Haswell PC build around $1500

urukhai

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Hello,
I've been studying several builds of 2013 that use Haswell CPUs and here is what I have come up with myself:
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/jjfawkes/saved/1Wh7

It's not a perfect build, I bet there are several components that can be replaced, I would like your opinions and some advice of what could be improved in this build
I plan on buying it within the next two weeks, but perhaps there are some parts that can be replaced? Maybe I shouldn't buy GTX 770, but use two lower grade GPUs (in SLI or Crossfire)?
Or perhaps I should go with intel core i5-3570k not i7-4770?
How about the PSU - is it going to be enough power (620w)?

I'd love to get some opinions :) Thank you!
 

urukhai

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Which heatsink would you recommend?
The rig is mostly for gaming, movies and some 3d editing/modelling
 

Christian Angelo

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Seems like the top pick around here is the cooler master 212 EVO, since it's fairly cheap and is a very good cooler for the money.

Well other than that I'd just make sure yourself an extra harddrive or something, unless you feel that you wont exceed 250gigs of space. In this day and age it can get pretty easy to get to that capacity, especially with games, movies and modeling software etc. Otherwise this looks like a good system
 

urukhai

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CM 212 evo looks really good for the price, I think I will take it :)
I plan on buying a 2 TB HDD, but I haven't chosen which yet, it's not as important as deciding on mobo, gpu and cpu, I think I will leave it for the last :)
Also I changed my power supply to Corsair AX860, because I am afraid that 620W might not be enough and corsair is platinum certified, but the cost difference is just about 40$