Looking for Advice on a new Gaming PC

Zimeroski

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Approximate Purchase Date: May 2014

Budget Range: $1600 (Before Rebates / Before Shipping)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Internet, Movies, and Work

Are you Buying a Monitor: Yes

Parts to Upgrade: Case, CPU, Graphics Card, RAM, Hard Drive, Power Supply, Blu-Ray/DVD Drive, Sound Card

Do you need to buy OS: No (I have a full version of Windows 7 Ultimate)

Preferred Website for Parts: www.newegg.com

Location: Belle, Missouri, USA

Parts Preference: Intel CPU, Asus or ASRock for Motherboard, everything else is debatable

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution:

Additional Comments: I like having a case window but not a case with a lot of decorative facing. The games I would run would include World of Warcraft, Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, Skyrim, Fallout 3, The Elder Scrolls Online, Final Fantasy 14. Basically anything from Blizzard or Bethesda... I also will use this PC for work when I telecommute, which will just need to run basic MS Office and VPN. I would prefer a non-water cooled system.

Why Are You Upgrading: My current PC is starting to show its age, I built it in 2009 and the graphics card is starting to show artifacts when playing games and has been getting worse. But more importantly I will be starting a new job in the next few weeks that comes with a significant pay increase, enough so that my wife is letting me build a new computer. lol

Include a list of parts you have already selected: None
 
If you want to drive in to StL and hit Microcenter, their in-store bundles will save you some money on the CPU + MB. The memory below is low latency (DDR3-1600 CL7), and the SSD is top tier. PSU is sized for you to add a second GTX 770 down the road if you so choose. Overclock as you please.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($78.50 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.02 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($199.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.81 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($339.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black/Green) ATX Full Tower Case ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G-750 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($65.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1397.27