VMWare & Gaming for $2,200

[ryanbell]

Approximate Purchase Date: later this month
Budget Range: 2,200 After rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: VMWare Workstation (around 5 guest machines running at one time while working) & gaming (BF3 & Crysis 3)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com & amazon.com
Location: Memphis, TN
Parts Preferences: Intel
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($349.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($187.86 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($254.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($338.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($663.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair C70 Military Green (Green) ATX Mid Tower Case ($129.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS29 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($54.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $2140.74
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-10 22:30 EDT-0400)

I know the i7 and 32GB RAM is overkill for gaming but I thought it would be helpful for VMWare Workstation. Does all this match pretty well?

 

[jaehyun0102]

Do you really need an optical drive? It could save you some money if you didn't get one. Also I think that buying a small SSD for the os and buying a cheap large HDD would be better. If there are going to be 5 guest machines running than you should have a lot of space. Other than that looks pretty good.