc. And when I'm working I often have 5 or 6 different programs scattered around. Surely an i7 is better for multitasking things like that than an i5?
 
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