What changes should I make?

Alcarese12

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I am going to build my first gaming pc soon and I wanted to know what changes should I make for cost effectiveness. Also it doesn't show but I'm getting the GTX 780. Do I also have to get a new CPU/MOBO to use the gtx 780?
 
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Great build! Very good use of money. If I was going to nitpick, I would say go with the newer H97 chipset since it will support the next gen cpus. Maybe a Haswell refresh too?

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3R5o8
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CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($83.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive...

CTurbo

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Great build! Very good use of money. If I was going to nitpick, I would say go with the newer H97 chipset since it will support the next gen cpus. Maybe a Haswell refresh too?

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3R5o8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3R5o8/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3R5o8/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($83.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.23 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($319.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Raidmax Viper GX ATX Mid Tower Case ($90.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec TruePower Classic 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Mwave)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" Monitor ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($29.99 @ B&H)
Headphones: Razer Kraken Pro Headset ($64.55 @ Amazon)
Total: $1401.63
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-26 03:07 EDT-0400)

The GTX780 will work with this but I would get a slightly beefier psu. 600w at least.
 
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sourodip

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The build is good but some changes should be made.
For the case, a corsair 200/300R is enough and for the PSU get something like the XFX PRO 650W only if u plan to do SLI/Xfire in future. If not,then get something like the corsair TX650/Seasonic 620W.
Now come to the gpu, at that price you can get a 290 which is a lot faster than the 770.
this one's cheaper and i think u should some more and get the second one due to it's better cooling.
1.http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9290aedfd
2.http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr929oc4gd