First Time Build for Total War: Rome 2 and Arma 3

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Marionmountaineer

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Hi, I am looking into building a gaming only PC to run Rome 2 at Ultra and do a good job with ARMA 3.

My budget is between $1200 and $1600.

I already have an Asus VG248 Monitor and will not be needing a keyboard or mouse.

Im not sure if overclocking will be necessary but I'm willing to do so if I need to.

What do you recommend?
 
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Not going short on any part, very solid build all around :

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1u0Z6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1u0Z6/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1u0Z6/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($172.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video...
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Seladon-1370374

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Not going short on any part, very solid build all around :

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1u0Z6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1u0Z6/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1u0Z6/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($172.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($438.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Antec Eleven Hundred ATX Full Tower Case ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.50 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1243.40
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-19 23:27 EDT-0400)
 
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Marionmountaineer

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How high would you recommend overclocking and wouldn't I need a liquid cooler to do so?

Will an SLI be overkill on a 1080p monitor or will it allow me to upgrade my resolution in the future?

Thanks again
 
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Seladon-1370374

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On a single monitor, at 1080p, going with a SLI of GTX 770 is totally overkill, and I don't recommend it.

This CPU cooler is a crazily good one, actually it is the one that has the best cooling power among the air coolers. You can overclock with it without a problem. How much, though, I can't say, it really depends on your luck with the part that you bought, might be easy to overclock really high, or might be hard to get more than 500 MHz of overlock. You really need to try and see.
 
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