1200 dollar build, how does this look?

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Change the HDD to a Seagate Barracuda 1TB,since it's faster and cheaper than the WD.
850W is overkill.650W is more than enough,while 550W is just enough.But since the recommended PSU wattage for the 770 is 575W,then a 620W PSU is the way to go.Antec HCG 620M is my recommendation. ;)
 
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Looks good, my comments:

Why not get a 4690K and a Z97 motherboard?
The Western Digital Caviar Blue is a better drive for about the same price on Amazon.
That Power Supply is alot bigger than you need - it would actually power two GTX 770s. If you want to SLI later, keep it. If not, look for a good quality 650W PSU.
 
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the 4690k is cheaper than the 4670k.

You don't need 16gb for gaming. 8gb is more than enough. I wouldn't suggest upping the RAM from 8 to 16 unless the budget was around probably $1600+. And even then there's probably places you could you could better spend the money.

Lowering the RAM to 8gb gives room in the budget to get a SSD.

Like adroid said about the PSU, if you're going with SLI, go ahead and keep that PSU, but there's no need for it if you're just having a 1 card system. And if you are going for a multicard system with the 770, I suggest maybe getting the 4gb version maybe.

url=http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ddsCZL]PCPartPicker part list[/url] / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($143.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Grey ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.50 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1141.40
 
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The performance gain in gaming from an i5 to i7 is nonexistant to marginal at best.

If you're going for a i7 4770, you don't need a z97 motherboard and you could just get a xeon e3 1231v3 instead also. It's practically an i7 without the integrated graphics.

As for PSU, i changed it to something that'll still work and is cheaper.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($247.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.28 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair Graphite Series 230T Grey ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.43 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.50 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1068.14
 
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What is the big difference between the i5 and the xeon? is it only the integrated graphics.
 
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Xeons and i7s have the advantage over the i5s only when editing,rendering,live streaming etc.Xeons and i7s won't give you much of a performance increase in gaming over the i5s. ;)
This build is awesome:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DMzxxr
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DMzxxr/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($80.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.91 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($319.99 @ Micro Center)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($83.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.50 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1134.29
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 05:58 EDT-0400
All the best. ;)
 
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If you can spare an extra $30 I would recommend you getting the r9 290. It goes at $349 as of now for the Gigabyte windforce triple fan. And it absolutely destroys the GTX 770. Except it has 70W extra power consumption. Not being an AMD fanboy here. Just seems like a better value for money :)
 
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No, don't buy r9 290 if you play on 1920x1080 monitor with 60 MHz rate.. GTX770 is much better in terms of cooling and everything and you can always overclock it :)

I personally think that xeons CPUs is mainly for servers.. I wouldn't use xeons cpu for gaming over i5 or i7
If you do video rendering and such go for i7, if you just surf the internet, play games and things like that go for i5 because i7 will be waste of money.
For i5 4690k I recommend you Noctua nh-d15 or nh-d14 CPU cooler because it's better for overclocking your cpu and keeping it cool than hyper 212evo

And would probably go for arc midi r2 case but 300r from corsair is nice too :)
 
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The cooling is only a few C better on the 770 :) Also the GTX 770 does not get 60 FPS in all games maxed 1080p. Like if he was going to play Crysis 3, Metro, etc. Just a suggestion though. The R9 290 gets around 10+ FPS extra in those games. Why not? Fpr only $30 extra. Unless he doesn't play all the most demanding games then the GTX 770 would be a better choice.
 
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yes r9 290 does get +10fps but I would still choose gtx770 just because it outlasts r9 290.. if you tend to upgrade your computer every 1-2 years then go for r9 290

I don't personally mind about 10fps more or less.. ( can still overclock gtx770 a bit and get that 10fps and keep it cool at the same time :D)
 
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The R9 290 is a faster card than the GTX 770. The GTX 770 is a great card though and will play most modern games at ultra, some super intensive games like Crysis 3 on high/ultra (not fully maxxed).

I have the GTX 770 and think it's a great card. If I had my choice of a R9 290 for 20$ more I would probably go with that though. You should find some reviews of the R9 290 to compare to the GTX 770

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-290-and-290x,3728-5.html

Note Tom's does classify the R9 290 as a teir above the GTX 770, and rightly so (it's faster in almost every scenario)

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html
 
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I recommend this build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-Pro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($153.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Mushkin Redline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.91 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 780 3GB AMP! Edition Video Card ($458.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master N600 Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($66.66 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.50 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1215.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-22 10:07 EDT-0400

Better Graphics, better RAM, good & cheap CPU, better OS, better & cheaper case for the same price of the corsair 230t (discount), and a cheaper and efficent PSU; all these just for 15$ more than your budget ($1200). :)
 
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The i5-4690K is recommended over the i7-4770, as it's much cheaper for the perfomance.
There is no big difference between the i7 & i5, mainly there is only a big price difference. :D
the i7 is just little better than the i5, but is much most costlier than the i5. So the i5-4690k wins here. :)
 
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And the i7 only has the advantage when editing,rendering,multitasking etc,thanks to the hyperthreading they have.
i7s won't give you much of a performance increase when gaming over an i5.That's why i5 4670,4670K,4690 and 4690K are the CPUs to go for gaming. ;)
 
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Mostly true. 99/100 times the overclocked i5 is equal to the overclocked i7. There are scenarios where the i7 gives higher MINIMUM frame rates, that is accented by high end high res multi GPU situations. The most convincing evidence of this can be seen in Crysis 3.
 
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You should not pair a 4690K with a Z87 motherboard, because the Z87 will probably need a BIOS upgrade to be compatible with the CPU.

In other words, unless you have another haswell CPU laying around to update the BIOS prior to installing the 4690K, the two won't work together.

Either get a 4690K with a Z97 or get a 4670K and a Z87.
 
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Here you go,mate:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2zkZXL
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2zkZXL/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.91 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 290 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card ($405.66 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1172.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-24 14:23 EDT-0400
All the best. ;)
 
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