Help with building first gaming pc.

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I'm very new to this whole buying a computer thing. I want it for gaming, streaming music/movies and playing blurays, it's going to replace my xbox. I was looking at HTPC for the setup but if that will limit my gami ability since can forgo that. I plan on getting parts tomorrow and the rest of the parts in two weeks time. So my budget is a little over 1700. My question is will this bottleneck? Are there any defects in the build or what not. Any feed back is appreciated. ](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2nfsB)
 
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The Node 605 will have no problems holding a GTX 780, as seen here: http://www.rwlabs.com/article.php?cat=&id=846&pagenumber=3

What I do think is that 32 GB of RAM is serious overkill as 8 will be enough for gaming and there you can save a lot of money.

EDIT:

Here's a revised build, I changed very little since I do like yours:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($33.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87M Extreme4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory:...
The Node 605 will have no problems holding a GTX 780, as seen here: http://www.rwlabs.com/article.php?cat=&id=846&pagenumber=3

What I do think is that 32 GB of RAM is serious overkill as 8 will be enough for gaming and there you can save a lot of money.

EDIT:

Here's a revised build, I changed very little since I do like yours:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($33.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87M Extreme4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($162.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.48 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($519.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Node 605 HTPC Case ($159.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Plus 750W 80+ Silver Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($126.66 @ Newegg)
Total: $1682.08
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-20 11:20 EST-0500)

So, basically I halved your RAM (16GB is still overkill so it can even go to 8GB), changed your PSU for a beefier and fully modular unit that will greatly help you putting your computer together and doubled your SSD capacity with the savings.
 
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