Brand New to PC Gaming, Building my First Rig! Need suggestions...

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Grant Watson

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I've narrowed my first ever build down to the following parts:

CPU: Intel i5-3570k

Mobo: ASUS P8Z77-V Pro

Storage: 1TB Western Digital 3.5in. HD, 120GB Samsung SATA III SSD

Case: Corsair Obsidian 650D

All I'm missing now is the optical drive, power supply, and video card.

All I need right now is a basic optical drive just so I can install my OS. I may upgrade to a Blu-Ray burner sometime much, much later which I've recouped from this PC. But just a standard optical drive is all I need.

The video card I've narrowed down to 2 choices: GTX760 or GTX770. I just wanted to know if the 770 was really that much better than a 760. If there are cheaper cards that perform exactly like these two, then by all means throw some of those out, too,

And finally, I need to know what power supply I need to power all of this stuff.

One final thing: any other components I may need (e.g. cooling system, fans, etc.) would be awesome to know, too! Any help would be greatly appreciated! :)

EDIT: I forgot to mention, the resolution I will be gaming at is 1920x1080.
 
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Yes, the cx600 would be perfectly fine.

Overclocking does not make really any difference. it is a hobby, not a necessity at all.

If you arent overclocking change the CPU to an i5 4440 and the motherboard to an h87 board.
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GTX 770 will have less performance per dollar but it's not that much more expensive than the gtx 760. It just depends on how much you value higher fps/settings.. can't really recommend one. I would personally be satisfied with gtx 760, and sell it next year for a GTX 800 series card.

Get the cheapest optical drive you can find, and forget blu-ray. Optical drives are dead, unless your internet is absolut sh*t.

PSU:
if overclock: 650 watt
if not overclock: 550 watt
Decent brand ofcourse, seasonic/xfx > corsair (cx models)
 
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Grant Watson

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I've read that you want at least 750w. I'm not saying you're wrong or they're right, but could you clarify that for me? Is that just as a safety precaution?
 
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No 750w is WAY overkill.

The gtx770 pulls MAXIMUM FULL LOAD 197w.

You could run that system on a 450w PSU technically. 550w-650w is more than enough easily.

Those numbers are for people who buy complete junk PSUs. saying the GPU needs a crazy amount of power protects the manufacturer from these morons buying junk and frying their computer. Example $35 700w PSU will actually make less than 500w and will easily from the computer, but a $60 500w PSU will make 600w and easily be reliable and power the system.
 
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Grant Watson

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Will the CORSAIR CX series CX600 suffice as my PSU then? I've read that there's no point to getting the parts I'm getting unless I plan to overclock, but I really don't even know if overclocking makes a tremendous difference, that's how new I am to this.
 
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