What would you change? Within reason.

Darcey

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Hi,

I have spent a few hours wandering the web and various websites reading review after review after review, graph after graph, on bits and x,y and z and I have come up with a system build.

What I would like to ask you guys is, what would you change to make this a better or more optimised system, without affecting the cost too much?

1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Classified 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor Retail
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 750W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/White
1 x Corsair Hydro H55 Quiet Liquid CPU Cooler

I will take the DVDRW & BlurRay drives from my existing machine. Along with the 4 internal HDs I have.

Questions I have are:
Q1. Would the 2011 4820K be better? Reviews say 4770k is better but not always lol
Q2. Is the PSU stable for 24x7 on time? (tech jargon on PSUs gone crazy since I last bought 1)
Q3. Is that a good mobo for 4770k gaming?
Q4. I think that board is dual layer ram, c9 timings are good enough right? Review state too often that you wont notice the difference between quad channel ram and dual channel at c9 1600Mhz?


I will be working on 2 x 1080p screens, sometimes plugging in a smaller 28" or 30" from time to time, but I may need to game on a screen resolution of 3840 x 1080 when the Oculus Rift is released.

What would you change? What would you recommend?

Thanks

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