Is my build suitable for gaming and will it run good?

monarch8

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Okay so i picked out a few parts for my build and here they are...

CPU:
Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770K

Motherboard:
MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Graphics Card: [x1]
SAPPHIRE 21197-00-40G Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

RAM:
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10)

Power Supply:
Corsair GS800

Liquid Cooling:
Corsair Hydro Series H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

SSD:
SAMSUNG 840 Series MZ-7TD120BW 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Hard Drive:
Western Digital Blue 1TB

Monitor:
Asus VE248H Black 24" 2ms Full HD HDMI LED Backlight LCD Monitor w/Speakers 250 cd/m2 10,000,000:1

There are all my parts. I don't have a super strict budget but i want to keep about $2,000 give or take a few hundred. I'm new to building computers so please don't criticize my choices. So like I said I'm building this computer for gaming. If you have a suggestion for a part please tell me! Thanks!

 
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i7 to i5 3570k, then either get a h100i for hefty overclocking, or a hyper 212 evo for moderate / no overclock.

8gb of RAM is enough, although 16gb may prove useful later.

and you could possibly get a crossfire or SLI system running if you wanted.

BN91

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thats more then suitable for gaming and you could actually change a couple things if you wanted to save a couple bucks...but to answer your question yes it will play games and run very good
 

monarch8

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Well I was kind of questionable on the motherboard. Do you have any suggestion for other motherboards? Also I'm not sure if this matters but I want it to be wifi capable.
 

BN91

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do you have a budget becuase if you just want to play games on this machine your spending alot more then you need to. as for your motherboard it will work just fine and allow you to overclock your cpu. and if you want wifi all you have to do is buy a wifi card and attach it to your motherboard
 

drtoast

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i7 to i5 3570k, then either get a h100i for hefty overclocking, or a hyper 212 evo for moderate / no overclock.

8gb of RAM is enough, although 16gb may prove useful later.

and you could possibly get a crossfire or SLI system running if you wanted.
 
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drtoast

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The larger power supply could be useful if you want to make it Multi-GPU later.

And again, if you intend to make it Multi-GPU then its worth investing in a motherboard around $110-140, thats the budget bracket where you get two full speed or at least two half speed slots, instead of that quarter speed slot.