Need help on building my first PC.

[FrostyWindz]

Hi guys. I have recently been given the green light to build my very first gaming PC and I would hope to get some advice from you guys out there. After looking through countless videos and forums, I have picked out some parts.

I will be using this PC to play games like Arma 3, BF4 etc. I would also be doing a tiny bit of editing stuff and abit of surfing the net.

I have a budget of $1600 - $1700 and this are the parts I have picked :

Part list : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2cBeL

Parts :

CPU - i5-4670k
CPU Cooler - Antec Kuhler H2O 620
MoBo - Asus Maximus VI Hero
Memory - Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3-1866 (2x4) 8 GB
Storage - SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120 GB
HHD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB
Video Card - 2 Way Sli Asus Gtx 760
Case - NZXT Phantom 410 White
Case Fan - 2x Corsair Air Series SP High Performance Edition 120mm Fans
Power Supply - Corsair Professional HX750 750W
Optical Drive - Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE
Operating System - Windows 8.1 OEM 64 Bit
Monitor - Asus VS247H-P

These are all my parts. My budget includes the monitor, sadly. So, are there are parts I should change? Anything I should save on etc? I really hope to make my first build a good one. Thanks to all in advance.

 

[Stjohn Russell]

Nope looks good to good you have chosen your parts well.

 

[FrostyWindz]

Glad to hear that

 

[Super Batman]

Honestly you will be better with a single Graphics card.
You will ebifit in many ways like:
More room to upgrade later
Less driver issues
Less power consumtion
and less microstuttering. Although microstuttering is mostly on AMD cards, any 2way config is prone to microstuttering.

An ASUS Direct CUII GTX 780 is a very good idea. Same goes for the MSI Lightning Edition.
You can also get a GTX 780ti, the best 780ti´s are from MSI, ASUS, and EVGA

 

[FrostyWindz]

Alright I would look into it, thanks anyway.

 

[Super Batman]

Sure thing.

 

[Stjohn Russell]

Or a R9 290x

 

[Super Batman]

Then you´d need one hell of a waterblock and special custom loop to keep it from sounding like an Airplane engine

 

[FrostyWindz]

I have changed my build to a single graphics card ( Asus Direct CUII GTX 780 ) Would I still need 750 W of power? Or can I change it to a lower wattage and have a better of another part?

 

[Stjohn Russell]

Keep the 750 Watt just to be sure

 

[FrostyWindz]

Ok

 

[Super Batman]

The recommended wattage is 600.
So I would get a 650W 80+ certified or better just to be sure.
Seasonic, antec, XFX, Corsair (RM,HX,TX), and Rosewill all have excellent PSUs.
Remember to ALWAYS get a 80+ certified PSU because they are the best.
In order of efficiency:
80+
80+ Bronze
80+ Silver
80+ Gold
80+ Platinum

 

[Super Batman]

The recommended wattage is 600.
So I would get a 650W 80+ certified or better just to be sure.
Seasonic, antec, XFX, Corsair (RM,HX,TX), and Rosewill all have excellent PSUs.
Remember to ALWAYS get a 80+ certified PSU because they are the best.
In order of efficiency:
80+
80+ Bronze
80+ Silver
80+ Gold
80+ Platinum

 

[FrostyWindz]

Alright thanks.