600 pounds gaming system

[alrosh7]

Hello, I am trying to build a gaming system, that will be able to play the latest games in 1920*1080 at full graphics. (well maybe not filters)

I am not interested in SLI, but it seems that most mobos today come with SLI. I do not want to have an extra PCI Expres slot hanging around.

So I got a number of question:

1) I am probably going for intel, so which chipset is the latest?
Intel 1155 (Z68 or Z77) ? or Intel 2011 ?

I found this mobo: ASUS Z87-K Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) Motherboard, but it does not allow O/C ?

2) Also which graphic card would you suggest? I found this one: ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU II OC 2GB GDDR5

3) Is also 8GB of ram enough? Should I pump it up to 16gb ? Games like BF4 will require more right?

4) How much watts are need for a setup like mine ? Around 600 watts should be enough right?

Thanks

 

[ExRayTed]

1) Intel 1150 is the latest socket type. That is an 'ok' motherboard choice with an 1150 socket. It will allow overclocking. I prefer Gigabyte stuff simply for the UK RMA
2) How deep are your pockets? In my opinion the best bang / buck card at the moment is the R9 280 series. If you can't afford that then go for the R9 270. Check GPU comparisons here
3) No need for more than 8gb
4) A quality (Seasonic / Antec / Superflower) 500w would be sufficient

 

[Doomedspeed]

As above but i want to add more detail to some answers.

1) You went through 4 chipsets and 3 sockets in that sentence, i think some clarification is needed. Im going to split it by CPU generation.

Sandybridge
-1155 socket/ Z68 (Z77) chipset
-Oldest of the new Intel CPU's
-Most popular chips are the 2500k, 2600k/2700k.
-All Z series motherboards support OC

Ivybridge
-1155 Socket/ Z68 (needs BIOS update) & Z77 Chipset
-Successor to Sandybridge
-3570k, 3770k.
- Z series motherboard needed for Overclocking.

Haswell
-1150 Socket/ Z87 Chipset
-Different Arcitechure to the 'Bridge's'
-4670k, 4770k
- Z series needed to OC.

Sandybridge-E (E stands for Enthusiast)
-2011 socket /X79 chipset
-3820, 3930k (hex core)
-Used for heavy editing rigs due to RAM space and Hex core CPU's

Ivybridge-E
-2011 socket, X79 Chipset (BIOS update)
-4820, 4930k (hex)
-Same benifits as Sandy-E

So for a gaming build, go for a Haswell chip and a Z87 motherboard.

2) The 760 is a poor choice, Spend around £200 to £250 on a R9 280 (non-x) or a R9 280X.

3) & 4) - As said in previous post.