Three Screens Office+Gaming Build $2000

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I apologize if this seems to be a repost but Ive accidentally posted it on Systems thread. Figured this would be the right place for it. You guys were great with helping me with the last build!

Need: Asap
Location: US

Preferences:
3 monitors (mount)
120 GB+ SSD OS
1TB HD

No Overclocking

Primary Use: Office PC, Photo Editing, with a little bit of gaming (SC2)

Budget:
$1500 without monitors and mount

Do not need:
Case, OS, Keyboard, Mouse
 
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What state/city are you purchasing in? Are you within viable driving distance of a Microcenter? Also, do you want us to suggest monitors and a mount, or just the system itself with the knowledge that it will be used with three monitors?

Edit: Additionally, you've got a lot of money there, given what you're looking for from your build. Would you like us to optimize down on price, or invest more in cooling/quiet/something along those lines?
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What state/city are you purchasing in? Are you within viable driving distance of a Microcenter? Also, do you want us to suggest monitors and a mount, or just the system itself with the knowledge that it will be used with three monitors?

Edit: Additionally, you've got a lot of money there, given what you're looking for from your build. Would you like us to optimize down on price, or invest more in cooling/quiet/something along those lines?
 
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would prefer to do all the purchases online. I'm sorry i didn't specify earlier but my preferred monitors are 24". I already have these in mind.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236174

Would love for the price to be optimized. However the option to upgrade or improve later on is a must.

Thank you all again for your help
 
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This would be my baseline suggestion:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($299.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($92.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Mushkin Chronos 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($259.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($69.20 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1107.11
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-09 16:51 EDT-0400)

You could invest more in it (Silverstone Fortress 2 case, GTX 770 or 780 GPU, larger SSD/HDD, more RAM, etc.), but as stands it should be fine for your planned use, and run quite quietly to boot.

Edit: My deepest apologies, it appears that I forgot the PSU.
 
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This looks very good and a good deal from what i was expecting!

It's missing a PSU but i'd assume anything higher than a 650W will run this smoothly?

I might just end up getting the GTX 770. Although my issue with this build will probaly be temps. Cooling suggestions?
 
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the PB238Q has those buttons to the right. it doesn't seem like a big deal but when you have 3 monitors side by side its a bit annoying.
 
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A 550w would run this fine, to be honest. That said, the next most efficient PSU is 750w anyway, so may as well, I suppose.

The 770 would be a fine choice, though I believe that the build as stands could run SCII on three monitors. As to cooling, the R4 is well-cooled, though the aforementioned Fortress 2 is superior in that regard, albeit at a significantly higher price. Honestly, I wouldn't expect this build to run terribly hot, as it uses a cooler family of GPUs (AMD's the hot head this generation) and a non-overclocked processor.
 
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Really? I'd swear I'd seen 7970s coming out significantly on the losing side of the heat comparison with 770s/680s. Perhaps I'm misremembering - I'm a little sleep-deprived at the moment.
 
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Oh, naturally. I have a pair of Vapor-X 7970s myself, and I'm always shocked by how cool they run. I was referring to the heat emitted by the card (and thus sent into the case by most axial-fan coolers), which I had been under the impression was higher with Tahiti cards than GK104 cards. I may have been misinformed, however.
 
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