Design a Gaming pc set up

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Right at $1500, and will get you Ultra/Max at 1080p. I went with the 4GB 770 and a strong power supply for SLI in the future. SLI 770s with 4GB of VRAM will be very powerful for a long time.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Newegg)...
Right at $1500, and will get you Ultra/Max at 1080p. I went with the 4GB 770 and a strong power supply for SLI in the future. SLI 770s with 4GB of VRAM will be very powerful for a long time.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 4GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($389.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($82.49 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Antec HCG M 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VE247H 23.6" Monitor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($18.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($27.99 @ B&H)
Headphones: Corsair Raptor HS40 7.1 Channel Headset ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $1504.33
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-12 12:42 EDT-0400)
 
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Justin Blank

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Can I ask you to go into detail on why you picked each part?
And possibly explain liquid cooling, because neither I nor my friends have used it before

 
The i5 will be perfect at this budget for gaming. It has plenty of power for gaming, but is also great for normal CPU tasks with Intel's single thread performance.

Liquid cooling is easy with a unit like the H80i. It requires no maintenance, and installs just as easy as a regular CPU cooler.

The RAM you want to just get the cheapest 1600 or 1866MHz at 1.5v with CAS Latency of 9 you can find, brand name doesn't matter.

The 840 EVO SSD is fast and very reliable.

The Hitachi drive for mass storage and low failure rate, and cheap!

GTX 770 as you will get Ultra/Max at 1080p gaming now, and the 4GB version in case you need more performance in the future you can get another 4GB 770 and get incredible performance.

Phantom 410 case cause it's nice and has a window.

Power supply because it is top-notch quality, with plenty of room to upgrade and overclock.

Windows 8.1 because it's newest, and gives a performance boost to most games.

ASUS monitor for ASUS quality, very bright, good colors and good size.

Keyboard/mouse combo because it's a good budget option.

Corsair Raptor Headphones because they are pretty good quality at a pretty good price.
 

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Is this presuming I will overclock/SLI/duel monitor in the future

 
Yes,minus the dual monitor. Dual monitors can be run with any video card since 2002 lol

If you aren't going to overclock/SLI in the future, you can get an amazing monitor and awesome GPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($186.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H87M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($379.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 350D MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: OCZ ZT 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: QNIX QX2710 Matte 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($369.44 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($18.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($27.99 @ B&H)
Headphones: Corsair Raptor HS40 7.1 Channel Headset ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $1558.29
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-12 13:55 EDT-0400)

Or you could save a few hundred dollars and still get Ultra at 1080p
 

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How well would it run before I over clock or sli
 
Overclocking right now won't do much, it may get you 5-10% increase depending on the game. Overclocking really only helps in CPU intensive programs like video/photo editing, etc.

SLI essentially uses 2 graphics cards to process the same data. In theory, it should double performance, but some games don't support SLI (though most newer games do) and the usual increase is about 25-75% performance increase, sometimes lower sometimes higher.
 

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Any alternative to the liquid cooling?it has some very nasty reviews about it noise and quility.
 

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Any smaller fan and a case that actually fits the gpu in itself