Advice on My First Build

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Voxetros

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Hey everybody,

I decided a fun thing to try in the new year would be to build my own computer. This computer I'm building would be used mostly for gaming. I'm currently playing my games on a laptop and would like an upgrade. :) Here is the list of parts I've considered.

Case - http://www.amazon.com/CM-Storm-Enfo...8518803&sr=1-11&keywords=gaming+computer+case
Processor - http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core-i7-3770-Quad-Core-Processor/dp/tech-data/B007SZ0EHE/ref=de_a_smtd
Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131981
RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314 (X2 total of 16GB)
Graphics Card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127745
Hard Drive- http://www.amazon.com/WD-Blue-Deskt...TF8&qid=1379898712&sr=1-3&keywords=hard+drive (For data/storage)
SSD - http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Elect...=1379898977&sr=1-1&keywords=solid+state+drive (For OS/Drivers)
Optical Drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118073
Power Supply - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027
Monitor - http://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-27EA63V-P-led-monitor (I already have the monitor, got it as a Christmas gift)
Operating System - Windows 8

How do all of these parts look? Is there anything I should change? Is everything compatible with each other? I am a little worried about the power supply because I didn't know how to calculate how much power I'd be using with this. I would like to have 2 monitors, is there anything special about dual-monitor displays?

When I priced this out, it came up to around $1,300, which I think is pretty reasonable. But I am always willing to save money! ;D Do you guys think there is anything I could switch to lower the price and not lose too much performance?

Thank you for taking the time to read and to help me out. Please let me know if I forgot anything or if there is more information you need to know! :)
 
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http://pcpartpicker.com/user/speedx77/saved/3iHi

The video card is your choice. I set it at the 290 because i believe it beats the 780 and is cheaper like you wanted. However, the reference cooler for the 290 is loud and non-reference cards haven't come out yet sooo. It's all up to you. And BTW when doing your links put a space between the "-" and the link
 
speedx77x said:
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/speedx77/saved/3iHi

The video card is your choice. I set it at the 290 because i believe it beats the 780 and is cheaper like you wanted. However, the reference cooler for the 290 is loud and non-reference cards haven't come out yet sooo. It's all up to you. And BTW when doing your links put a space between the "-" and the link
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Thanks for that link, it's pretty cool and I really appreciate it. And sorry about the dashes, I'll change that right away!
 
Your CPU and motherboard aren't compatible :)
But Speeds build is better/same, but I would definitely get a custom PCB+cooled R9 290 from ASUS.
If you took temperature out of the picture on a reference R9 290 (and the 290X) you wouldn't be able to overclock it much more. You quickly run in to a power delivery bottleneck, but that won't happen on custom PCBs. ASUS is the only ones I know of that use a custom PCB currently.
And you may think that you don't need to OC your card, but it's done automatically on the go. Also much better life time. Either get GTX 780 or R9 290 with custom PCB imo, not the reference (normal) card.
 
Jiniix said:
Your CPU and motherboard aren't compatible :)
But Speeds build is better/same, but I would definitely get a custom PCB+cooled R9 290 from ASUS.
If you took temperature out of the picture on a reference R9 290 (and the 290X) you wouldn't be able to overclock it much more. You quickly run in to a power delivery bottleneck, but that won't happen on custom PCBs. ASUS is the only ones I know of that use a custom PCB currently.
And you may think that you don't need to OC your card, but it's done automatically on the go. Also much better life time. Either get GTX 780 or R9 290 with custom PCB imo, not the reference (normal) card.
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Thanks! And thank you to everybody else. You've helped answer a lot of my questions. :)
 
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