Building my first gaming PC. Is this all compatible?

[BennyboyJones]

Hey there. I'm new to tomshardware, but it seems a great place full of knowledgeable people and I was wondering if you could help me.

I'm building my very first gaming PC and my budget is around £1000. For that money I don't want to be held back by what games I can and can't play and would always opt for playing games on 'ultra' settings. I've been watching many videos and guides on how to build a gaming PC so I'm okay in that aspect.

I have used pcpartpicker.com to select the components that I would like and the website says there are no compatibility issues, which is good. Would this be a good setup for a high end gaming PC capable of running such games as BF3, Crysis 3, Dayz and Skyrim in Ultra @ 1080p with relatively high FPS?

Also, is there any optimal changes that you guys would recommend that would help the PC run better? CPU's, PSU's, fans, coolers etc. Any experience with any of the parts? Any additions?

My set-up is:

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Corsair H75 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDC-207DBK Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer
Monitor: BenQ GL2450HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/BennyboyJones/saved/4nYX

Thanks!

 

[Suztera]

You won't need 16Gb ram, 8GB will suffice.
H100i or H105 for water cooling coolers
Get a better power supply form Antec, Seasonic, XFX or Corsair ( Not CX, CS, VS series).
Would personally recommend XFX XTR 650W
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1650bbefx

 

[Seeking Solace]

Case?

Maybe cut down the RAM to 8GB and the SSD to 120GB (because you have so much storage with that HDD) and use the money to get a better Corsair PSU or a different brand.

 

[numanator]

Prices in the UK are higher than in the states. I put this together for you to try to fit it into a 1000 GBP budget:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£164.39 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£87.98 @ Dabs)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.57 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£59.95 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£67.19 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (£239.72 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black) ATX Full Tower Case (£102.70 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£67.52 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDC-207DBK Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer (£41.12 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: BenQ GL2450HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (£119.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1034.58
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-16 17:24 BST+0100)

Couldn't fit the gtx 780 in with everything else

 

[numanator]

If you really wanted the gtx 780 in the 1k GBP budget this would work, but I am not sure how you feel about AMD processors:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£105.59 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.45 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£78.64 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£58.57 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£67.19 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£360.98 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black) ATX Full Tower Case (£102.70 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£67.52 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDC-207DBK Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer (£41.12 @ Scan.co.uk)
Monitor: BenQ GL2450HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (£119.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1027.75
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-16 17:30 BST+0100)

Also no SSD

 

[sora]

OP, I'm going to say that personally the 780 isn't worth it; I'd rather wait for the 790 or the 8xx series of cards to be released.