A number of questions about my planned rig

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Hi everyone.

I'm new to the world of PC hardware, so I need to hear an opinion from experts regarding my planned rig for gaming. The calculated sum value of the following items is approximately 1800$ in my country, and this is already well beyond my budget.

Here is what I plan to buy:

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING LGA1150, Intel Z87, DDR3 1600, 3xPCI-E, VGA, DVI, HDMI
CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K Haswell 3.5Ghz 8MB L3 Cache s1150
Video card: Gigabyte GTX770 4GB GDDR5 DX11 2xDVI HDMI DP PCI-E
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB DDR3 1600MHz CL9
Power Supply: Corsair TX 750W V2 Active PFC 14cm Fan
Hard drive: Seagate 1TB Barracuda Sata III ST1000DM003
Optical disc drive: HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NP21
Case: Sharkoon T5 Value Black ATX Case
Monitor: Dell UltraSharp U2312HM 23'' Monitor With LED IPS

The questions:

1. Is everything compatible in this list?
2. Is there anything else I need for gaming (except keyboard, mouse and speakers)?
3. Is it good enough for running Battlefield 4 on Ultra settings?
4. I don't know anything about cooling, I just know that there are normal fans and also liquid ones, which ones do I need for this gaming rig?
5. What do you think about the listed hardware? Is it good or should I replace something?
 
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photonboy
The i5-4670K would save you about $100.

Also, the 280X vs 770 isn't a simple answer. Read my discussion HERE:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1865793/270x-crossfire-single-280x.html#xtor=EPR-8809

The games alone are great.

To be clear, a 280X or 770 will run BF4 very well, but not at the highest settings while maintaining 60FPS. Go ahead and google benchmarks. Average is probably just over 60FPS but you'll want to tweak to bring up the MINIMUM score especially if you want VSYNC ON to avoid screen tearing.

You can TWEAK for the best experience:
a) run FRAPS and BF4
b) disable VSYNC in BF4
c) tweak quality settings until you are over 60FPS at least 90% of the time
d) turn VSYNC ON again.

Other:
- you can benefit from 1866MHz...
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The i5-4670K would save you about $100.

Also, the 280X vs 770 isn't a simple answer. Read my discussion HERE:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1865793/270x-crossfire-single-280x.html#xtor=EPR-8809

The games alone are great.

To be clear, a 280X or 770 will run BF4 very well, but not at the highest settings while maintaining 60FPS. Go ahead and google benchmarks. Average is probably just over 60FPS but you'll want to tweak to bring up the MINIMUM score especially if you want VSYNC ON to avoid screen tearing.

You can TWEAK for the best experience:
a) run FRAPS and BF4
b) disable VSYNC in BF4
c) tweak quality settings until you are over 60FPS at least 90% of the time
d) turn VSYNC ON again.

Other:
- you can benefit from 1866MHz at times. I recommend G. Skill 1866MHz 2x4GB CAS9
- CPU cooler http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xigmatek-cpu-cooler-darkknightiisd1283nighthawkedition
- Windows 8 64-bit (and Start8 for $5)

Liquid cooling is a little problematic. One main problem is lack of air flow around the CPU as the voltage regulators weren't designed with no air flow in mind. There are motherboards with liquid cooled solutions to solve this but is it worth the hassle?

The $50 cooler I linked is plenty for an i5/i7 Haswell CPU, good reviews, and quiet. Make sure to setup fan control for your CPU and case fans (case fans if possible).
 
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