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Been away from PCs for just a bit since the laptop I have is a bit old and doesnt run much anymore.  Now planning on switching to a desktop and have a build I would like some advice on.  Here is the ticket number....

Saved Ticket Number: 863184

My main questions are this...

1)  To my understanding the i7 is a little overkill for gaming but great at multitasking etc?  But since I will be using mine for just gaming almost exclusively an overclocked i5 would be more than sufficient?

2)  Is that power supply adequate for the build or would I need a little more?

3)  To my understanding the 770 is nearly as good as the 780 so I opted for the 4gb 770 instead of the much more expensive 3gb 780?  As a reference my monitor will be around 22-24" with a resolution of either 1920x1080 or 1920x1200.  With this graphics card/resolution will I be able or close to maxing out games for a bit and they look good on the monitor?

4)  Anything in particular I should look for in the monitor other than resolution?  Do I need a higher resolution one?

5)  Will the stage stage 2 noctua air with standard chassis fans for enough for keeping it cool or should I upgrade to 120mm performance fans too?

6)  Plan on overclocking the CPU worth doing the same for GPU and memory boost?

As i stated previously this build would be used specifically and almost exclusively for gaming.  Examples:  BF4, Watch Dogs, Starcraft, Total War games, Elder Scrolls & Elder Scrolls online games, pretty much a wide variety.  Was trying to keep the build right around $2000.

Let me know if I'm missing anything else.  Thanks for any help!

Here's another build to consider...

863198 $2028

I changed the motherboard to support SLI (dual GPUs), downed the RAM to 8GB (easy to upgrade in the future), changed PSU to the EVGA (which is modular if a future upgrade/replacement is needed), changed the case to an equal quality but less expensive one and added the GTX 780. If you're planning on running stuff with a single card (for now) at max settings (especially shooters), the 780 would be a better choice over the 770 (20-30% more fps) and is closer to the Titan in performance (with the ability to add a second one down the road when they are cheaper). It just squeaks into your budget @ $2028 but is worth considering (also, upgrading to the Corsair 1050 for $57 now will save the hassle of upgrading in the future if your even considering SLI - if not, than the EVGA will be fine). As bprat22 mentioned, don't forget your FREE t-shirt!

Good Luck!!

So I'm not planning on buying for a couple months.  Probably closer to the end of fall or maybe January 2014 depending on how much christmas stuff I need to get this year haha.  That being said would I be better off as far as maxing stuff out down the road doing a dual gtx 770 setup since I have a little more time to save?  Are some games still having compatibility issues with sli?  A friend of mine....and this was a year or two back so its probably different now; but he was having trouble getting getting both cards to even work for some games or having them optimized and use both cards power etc or something?  Can someone give me little bit better explanation?  Even when I was PC gaming I had never used a dual graphics card setup.  Thanks.

SLI sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. As danjw1 said, nVidia releases lots of new drivers to help support newer popular games as they come out but that's still no guarantee. That's why sometimes it's better to get the best single card solution with a future option of SLI so that way even when SLI won't work properly, you'll still have a great single card solution... This is why nVidia made the Titan - to be the most powerful single GPU solution - and the GTX780 isn't far off on the performance of it.

Just my 2¢.

The 770 is still an awesome card and will handle majority of games at high settings short of heavy shooters - and that's where the SLI 770 comes into play...

heres the new config number.  still open to suggestions if anyone has any.  Thanks for all the help!

Saved Ticket Number: 863520

Originally posted by ArkansasWoman777 I don't think the Noctua will fit in the Virtue case, the size of the noctua is kinda large, but it might idk.

The allowed height on the case is 160mm and it looks like that is the height of Noctua.

My buddy, my son! Why, oh, why does it have Windows 8. Windows 8 is a pile of ****.

Originally posted by danjw1 Originally posted by Steveski My buddy, my son! Why, oh, why does it have Windows 8. Windows 8 is a pile of ****. If you game Windows 8 will have better DirectX 11.1 support and other performance improvements. It is personal choice, a UI that many think is broken, or better performance.

I went for better interface over possible performance.

The Windows 8 ui sucks and adding a third party solution to your OS to try and fix it and hope it does not cause other issues or get broken by MS patches seemed like a bad idea to me.

Plus who knows how much of that performance gain would be lost by the third party addon being added to the system.