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I went through and picked out parts trying to determine what would work optimally, but I figured you guys know far more than me… My intention isn’t a future proof PC merely one that’ll be able to play games without lag on low-medium settings 5 years from now. If you would, I’d appreciate any suggestions and a solid eye to make sure this will work. Thank you!

Motherboard & CPU:
Intel Core I5-4670K Unlocked Processor & ASUS Z87-K ATX Motherboard BUNDLE
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8511488&Sku=M69-7220

Case:
Ultra Rogue M925 Full Tower Gaming Case - ATX, 3x 5.25" Bays, 8x 3.5" Bays, 2x 120mm Blue LED Fans, 120mm Rear Fan, USB 3.0, USB 2.0, Fan Speed Controller, Black
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2851012&CatId=1510

RAM:
Kingston HyperX Red KHX16C10B1RK2/16 16GB Memory Module Kit - 1600MHz, 10-10-10, DDR3, 2x8GB, CL10, 1.5V, Unbuffered
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3858064&CatId=4534

Power Supply:
Corsair CX Series CP-9020061-NA 750W Power Supply - 80+ Bronze, ATX, Modular Cabling, Active PFC, Single +12V Rail, Low Noise, Trouble-free Installation
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7564404&CatId=2533

HDD:
Seagate 4TB Internal Desktop HDD - 3.5" Form Factor, SATA III 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache (ST4000DM000)
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7739052&CatId=139

Or:

(2x) Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB Serial ATA Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gb/s
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=744345&CatId=139

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I intend to buy these in about a month or two later:

Graphics Cards:
EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Superclocked Video Card - 3GB GDDR5, PCI-Express 3.0 (x16), 1x Dual-Link DVI-D, 1x Dual-Link DVI-I, 1x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI, DirectX 11.1, Dual-Slot, ACX Cooler, (03G-P4-2784-KR)
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8200673&CatId=7387

HDD:
Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB Serial ATA Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gb/s
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=744345&CatId=139

Disc Drive:
Pioneer Internal 15X Blu-Ray Burner - SATA Interface, QuickPlay, 3D Capable (OEM)(BDR208DBK)
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7628487&CatId=3634

Operating System:
Microsoft FQC-05956 Windows 8 Pro Operating System Software - 64-Bit, OEM
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4864603&CatId=306

I don't mind spending alittle more for solid parts or less because it'll work just as fine.

Thank you once again!
 
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geofelt
Your list looks good.
I would add two items to the budget:
1. A 240gb ssd. It will make everything you do much quicker.
Use the hard drive for storing large files such as video's. I might defer buying any hard drive until you have a need for the storage.
It is easy to add some later, and component prices usually drop over time, and quality improves.
2. Buy an aftermarket cpu cooler. It will be quieter than the stock intel cooler. It will also let you overclock easier and higher.
$30 buys you a cm hyper212 or similar which does the job. $75 buys you a Noctua NH-D14 or phanteks which is as good as it gets. Do not fool with liquid coolers.

As to longevity, who knows? In 5 years, your rig will be obsolete. It is best to buy...
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If you want to play games for the next 5 years you want an AMD FX-8350. Newer gaming are getting highly multithreaded and that is the future. They will hold up much better then Intel i5s if you want to use them for a long period of time with new games.
 
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Your list looks good.
I would add two items to the budget:
1. A 240gb ssd. It will make everything you do much quicker.
Use the hard drive for storing large files such as video's. I might defer buying any hard drive until you have a need for the storage.
It is easy to add some later, and component prices usually drop over time, and quality improves.
2. Buy an aftermarket cpu cooler. It will be quieter than the stock intel cooler. It will also let you overclock easier and higher.
$30 buys you a cm hyper212 or similar which does the job. $75 buys you a Noctua NH-D14 or phanteks which is as good as it gets. Do not fool with liquid coolers.

As to longevity, who knows? In 5 years, your rig will be obsolete. It is best to buy what you need today, and keep open minded for the future.
 
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For the graphics card, I recommend you get the SC ACX version of the card because it cools much better than the standard fan. I also recommend you get 2 different drives instead of a single one, so if you for example want to game and record, you can have the game on one drive, and the recording software writing on the other HDD, which greatly improves performance and reduces FPS loss. As for the case, a Cooler Master HAF X is of great build quality, is big enough to hold as many components as you want, and cools great. As for the mobo, you should look into a Maximus VI Hero or MSI GD65, the CPU is fine, and get a cpu cooler like the V8 GTS, I'm sure it fits, I'll double, as should you, the GTS will look stunning, if air coolers were robots, the V8 GTS would be the Terminator of air coolers. I also recommend you get an SSD, something like Corsair Force GS 120GB performs great, and is incredibly useful for software that takes a lot of write, photoshop, games that take a long time to load, etc, will all perform better on an SSD.
 
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You are aware that you're trying to say that a CPU that lost all benchmarks against the i5 3570K will outperform the 4670K? And a 200$ cpu for 5 years? Not happening anytime soon, AMD have bad performance per core.
 
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Lost all benchmarks? It easily beats the i5 in anything multithreaded. I'm simply saying it will hold up better because of its greater potential for performance over the i5. The performance is just not being utilized yet in games.
 
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Games today rarely can use more than 2-3 cores. Developers will not willingly incur the added expense of developing true multithreaded code to produce games that require large numbers of threads to run. They want to increase the market for their games, not reduce the market.
 
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The consoles effectively force developers to learn how to code games for many threads.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-future-proofing-your-pc-for-next-gen
http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2013/08/05/the-ps4s-big-challenge-is-its-amd-chip-that-heavily-relies-on-multi-threading-says-planetside-2-dev/
These are a couple of articles that show that games will support multithreading in the future.
 
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