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New Gaming System 2013 Intel/GTX770 - Thoughts?

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December 27, 2013 8:28:25 PM

Hello!
Just trying to spec out a new build and haven't done this since well the days of AGP... So any advise would be awesome! I'm looking for a single monitor gaming at 1080 resolution and hoping to hit the high to ultra high graphics settings of newer games. I am looking at SLI in the future to extend the life of the system to get the most bang for my buck. I am looking at a price range between 1000-1200 dollars before the monitor and such.

As i said earlier any advise would be awesome because I'd hate to screw something up when its easy to fix at this point as nothing is bought.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2rmth
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2rmth/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2rmth/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($231.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($33.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($80.06 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Intel 530 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Microcenter)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($334.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: BitFenix Shadow Series BFC-SDO-150-KKXBR-RP ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Microcenter)
Monitor: Dell E2313H 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($132.00)
Total: $1245.96
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-27 23:14 EST-0500)

Cheers,

Grant

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December 27, 2013 8:36:33 PM

Honestly, you must have been doing your homework. That's a great build. I might go with a different SSD or PSU, but they would be more expensive and not really necessary.
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December 27, 2013 8:50:20 PM

stickg1 said:
Honestly, you must have been doing your homework. That's a great build. I might go with a different SSD or PSU, but they would be more expensive and not really necessary.


I've done a bunch of reading as of late on this and tried to best to pare back on some devices. I was considering dumping the SSD all together and use that money on a better graphics card actually. I am not concerned with boot up time and the gaming performance boost from caching on a an SSD isn't tremendous and the SSD isn't large enough to start installing games on.
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December 27, 2013 8:59:28 PM

I'd keep the SSD. The next jump up in terms of GPU is the GTX 780 starting at $500. For 1080p 60Hz gaming the GTX 770 is more than enough.

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December 27, 2013 10:49:36 PM

This is a very good build for the money though next-gen games like watch dogs will be using 8 core CPU's to run on high settings though. The i5 4670k is still a really high quality CPU and is still more than enough for current high-end games like battlefield four. The graphics cards are more than enough to run current and next-gen games at ultra settings at very high FPS. Though be warned that a crossfire setup can often have issues like micro-stuttering and huge FPS drops. Hope this helps:)  PS: A two way crossfire setup will not always double the performance. If I were you, I would just go with a single, more higher end card like the 780ti though it is of course your decision.
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December 28, 2013 6:30:04 AM

Two nvidia cards working together is called Scalable Link Interface or SLI for short. It's true that some games don't scale as well with multi-card setups. But almost all of the big titles support this tech. Some games don't scale well but they would be easily handled on your 1080p 60Hz single monitor with one 770 so it wouldn't even matter.

The 8 core CPU debate. TBH, that's a terrible idea from a marketing standpoint. How many PC gamer's use an 8 core CPU? If you consider that the FX "Octocore" chips are actually 4 module chips with the ability to spread resources about, the answer is slim to none. If for some reason in the next 3 or 4 years your i5 doesn't do the job, you can always upgrade. Chances are you would be rebuilding at that point anyway.
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December 31, 2013 5:41:08 PM

stickg1 said:
Two nvidia cards working together is called Scalable Link Interface or SLI for short. It's true that some games don't scale as well with multi-card setups. But almost all of the big titles support this tech. Some games don't scale well but they would be easily handled on your 1080p 60Hz single monitor with one 770 so it wouldn't even matter.

The 8 core CPU debate. TBH, that's a terrible idea from a marketing standpoint. How many PC gamer's use an 8 core CPU? If you consider that the FX "Octocore" chips are actually 4 module chips with the ability to spread resources about, the answer is slim to none. If for some reason in the next 3 or 4 years your i5 doesn't do the job, you can always upgrade. Chances are you would be rebuilding at that point anyway.


Sorry you are apparently better at computers than me.
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