New Gaming/Editing Build

[Atom25]

Hey, guys. I'm currently trying to pick parts out for my build. Here's the link. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1fUtC
I need some suggestions. Is there anything that I should swap out? My budget range is around $2000.

I just have a few concerns. Should I swap out the GTX 780 for a MSI GTX 770 Lightning Edition? I'm thinking about SLI down the road, but for now I'm going to stay with a single GPU. Or do you guys think I should remain with a Single GPU with this build even down the road? I'm using a 1920x1080p monitor.

Also, is this a quality motherboard for what I'm doing or is there a better one to choose and is there a better memory I could get (bang for my buck)? Thanks. I also plan on overclocking my cpu and video card.

 

[bryonhowley]

I think at 1080p a GTX 770 would be just fine. On my i5 3570K I have a SLI GTX 670 and at 1080p a single GTX 670 is just fine. The only time I really need SLI is when I am playing games that work at 5760x1080 Surround.

For what you are going to use your system for I would look for a i5 instead of i7. That alone will save about $100 of of your price with out any real impact on performance. Games do not really use Hyperthreading and that is really all the i7 has over a i5. Even my aging i5 3570K is more than enough for any game I have played. A friend of mine built a new rig a few months ago around the same time I did mine. He went with a i7 and then found out that his games would stutter unless he turned off HyperThreading in the bios turning his i7 into a i5 for $100 more.

And the PSU 1200 is really overkill plus Cooler Master is not really the best for PSU anyway. Go with a quality Antec Seasonic Corsair and really even a 800watt would be more than enough.

 

[Atom25]

I'd rather stick with an i7 to be honest. Gaming is just one of the few things I'm going to be doing, along with rendering. Also, I chose the PSU because of the great sale going on for it at newegg. It's basically the same price as a corsair HX850 watt, and if I chose to do SLI 1200 watts would be more than enough, plus it has gold standard. Don't you get the best performance when you're in the 30-65% usage range of your psu? I originally went with the corsair as you've suggested until I saw this sale.