Building my first rig! Would like help. :)

[Kushmaster420]

I've just started building a parts list for my new rig but even with my knowledge about parts, I'm still looking for a bit of help regarding the quality of my parts and their usefulness while gaming. I already have a razer gaming keyboard and mouse and an Alienware OptX monitor which I'll be using all of for my new build. Please share thoughts.

Corsair 350D Case
Inateck Superspeed 4 Ports PCI-E to USB 3.0 Expansion Card
EVGA GeForce GTX760 SuperClocked w/EVGA ACX Cooler 2GB GDDR5 256bit
Intel 335 80 GB 2.5-Inch Internal SSD
Intel Desktop Motherboard LGA1155 DDR3 1600 ATX - BOXDZ77GA-70K
Corsair CX 600 Watts
Asus Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-Ray Drive
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64bit (OEM)
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan
Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core

Please tell me if I've missed anything or I've added anything stupid. This is a first go and I'd like to get it right! The rig will be used almost entirely for gaming so please help me optimize for that. Thanks!

 

[Batguerra]

I'm not sure but maybe your cpu will bottleneck the GTX 760, i think you will need at least a I5 4670K or I7 4770k

 

[rolandzhang3]

Haha even at stock levels the 3570k will not even bottleneck a high end GTX 780, you'd be absolutely fine with a GTX 760, nothing to worry about there (even if there was, it'd be near non existent)

There's a reason the 3570k is still one of the best gaming CPUs just like how the 2500k is still relevant today, there's no big performance leap between Sandy to Ivy and Ivy to Haswell

Even an i3-4130 will not bottleneck a 760 for the most part

The difference between the 3570k and 4670k is minimal at best, and i7s offer no major improvement in gaming to justify purchasing them unless streaming/editing

That being said, LGA1155 is essentially EOL (end of life), I guess you could go for an i5-4670k and an Asus Z87-A motherboard

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Microcenter)
Total: $354.98
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-25 07:57 EST-0500)

Since it's for pure gaming, you only need 8GB of RAM, you could go for a better quality PSU though, Corsair's CX line does not really handle too well under stress

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-hcg620m

 

[Kushmaster420]

Thanks Rolan for the great response! I had guessed that the 3570k would be enough and I highly doubted a bottleneck so thanks for letting me know.
Although I have a tiny problem, the Z87-A motherboard is ATX and my case is Micro-Atx. Would the Z87-M Plus be an idea as a replacement or should I just get an ATX case?

 

[rolandzhang3]

It would make a decent replacement for a Micro ATX case, if it were up to me I'd probably aim for an ATX case, just so you have more room to build in and most likely better airflow

Something like a Corsair 200R or 300R should do just fine