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Stodolak

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I'm looking to get the price down just a little. Any suggestions would be great. P.s. it still needs a PSU and I already have a ssd and hdd to put in.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($418.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1083.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Vexillarius

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First of all, go for a Z97 board, those support Haswell-R out of the box while Z87 needs a BIOS update.

If you want to cut the price a bit you can consider a 4690K, they're about $100 less than the 4790K and they perform very similar in games.

As for a PSU, this one would be great:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $89.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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A bit overkill, but a very good PSU.
 
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Well the 900 series of GPUs is right around the corner so you may want to wait for that anyway.
Otherwise a 780 is by no means going overboard, if you want gaming performance then the GPU is the part to spend on.

How about this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($128.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($80.10 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($418.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1070.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-10 12:12 EDT-0400

I also swapped out the RAM for 1866MHz CL8 that was only $0.11 more expensive.
The case is different too, saves you $50.

If you want to get close to the budget of the build you posted yourself +PSU, you can even go with a 780 Ti:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($128.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($80.10 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($557.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1209.84
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-10 12:14 EDT-0400

Still, you might want to wait for the GTX980, it'll most likely be cheaper, more powerful and less power-consuming.
 
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If you are not going to heavily overclock your cpu you can use an air cooler like the hyper 212 evo, that would cut costs, if you want to push the cpu to the limits then you will need the water cooler.

Other then what has already been suggested that is all you can cut outside of getting a cheaper case like the corsair 300r or F.D. Define R4, etc
 
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Roughly same gaming performance w/ a very good psu:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.70 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($349.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Rosewill R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $899.64
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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True, if you don't plan on overclocking heavily, you can go with the Hyper 212 EVO:

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 ($29.70 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($128.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($80.10 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($418.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1100.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-10 12:18 EDT-0400

That's with the 780 Ti.
 
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Because most games don't use more than 4 threads at the moment. So why pay $100 for 4 extra threads that you'll hardly use? There's a somewhat increased clockspeed too ofcourse, but benchmarks show the difference to be in the low single digits (~0-6) FPS-wise for most games.
 
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It depends on how much you want to spend. If you can afford a 780 or 780 Ti (or their 900-series equivalents) then I'd say go for it.
A 770 will still runs most games on Ultra 1080p at the moment but a 780 or 780 Ti will still do that 1-2 years from now while a 770 might not, in addition to giving you higher framerates right now.
 
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A lot of CPU Coolers :D
 
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Oh dangit I did that wrong :p

New and improved version:

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 ($29.70 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($128.79 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($80.10 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($557.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($47.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1144.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-10 12:39 EDT-0400
 
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