Is This The Best $1500 Gaming System Build?

[ejneuman1975]

I'm looking to put together a new gaming build for less than $1500 in the next day or two. It's been a long time since I've put together a system myself, so wanted to see if anyone here in the community had any feedback about this particular build. Thanks in advance!

After a few days of research, here is what I've come up with:

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl w/ USB 3.0 ATX Mid Tower Silent PC Computer Case
PSU: CORSAIR HX Series HX750 750W Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
Motherboard: ASUS Z87-A ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz LGA 1150 Quad-Core Desktop Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Intel Core i5 compatible Hyper TX3 Socket 775/1156/AMD 130W 92mm CPU Cooler RR-910-HTX3-G1
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory [I believe it would be better to do 4 x 4 GB than 2 x 8 GB, right?]
GPU: MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 770 N770 TF 2GD5/OC Video Card [I've had some bad experiences with ATI, so I wanted to try a Nvidia card]
Boot Drive: SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD256BW 2.5" MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Data Drive: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Retail kit
DVD Drive: SAMSUNG DVD Burner SATA Model SH-224DB/RSBS
Thermal: ARCTIC MX-2 (4g) Carbon-Based Thermal Compound, Non-Electricity Conductive, Non-Capacitive
Extra Case Fan: Fractal Design Silent Series R2 FD-FAN-SSR2-140 140mm Fan

Thanks again!

- Eric

 

[jzbader]

looks good except i would try to get ram on 1 card and also for gaming no more than 8gb is needed.
I recently built a system similar to this except i used a msi gtx780 lightning 16gb ram and asus maximus vi hero
The hero is a very good card that has many of rogs features for a lesser price so check it out but outherwise it looks good to me