GTX 780 Ti Superclocked 2014 Build

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Hello everyone. I'm currently putting a list together of parts I'm going to order within the next week hopefully. Thought I'd come to you guys and see what you think of it.
I decided to go for a 650w PSU since the 780Ti requires a 600w system wattage minimum so I thought 650 to be safe. I am not OCing the CPU for probably 6 months at least so I'll leave the stock cooler on it.

Tell me what you think / what you would change and why.

Thanks, all input is appreciated.

Sorry for the link, re-typed list.

CPU - i7 4770k 3.5ghz
MoBo - Asus Z87 Pro ATX
SSD - Samsung 840 Evo 250Gb
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 2TB
RAM - G Skill Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2x8) DDR3 1600 (Will probably change this)
GPU - EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Superclocked 3Gb
Case - Corsair 500R
PSU - EVGA Supernova 650w
OS - Windows 8 (Can be changed to 8.1)

Roughly £1560 give or take.
 
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So you link a basket full of components from other retailers? lol ok... Mobo is decent but there are just as good mobos for cheaper, Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z87 for instance.

you do not need 16gb of ram for gaming, 8gb is plenty. OCUK offers some better ram at a lot cheaper, for the £1550 or so you are spending that build is not fantastic.

Other than that the rest is standard fair and looks ok. would probably remove that link though and make a basket here to show people what you intend to buy
 
Personally i would probably not go for a 780ti, especially if you are only on a 1080p monitor. But if you want the superclocker ti then i would consider this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti Dual Classified ACX 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2888-KR) £639.95
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper M5 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £154.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 650 '80+ Gold' 650W Power Supply (CP-9020054-UK) £99.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black (CC-9011012-WW) £94.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/8X) £71.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £59.99
Total : £1,556.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Sure, you could go with the Atx version of that board if you'd prefer, completely fine.

in my opinion the 780ti is somewhat overpowered for 1080p gaming, its just not needed. something like a 280X is still plenty adequate for 1080p. 2560x1440 is more suited to a 780ti card, perhaps consider a monitor upgrade too?

The kingpin is not really a gaming card, its all about bragging if you buy that card and dont LN2 it. Im not saying don't buy it, we all like to show off a little :p its just not going to give you much better gaming performance.
 
Mhmm well I will be upgrading my monitor but only to a BenQ 120Hz. I think I'll go with the 780ti anyways since I'm due a big tax rebate this year so 1440p monitor might round the corner.
 
Im wondering why you're going for the 4770k retail... It's £20 more than the OEM and all you get is the stock cooler..(and an extra 2 years warranty but CPU's are the least likely thing to fail anyway, there normally DOA if they fail atall)

There is not normally a huge difference between the retail and OEM so it seems silly not to take advantage.

This means you (relaistically) get £20 off the cooler of your choice..
 
So maybe go for this? Cooler is up to you. Sounds like your not bidding for the greatest overclock in the world and your going to hit heat issues before anything else anyway, Change the cooler if you like, but the cpu does not come with one. Could even go with a arctic freezer pro or something. less than £20 so you spend some of what you save, overall cheaper. upgrade cooler when you overclock later. Up to you.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 780Ti Dual Classified ACX 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (03G-P4-2888-KR) £639.95
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor & Corsair H100i CPU Cooler Bundle £349.9
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £149.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 650 '80+ Gold' 650W Power Supply (CP-9020054-UK) £99.95
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black (CC-9011012-WW) £94.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/8X) £71.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £59.99
Total : £1,601.74 (includes shipping : £12.50).



EDIT: Just my personal 2 pence. For single gpu rigs, i would prefer to find an matx route with a slightly smaller case. but thats completely up to you.
 
Roverno said:
in my opinion the 780ti is somewhat overpowered for 1080p gaming, its just not needed. something like a 280X is still plenty adequate for 1080p. 2560x1440 is more suited to a 780ti card, perhaps consider a monitor upgrade too?
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That's just plain wrong. If you have a 120Hz monitor a 780Ti isn't going to get close to 120FPS in most games on ultra. I have a 290X and it struggles to get 60FPS with some games (BF4 can dip below 60 on certain maps and at specific points, Metro Last Light can go as low as 30 on ultra with high AA), and games are only going to get more demanding. A card that can run everything at 60FPS 1080p today probably won't be able to in 1-2 years.
 
Any suggestions for RAM? I'm going to go with 16GB since it really isn't that expensive and i do Video Editing / Graphic Media Design and some Streaming on the side.

I'm stuck between:
Kingston HyperX 1600Mhz
Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz
Kingston HyperX Beast 2133Mhz

All in the 2x8Gb format
 
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Just wanted to thank everyone who helped me on my various threads on building my first pc. It's all together now and i'm typing this off of it with no problems what so ever (touch wood). Brilliant community.

Thanks all!
 
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