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Thanks for doing such a review and research. After a few months, do you have any advice for the same purpouse?

I've got a rig with a 4770K, a z87i-pro and a g.skill ram. I'm concerned about the current cpu cooling solution (bundled with the intel processor). As I will try to OC, what should I get? Does a DH14 or an Evo 212 will fit with the g.skill ram? Seeing that H80i or H100i are in a similar price...

What graphics card do you recommend that will last 2-3 years and be able to play games at a high quality now and medium quality in the future? I've been looking to the Asus GTX 770 (2Gb). Rig is: i7-4770K 16Gb 2400 RAM 250Gb SSD Z87 motherboard (Asus z87i-pro) thanks

Sure, you'll make it last a year or two more (depending on the games you want to play).

Agree!r However, if you do not plan on overclocking, you could save some by getting non-K i7 series and an H87 based motherboard.

Having 2 GPUs (GTX780), get a better PSU. Maybe EVGA 1000 or Corsair AX.

For a first build, I wouldn't get a top-quality machine unless instructed to. Getting a i7 K series without knowing what it means won't be helpful. There are not so many games out there that can use 4 cores, so using 8 could take a while (and HT is kind of a cheat from Intel's marketing team...

What's your budget? Upgrading RAM and putting an SSD definetly improves the user experiences. You may get another graphics card a little bit newer than the one you have.

Intel build seems ok for gaming.

If it's only for gaming, don't get an i7, go for an i5. And if you want to OC, add a more powerful PSU. Also, unless you have a strong necessity, there's no need to have a DVD nowadays.

Seems good. I'll throw a standard HDD (1 or 2 TB) to store data (non-games nor applications).

Personally, I'd go with G.Skill if you can afford it. You can either choose a faster ram (2400Mhz) or a ram with less CAS (CL9).

Amazon uses stock product photos even if there are variants. You could always complain lately if the product does not match the specs. More RAM means more data at the same time.

Do you plan on OC? I guess you are since you're getting the i7-K series and a Z87 chipset. My advise would be to get a faster RAM, then you'll see more results when OC'ing.

Replace RAM on realchaos build for a faster one, then you'll be able to OC the whole set.