Are any of my parts going to bottleneck or be bottlenecked by other parts? Is this a good build?

ess0523

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This is my build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1LJYI

How is it? Is it good? Will anything be bottlenecked? Will everything work? Are there any upgrades I could or should make on a budget of up to $2700? (I will overclock) Can I get a good overclock with this system?

I also have some requirements I set for myself:

  • ■ I will only use Air Cooling (NO water cooling closed or custom!)
    ■ I want my scheme to be green and black and red
    ■ I want the best performance I can get
 

Amit Parmar

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It's good. Switch to Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO. Better and cheaper. I don't think you should get a 780. You should either wait and get a 290x or get Crossfire 280x.

And switch the case to Cooler Master HAF XM or Antec 900.
 

Tradesman1

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No you got the whole rig wrong ! What you need is................just kidding ;) Great rig, I'd love to have it....should do about anything you want it to....on the DRAM for a 2x8GB 2400 might look at the GSkill Tridents, they are stronger sticks than the Corsairs, Have in both my IB and my Haswell (see sig)
 

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Thanks for the answer and good to know, but I researched it and the GSkill Tridents are 10mm taller than the vengeance pros and I need the Phanteks cooler to fit which I think has a 44mm clearance which just fits the vengeance pros at 44mm tall.
 

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Thanks for the answer and I took what you said into consideration, but when I researched which cooler to get I found that in most peoples' opinions, the phanteks cooler was better than the 212 evo. ALso I just like Nvidia better than any other GPU company and as I did take the new 290x into consideration, I think the 780 is just a better card and I think Nvidia is just a better company for gaming. Lastly, I want a black case and this one also has lights that can be turned to red or green which is one of my requirements for my color scheme unlike the other ones.
 

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Nice choice. NVidia will soon release shadowplay so that is good.