First gaming build since 2000 - advice of my selection

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Just a couple of suggestions/recommendations:

1. If this is going to be used primarily for gaming, then you can save a few dollars by getting an i5 "K" series CPU. The i7 will have little to no impact concerning gaming performance in most cases. However, if you plan on doing other tasks such as video editing or other applications that use/require the i7's hyper-threading ability, then by all means get the i7.

2. You are building quite a nice rig, I'd avoid the Corsair CX series PSU, they are their budget line of PSUs. They use cheaper parts (mainly capacitors) and I have nnot heard/read much good about them. I recommend a quality PSU from Seasonic, XFX, Antec or Corsair (EXCEPT their CX series), A system using a single GTX 780 only...
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Just a couple of suggestions/recommendations:

1. If this is going to be used primarily for gaming, then you can save a few dollars by getting an i5 "K" series CPU. The i7 will have little to no impact concerning gaming performance in most cases. However, if you plan on doing other tasks such as video editing or other applications that use/require the i7's hyper-threading ability, then by all means get the i7.

2. You are building quite a nice rig, I'd avoid the Corsair CX series PSU, they are their budget line of PSUs. They use cheaper parts (mainly capacitors) and I have nnot heard/read much good about them. I recommend a quality PSU from Seasonic, XFX, Antec or Corsair (EXCEPT their CX series), A system using a single GTX 780 only needs ~ 575W according to here:

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

If you plan to overclock, then I recommend adding 50-100W to their suggested system wattage.
 
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