Second opinion for my first build

Firstly, Nice rig and that PSU will support dual 760's in SLI.
Your card is good for the all round, from 3D/Programming to gaming. No need to worry about memory clock to Vram, the two don't work together.

"Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Should I be worried,what if it leaked?"

Most of the time, I wouldn't be, But for me this was a major rethink, I came up with a solution that it would be quieter, hassle free (have to replace coolant every 6 months), last longer, much cheaper and cool just as well as pre-built liquid coolers. That is just the reasons to go for a high end air cooler. As for a cooler, you won't get better then a Noctua NH-D14. This CPU cooler is massive, so it will take up the top GPU slot, but that is not an issue, as you have another 3, making best SLI performance is having the GPU's in slot's 2/4, with the gap inbetween the GPU's for best airflow and cooling. Also the CPU cooler is rally wide, making the inner ram slots being unable to be used for high profile ram (ram with massive heatsinks), the heatsink is useless in the first place as ram doesn't tend to get hot in the first place, but you can use all the ram slots with low profile ram, which is just as good. But you can have high profile ram on the outer ram slots, I do.

With Ram, Z87 (LGA 1150) motherboards run in dual channel, so having two sticks of ram will work much better then having one. I suggest going for 2x4GB sticks, getting 1600Mhz then OC it yourself through BIOS to 1866Mhz, as Haswell CPU's work best at this speed and 1866Mhz memory modules are in fact just 1600MHz memory modules overclocked. Don't go higher then 1866Mhz, as that is the best ram speed due to speed (Mhz)/Cas Latency (CL) Ratio.

Once everything is in the cabinet, IT WONT START, this is normal, you'll have to boot bios and flash your CPU to a supported version in order to boot. Every BIOS is different so you'll have to refer to your motherboard manual and go into your CPU settings.

If you are afraid about doing it yourself, don't worry, If you need to just PM me and I can help, just send photo's and I can tell you what goes where just so there is no mix up and all is well, it'll be easy . I've done it before so don't worry.


Windows 7 is much better then XP, so over time, you will like it much better, trust me. Windows 8 is not good, so stick with windows 7, preferably windows 7 professional as home premium only limits you to 16GB of ram max, professional lets you go to 64GB.

"Is there any other board I should reconsider over this one in terms of quality and performance?"
ASRock is, but with your setup, The Asus Maximus IV formula is probably one of your best choices, as SLI spacing is great, SLI configuration is even better; You can run a GPU in slot 1/3, 2/4, 1/4 and have it in X8/X8 configuration, best it can be for best performance. Also the Asus ROG boards have the best OC capabilities, so your 4770k will be able to do some pretty good OC, making the "k" worthwhile.

Hope this all helps and answered all your questions, sorry for making it a second wall to read.