Build Comparison Help

[C4Dman314]

I have been looking at an expensive gaming build for several months now (somewhere in the ball park of $2000); however, I am not entirely sure it is necessary to get approximately 60 fps (or greater) in games as demanding as crysis 3 and the witcher series at close to or at their max settings (1080p). Any thoughts (revisions to the designs included) to help me decide between the 2000 and 1400 builds would be great.

$2000

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/c4dman314/saved/2DDY

$1500

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/c4dman314/saved/33no


here is a third build I have sort of looked at but not really thought much about

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/c4dman314/saved/2noT

 

[OlittoTV]

will you be doing anything other than gaming such as video editing if not go with the i5 and a 780 but if you are video editing or doing cpu intensive things go with the i7 and 780!