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I am forced to upgrade my motherboard, RAM and CPU since I had to give mine away.

I want to explain a bit before linking the parts so people get what I want. The new consoles are coming out soon and once they do there will be a new standard for what you need to play games on maximum. If I bought a budget GPU now it probably couldn't handle next gen console games on max. This is why I'd rather wait and buy a budget card in the future which could run console games easily (since they are console ports) than buy a budget card now and play on medium in the future.

I want to know if the parts I link are future proof and won't have to be changed to be able to play games on maximum for the next few years.

These are the 3 items I picked:

MSI Z87-G45-GAMING
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-z87-g45-gaming-intel-z87-s-1150-ddr3-sata-iii-sata-raid-pcie-30-(x16)-d-sub-dvi-d-hdmi-atx

Intel Core i5 4670K
http://www.ebuyer.com/467647-cpu-core-i5-4670k-3-40ghz-lga1150-box-bx80646i54670k

Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB
http://www.ebuyer.com/365865-kingston-8gb-ddr3-1600mhz-hyperx-blu-memory-khx1600c10d3b1-8g

Did I pick the items well? Should I be getting other one's? I'm a bit unsure with the RAM, is it any good or is there better? I heard that there is no point at all in having more than 8 GB RAM since the system can't handle it, or something like that, is it true? Or would 16 GB be better?

I heard CPUs affect games not as much as GPU so I really hope that this CPU will be good for quite a few years to come.
 
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I think you have a few misconceptions. First, consoles will never be able to match the capabilities of a good PC for gaming. Console ports or anything else. Second, the graphic card probably has more to do with fast frame rates and smooth game play than the CPU does. Obviously, you don't want a CPU so slow that it bottle necks the card tho. Your choices are good.
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I think you have a few misconceptions. First, consoles will never be able to match the capabilities of a good PC for gaming. Console ports or anything else. Second, the graphic card probably has more to do with fast frame rates and smooth game play than the CPU does. Obviously, you don't want a CPU so slow that it bottle necks the card tho. Your choices are good.
 
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1. I understand that and I know that if developers put their time into optimizing you could play every single console game on a budget gaming PC. But they don't. There are a lot of games that just don't run on max details even though they should, that was my point. For example I want to be able to play DA:Inquisition on max which will come out in a year. I've seen a few videos of it and even though it's not much it looks extremely good so I really doubt any card I would buy now would allow me to play it on max, except of course the overpriced one's such as Titan but I'd rather wait till then and buy a cheaper card at that time.

2. I know GPUs matter more and mine is a bottleneck but like I said I will have to buy it at a later date. I simply want to know if the parts I picked are good enough for years to come. I bought an unlocked one (K) since I don't mind buying a cooler late and overclocking it, as long the CPU is any good overclocked. I know that not every product should be overclocked or has less potential.
 
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I would expect any current $150 GFX card to vastly outperform ANY console game....heck if ya worried, add a 2nd 650 Ti Boost a year from now and ya beat a 680 or 7970 Ghz.

Every part bought today will be "passe" 6 months from now .... this will be true in 12 months, it will be true 12 months after that. That being said , 9xx systems, SB systems and IB systems are still viable......they just dont stand up to their similarly priced current generation counterparts.
 
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PLease stop talking about consoles or GPUs..
I don't need one right now and I just want to know if these parts will play games at max for the next few years.. as long my GPUs fine..
 
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As I said earlier, yes... your choices are good. Depending on the graphics card you have (or choose), you will be able to game at max or high settings for quite awhile. We're just trying to correct the misconceptions you seem to have in the other 50% of your post.
 
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