Building a gaming desktop machine

Hello,
I am currently looking to build a gaming desktop pc for gaming at 1920*1080.
I do not overclock (Processor or GPU). I don’t like or know about tinkering that much.
My current selection is as follows.
Processor: Intel Core i7 4770K (4TH GEN. 3.5GHZ 8MB CACHE MAX TURBO FREQUENCY 3.9GHZ)
Cooler: Corsair H90 Liquid Cooler (Cw-9060013-wW)
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-Z87-HD3 —- or —- GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-UD5H 1.0 —- or —- MSI Z87-GD65
Graphics Card: GigaByte GTX 770 2GB – 256BIT
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600 BUS DDR 3
PSU: Cooler Master G700 700 WATT —- or —- Cooler Master GX2 550 WATT —- or —- Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 550 WATT
SSD: Kingston 120GB (SV300S37A/120G)
HDD: Western Digital 1TB (WD10EARX)
My question is
1.) Is the 550 watt PSU enough for this build or should i go for the 700 watt PSU?
2.) Which motherboard would be best for this build?
Thank you.
Edit: forgot to add the liquid cooler for processor.
Answer #1
Liquid cooling for the gpu is far more important the CPU which would be fine even with the stock cooler.
Answer #2
One of the most important thins with a high end build is the PSU id go the 700… Each of your selections are fine, but if you are running a 64 bit system I would go for at least 16 gb’s of ram..
Answer #3
Higher PSU give your pc more room to breath and you can add/upgrade component in the future.
I suggest start searching and reading on overclock. Joining forum like
http://www.overclock.net/
Go into section that has your component and read. Ask question if needed. Your building an great rig. It would be a SHAME if you dont overclock it. Even a tiny bit.
You dont need the H90 if your not planning to go above the average overclock. Air cooling is decent enough even for an overclocking. But if money is not the issue. Keep the H90 since it does have plenty of benefits over air/stock and you can overclock much higher if you change your mind in the future.
Go for 16 gb ram if you can. It only cost a bit more. I still have my MSI Z87-GD65 in my desk drawer lol. If your in the US. I can sell it to you for an hundred buck. It didnt support 3 way SLI xD Great motherboard for single or dual sli/crossfire. GIGABYTE is an good company. Pick any and your good to go.
Answer #4
Considering you do not plan on overclocking, it would not matter too much what motherboard you should get.
700w will do fine, but I would suggest that you get a PSU from corsair, antec, pc power and cooling, or seasonic
Also, considering you do not plan on overclocking, any form of aftermarket cooling will be a waste of money; you should spend that on a better GPU instead.
Answer #5
If you aren’t planning to overclock there is little point spending the extra on a ‘K’ edition processor, the difference in performance at stock is negligible, and I would maybe go for a Seagate Barracuda instead of the Green WD HDD as you will get better gaming performance (unless you want to spend more and go for Velociraptor or SSD, don’t look at Hybrid drives as performance is surprisingly poor). 700w PSU would give more room for upgrades plus would allow for degradation over time.
Answer #6
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He got the Kingston 120GB listed above the hdd brother xD so its for storage.
Answer #7
Consider the following specs instead for your gaming PC. You won’t have to upgrade anything, except perhaps add another HDD or SSD and change the OS for another 15 years at least.
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth Z97 Mark 2 (Intel Z97 ATX) CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K (4.0 GHz) QUAD CORE 88W RAM: Kingston Low Voltage 32GB DDR3-1600 (4x8GB)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan-Z 12GB
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster ZxR
Solid State Drive: 480GB Intel DC S3500 SSD 2.5 inch (SATA III)
Case: Antec Twelve Hundred V3
Power Supply: Silverstone 1500W (80 PLUS Silver)
CPU Cooling: Corsair Hydro H60 Rev2 Liquid Cooling System
Case: Silverstone FT02 w/ Window
ROM: Asus 16x Blu-Ray Burner SATA
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Answer #8
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He got the Kingston 120GB listed above the hdd brother xD so its for storage.
I know, I was just throwing the SSD for storage idea out there, I do (combined with RAM cache it gives outstanding read/write performance)
Answer #9
Thanks guys for all your views. I knew i would get carried away by getting things i dont really need.
okay.. liquid cooling can be dropped plus it also makes sense that i should not be getting a K series processor since i’m not going to overclock anything…
@: I’m afraid aftermarket coolers for GPU are not available here. I may be wrong though. I’ll see if i can find some. thanks for the advise.
@: I meant to write 8GBx2 (i forgot) and im not in US. Sorry.
@: Those specs are a bit too much. I would prefer if i can build the whole thing in under $1200 excluding LCD/LED. The tax rates here are ridiculously high.
So the revised specs would be…
Processor: Intel Core i7 4790 <<<– This is cheaper here than the 4770K —- or Intel Core i5 4670k
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-Z87-HD3
Graphics Card: GigaByte GTX 770 2GB – 256BIT (for 1080p gaming this seems to be the best card)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GBx2 1600 BUS DDR 3 PSU: Cooler Master G700 (700 WATT) —- or —- Corsair Gaming GS600 Watts
SSD: Corsair 240GB FORCE LS SERIES
and thats it?
Answer #10
@: I'm afraid aftermarket coolers for GPU are not available here. I may be wrong though. I'll see if i can find some. thanks for the advise.
http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/138-kraken-g10-gpu-bracket.html