First Gaming Pc Build Advise Please ?

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Hi there all I am looking for some advise on my new gaming pc build its my first one so any help or advise would be much appreciated, Thank you.

Country/Currency - United Kingdom/GB Pounds

Budget - £800 - £1200, (don't mind spending a little bit more if needed for better performance ect.)

Overclocking ? - Most likely (Need to learn about this and know more in this area)

Able to upgrade in the future ? - Yes

Firstly here are the components that I have brought so far;

Case- CiT Vantage Type-R Gaming Case
http://www.amazon.co.uk/CiT-Vantage-Type-R-Gaming-Reader/dp/B0064LFTR8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1382735125&sr=8-3&keywords=gaming+case

PSU - Corsair Builder Series CXM 750W Modular
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Builder-Series-Modular-Certified/dp/B00ALK3QRS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1382735192&sr=8-2&keywords=corsair+700w

MOBO - Asus Maximus VI Hero
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Maximus-VI-Motherboard-Express-Extreme/dp/B00D41V69Q/ref=pd_sim_sbs_computers_1

CPU - Intel Core i5 4670K
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Graphics-BX80646I74770-Generation-Technology/dp/B00CO8TBOW/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1382735340&sr=1-1&keywords=i5+4th+gen

RAM - Corsair CML8GX3M2A1866C9R Vengeance Low Profile 8GB
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006E065O0/ref=oh_details_o00_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Secondly the question that I would like to ask is which graphics card and retailer such as EVGA, Asus, Msi ect would be recommended to buy and what would be a recommend buy for an SSD ? I want to be able to play most 2013 and future games like Call of Duty - Ghosts, BF4, Assassins Creed Black Flag, Diablo 3 you get the idea lol xD.

I have been looking at the gtx 760 or 770 gtx as Iv been reading the reviews about these cards which seem to be really good in terms of performance and price.

I am also aiming at water cooling my CPU with the Corsair H80i liquid cooler so any advise about rig cooling and which Fans would be Recommend to get to keep a nice cool air temperature in the case would be really appreciated too as I am a 'noob' at this as most people would call it lol xD.


 
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For nVidia cards I look first to Asus then EVGA, for AMD again Asus first then GigaByte...and if thinking between 760-770, if not locked on nVidia look at the 280X, near performance wise to the 770 and about $100 less

For cooling, don't waste money on the H80, can get a Hyper 212 EVO for $35 that cools just as well, if intent on liwuid, need at least a H100 to top the 212 EVO... rest looks good, you'll love the Hero, mine takes everything I throw at it, which is a lot ;)

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For a GPU, I would go with the MSI Lightning GTX 770, especially since they can be had for 240 pounds now. It comes with the highest factory overclock and the high quality components allow for an even more extreme overclock.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-n770lightning

For an SSD, the Samsung 840 EVO 128GB for about 61 pounds.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7te120bw

The Corsair H80i should work nicely for you too. The reviews I read for your case seem to say that it has pretty good airflow.

Also, are the parts you listed ones that you've already decided on or have already bought and not reflected in your budget?




 
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Hi there prf007, thank you for your reply and your time for helping me I really appreciate it.

I have taken a look at the GPU you have advised and I have to say it looks pretty amazing, I have taken a keen interest in the EVGA super clocked version provided in the the link below, would you still recommend the MSI over this one ?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-GeForce-Superclocked-Graphics-Vision-Ready/dp/B00D3LE2MK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382740543&sr=8-1&keywords=evga+770gtx

as for the SSD the Samsung 840 EVO 128GB was one of the choices I was looking at but as It has good reviews and what you recommend also this is the one I am most likely to buy.

For the H80i what would be the Ideal temperature of CPU will I be looking to get ? Sorry I am a noob when it comes to this area lol.

And the parts that I have listed are ones that I have already brought, which came to around £530 in total but I am looking to spend £800 - £1200 in total for a good gaming build for present and future games.
 
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The EVGA one is very good too. It also comes with a factory overclock and will overclock more pretty well too, nothing wrong with going for that one.

Well when you OC your 4670k it's going to run pretty hot, Haswell CPUs in general run hotter. It depends how lucky you are with your CPU as all of them overclock differently. But depending on how stable and how hot it end up running will have to be something you find out yourself. But the temp could run over 70C very easily during benchmarks, but as long as it doesn't sit above 70C while in use you should be good.
 
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For nVidia cards I look first to Asus then EVGA, for AMD again Asus first then GigaByte...and if thinking between 760-770, if not locked on nVidia look at the 280X, near performance wise to the 770 and about $100 less

For cooling, don't waste money on the H80, can get a Hyper 212 EVO for $35 that cools just as well, if intent on liwuid, need at least a H100 to top the 212 EVO... rest looks good, you'll love the Hero, mine takes everything I throw at it, which is a lot ;)

 
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Thank you again for your advice, do you know If EVGA have a good warranty on their products and if they have a good customer service ? and as for the OverClocking if my CPU is reaching 70C or less while not under load this is a good thing ? and another question which way would I go about it if I was too OC my CPU ? Sorry Im a total noob as most people would call it in this area as I have never OC'ed before but I am willing to learn how to do this but I want to know more about it first.

 
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Also I have been reading a lot about the 760 gtx's is it true that if you have two of these which I believe this is called SLI it has an outstanding performance and maybe better against the Titan ?
 
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Being as though you know a whole lot more than I do on this subject and you also recommend the Asus r9280x I think that is the one I am going to buy ;), with this card what games are you able to play at Max settings and if I decide to have two of these cards running together in the near future would this be possible and will I be able to play games such as COD Ghosts & BF4 ?, for the HHD I will try what you said, but if that does not work will I be able to download the drivers and put them to a Memory USB stick and load the files through the mobo ?

Sorry for all the questions lol, just want to make sure before I buy or try anything :).
 
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Ok thank you so much again for your help and support its much appreciated :), looks like I'm saving up and buying the 280x then and yes will do :)
 
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Yes I will let you know if there is any further problems with my HHD if I cant get it to work and ok I will close the thread now lol ;)
 
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