Like maxiim said, take 780 if its in ur budget. But my all means, if you don't want it or can't get it, the 770 is a great price/performance card, but considering the price is a bit low......... And about the CPU, i recommend changing to an intel i5 4670k. Its worth the $$ . But I would turn up my budget a little for the i7 or to save money the amd 8000 series(you may have to sacrifice performance a bit). When you consider games like watch dogs, which is next-gen and looks BEAUTIFUL, its recommend/ultra requirements is an i7. Considering this is one of the first next gen games out yet(console demo only), as time goes on, reasons to get i7 keep piling up. The i5 will work no probs, but it may be a bit more safer to get i7 IMO. Btw, if your getting a 780, it may not be worth SLI ing it if you were thinking to do it in the future, it only gains like 7 fps in most games against a 770 SLI. I would keep the 780 as ling as possible and replace it with the upcoming 800 series of nvidia of 900 series if its out by then.