Advice On My First Gaming Build ~ $2000

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This is my first build guys, looking for any tips or compatibility issues, feel free to recommend a different part if you think it would suit better. Thanks in advance for any advice :)

Case: NZXT Phantom 410 Mid-tower

CPU: Intel core i5-4670 3.4ghz quad-core processor

Memory/RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H LGA 1150 Motherboard

SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" SATA III SSD MZ-7TE250BW

HDD: Seagate ST2000DM001 2TB Barracuda 3.5” 7200RPM SATA3 Hard Drive

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB (BB) 24x Internal SATA OEM DVD Burner Drive

Monitor: ASUS VN247H 23.6" 1ms HDMI Full HD LED Monitor with Speaker

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Overclock Video Card

PSU: Thermaltake SMART 650W 80Plus Bronze Power Supply
 
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+1 for this

Also, it may be overkill but a Z series board will usually support overclocking a little better. Since you have a K series CPU this might be a good idea and a good upgrade path, budget allowing.
 
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Also, it may be overkill but a Z series board will usually support overclocking a little better. Since you have a K series CPU this might be a good idea and a good upgrade path, budget allowing.[/quotemsg]

I'm not interested in OC and I don't have a k-CPU....
 
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A G1 SNIPER M5 is in Gigabytes 'Ultra Durable OC Series' It means that you can overclock higher but still have stable performance.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4482#ov
Have a look at that. I have this motherboard on my PC and it is perfect. I have a full tower, 16gb of Corsair Vengeance RAM and Intel Core i5 3.2ghZ I can overclock that < quite high and have done so and the performance is perfectly stable.
 
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But is there any reason to change to that board if I'm not interested in OCing?
 
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Hows this: Antec 620W Neo-Eco Efficiency and Performance 80Plus Bronze NEO-ECO-620C-BR

Is 620W enough for this build?
 
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Potentially yes. It is your choice. Just have a look at it on the website http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4482#ov

 
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yeah thats fine if you are getting a good price on it. and even if you dont OC the gigaabyte is a great MOBO i use it and love it. it has a lot of functions. has a dedicated processor just for sound so audio quality as great. plus you might want to oc in the future to squeeze relevancy out of your computer. it will help future proof it a bit.

Also you Might want to go a hair bigger with your psu. If you get a good 850 it will allow you to SLI in the future
 
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