$1500 Gaming Rig

[Dinkle]

Greetings! I am currently in the process of throwing together a new gaming pc to replace my laptop. My goal is to stay around $1500 and have a solid baseline for future overclocking and liquid cooling. I will also be adding a second GPU somewhere down the line. Here is what I have put together thus far:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2naGp
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2naGp/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2naGp/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($183.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($88.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($329.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Gunmetal/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($81.76 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro M2 850W 80+ Silver Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($139.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1374.65
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-20 03:01 EST-0500)

I believe the Phantom 410 is a tad small to get into liquid GPU cooling, but should be able to handle a decent cpu setup, correct?

And I know this is a little nit-picky but I was hoping to have most of my internal components blue/blk colored. Would there be a reliable alternative to my current MOBO selection?

 

[Marcopolo123]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($222.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($88.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($329.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT Phantom 530 CA-PH530-B1 Black ATX Full Tower Case ($121.49 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($124.48 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1161.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-20 04:56 EST-0500)

 

[maurelie]

-There is a discount on the Corsair HX 850 80+ Gold, and you can get it for $119, much better PSU than the CM's and it is 2 tiers up than the CM's unit. Plus it matches your color scheme of black and blue
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-hx850
-If you are going to use that build just for gaming, i would suggest you to get the i5 4670k, because there is not much benefit in using i7, instead i5 for gaming, and also you can go with 8GB of ram. That means you can save $200 on the CPU and RAM, plus $20 on the PSU, and use it for CPU cooler and bigger case, something like NZXT 530.