Any last preferences or insights on this build?

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I'm just finishing up this build that I plan on buying sometime this week or next.

My main purpose and plan is to build it essentially for gaming, but also use it lightly for school/hw. I wanted to play games like BF3/4 Dayz Far Cry 3, Tomb Raider, Assassin's Creed, games that are newer.

I also planned on using the SLI support provided by the motherboard, so I bought a power supply with enough power to use both gpus, although I'm only buying a asus gtx 770 2gb for now, and probably a 780 sometime later in the future.

Does anyone have any helpful insights, or ways I can improve the build without going over the original price, which is $1399?

Here is the build i'm talking about: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3BsTh
 
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it is a revision of your build, with better price/performance parts selection
better mobo for OC, 12 phase VRM similar to MSI GD65
cheaper ram
better case
better PSU 750 Gold
better monitor 1ms

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard...
it is a revision of your build, with better price/performance parts selection
better mobo for OC, 12 phase VRM similar to MSI GD65
cheaper ram
better case
better PSU 750 Gold
better monitor 1ms

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($82.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($309.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor ($139.99 @ Micro Center)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN722N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Microsoft SIDEWINDER X4 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($49.99 @ Mac Mall)
Headphones: Logitech G930 7.1 Channel Headset ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1412.83
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-30 19:46 EDT-0400)
 
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Ok so these look like some good edits, but I had a question about the ram, I had a couple guys on here a few weeks ago tell me that I won't see the difference between 1866mhz and 1600mhz, could you explain that a little bit?

Also I wanted to ask about the tower and the monitor, because they are from micro center, which doesn't ship, I probably should have specified that I would be ordering all the parts online, and the next step up to the next store selling the items costs around $30-40 dollars more than Micro-Center.

Regarding the monitor, I wanted to ask, is a 50,000,000:1 contrast that much noticeably worse than a 80,000,000:1 contrast? And would I notice the difference between 1ms and 2ms?

Please get back to me i'm just trying to make the build the best it can be regarding price
 

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It will work fine and if you have the budget to then go ahead, I hate using the term "future proof" but the 8 threads may help in the future with upcoming games using more and more threads the 8 threads over the four from the 4670k may increase performance in the future, + you get more performance although if you want to stick to a budget then get the 4670k.

People will argue saying it's not worth it but the 8 threads and increased performance, if you have it in your budget then go ahead.

 


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($82.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($309.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Monitor: Asus VS239H-P 23.0" Monitor ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN722N 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 Wi-Fi Adapter ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Microsoft SIDEWINDER X4 Wired Gaming Keyboard ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Headphones: Logitech G930 7.1 Channel Headset ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1427.83
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-30 20:28 EDT-0400)
 

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Just so when I don't have my headset in I can at least hear the computer and maybe play music, I would just rather have speakers built in I don't mind the quality that much