Is the stated CPU-GPU-RAM Combination right?

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AlexSmith96

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For my future build, I have considered the following CPU-GPU-RAM combo :
CPU - Intel i5 4670k
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8 GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz
GPU - MSI GTX 780 TwinFrozr Edition

My questions are -
1) Will any of the above component bottleneck the GPU ?
2) Should I consider going for i7 4770 and 16 GB RAM and downgrade GPU to GTX 770 ?

The question to upgrade CPU and RAM arises as many of the next-gen titles (e.g. - Watchdogs) may get advantage from Hyperthreading and higher RAM .

I want to make this system as futureproof as possible. I won't be upgrading the PC for 5 years.

All your views would be appreciated.

 
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AlexSmith96

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Are you sure? coz Battlefield 4 , Watchdogs and other next gen titles are seen to be getting an advantage on processors with more cores and hyperthreading.

Motherboard is ASRock Z87M Extreme 4.
 
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Heres a solution, get the Xeon , this is an i7 3770 without the integrated GPU (you will be using the GPU anyways).
for 220$, which is the same if not cheaper than the i5 4670k. 4 cores, but 8 threads, because who knows what the future holds.
http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?p=XE1230V2BX&c=nextag&hash=1ba71ZWnt3bZJOjWpVuU6jTyRWI799xv2wGNrwe9rvqXLMhQqn8uGk3RtmaFNoo3SjmAgslQFHF04%2F2BdRaVPfNY3FaaNJmFMZLbWPJrXqUX1xPdeh%2Bvm7Q7x6XtVoPY0jeq
 
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Unfortunately, I live in a country where Xeons are not easily available.

And I haven't heard (sounds a little intovert) of Xeons being used or supported for gaming.

 
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I forgot to mention - I'm gonna overclock only in emergency.
 
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Xeons are traditionally used for servers because they run cooler and support ECC ram etc, but is actually the same as an i7 3770 in terms of performance which is good for gaming, but when compared to the i5 which can be overclocked it runs all games better from to this day i would say. but since you mentioned HT support in future games, i thought i would offer it since its the same price as the i5 (no built in GPU in the Xeon while the core i3/5/7 have built in GPUs -albeit not good for gaming but enough to run the OS) . The i5 can be overclocked and will outperform the Xeon, but if HT ever does 'take off' for intel and gaming then the xeon will be better. the i7 with HT and unlocked K is the best safest best, but costs 100$ more.
 
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