i7 4770k and cooling, more ram or better GPU

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plahmed

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hello, so I'm couple of days from buy new components for my PC, My main aim is to play games smoothly and have no problems like stuttering ect. Since my budget is £900 - £950(MAX) i have decided to go for the parts below. But my biggest problem is the CPU cooling, i've always thought that h100i is a great choice but now that im so close to buying the components and that budget plays a bigger role i'd rather spend the money somewhere else so i've looked around and found a cooler with great reviews and great performace the Cooler Master hyper 212 EVO. So my question is should i buy the h100i or the EVO if im planning on doing minor overclocking to start with then maybe in future go higher and should i go for 16gb ram + SSD or 8gb RAM and a better GPU like shown in second parts list.

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£235.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£104.95 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£122.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£45.00 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£239.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.58 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£99.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £919.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£235.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£104.95 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Value 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£65.95 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£365.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case (£45.58 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£99.98 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £943.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-14 20:25 BST+0100)


keep in mind i have a copy of windows and a HDD so thats why im not including them.
 
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plahmed

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I'd love to get a custom waterloop but i think that it would be a waste of money in my case as i'm only a "gamer" and theres no need for my CPU to hit speeds of 4.9 5.0 since it would only give me a 3- 10 fps increase, anyway thanks for your response help a ton.
 
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switch to a i5 4690 same performance, less price. get noctua u14 to cool cpu, room for oc.
skip the tiny ssd and get a 780 instead. this should be the same price after the changes but more fps in games, barely room for games in that ssd anyways so same loading time as well.
 
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I'd prefer the i7 for hyperthreading with will come useful later on in school ect. also if i swap the parts it actually comes to £924, ill consider the 780. Thanks for answer but i think ill stick with what i have also the SSD is only a boot able drive
 
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Yeah i was considering 8GB but i think that 16gb will mean that i wont have to upgrade in the future. Although if i downgrade and get rid of ssd i might be able to buy a better GPU ? hmm... thanks for help
 
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