Sandfortress

Very nice!

@Sandfortress
 
Awesome, good luck on the build:-)

GPU:I would get a open air cooler. Like MSI's twinfrozr, Gigabytes windforce etc. The case isn't that small, so it shouldn't be a problem. And those coolers are much better (quieter and cooler) than the stock blower one. Otherwise you can buy an extra casefan later or something (I don't remember how many the node ships with).
 
Motherboard: You can save a couple of bucks by buying this one: Asus Z87M-plus. There is a Z97 version too.
Z97 gives you SATA express, and the ability to upgrade to broadwell without buying a new motherboard.
 
HD: I would really recommend buying an SSD right away. If you can afford it. 120GB are fairly cheap now. So if you save some bucks on the MB and maybe only a 1TB HDD you can squeeze an SSD in there. :-). I have ther Samsung EVO 500GB and I like it. :-).
 
RAM: If you don't care about looks you can buy Corsairs valueselect or Kingstons ValueRam, for a little cheaper. They have no nice looking heat spreader though.
 
Good luck:-)

Unless you are planning to overclock a huge amount, just get a cheaper air cooler or 120mm rad aio. Get a cheaper 770 and use the saved money to get an SSD.

Woops forgot to quote you before. And @frontliner is correct, you can also save bucks on the Cooler. But you will sacrifice OC potential.

Hi there peeps, new to these forums but thought I would throw up this "re-do" of my current rig, I set this rig up a few months ago after selling my x79 build due to continued problems and frustration, they are a hell of a platform to build off and even though in many ways going to a z77 seemed like a downgrade it has proved a much more stable build.
 
I first built this rig into a Corsair Vengeance C70 mid tower (army green), with a kind of stealthed military kind of theme and 2 7970's, almost everything on the inside of the case was black with a few hints of red (corsair fan bezels, etc) and it served its purpose for being kind of a "in between builds" rig with not much care given to cable management or layout. the update saw the installation of a gtx780 and a H100i
 
anyway, the time came to at least get it looking good as I waited to see what my next build would be, and this was the result..... I used white braiding wherever possible and painted the heat spreaders on the dominator gt's white. looks alright.
 
specs as it stands now, subject to inevitable changes over time as I get bored with my computers real easy
 
CPUcore i7 3770K @ 4.2GHz MotherboardASUS Sabertooth Z77 RAMCorsair Dominator GT 16GB 2133MHz GPUReference Nvidia GTX780 CaseFractal Define R4 White Storage3 x 3TB WD black / 1 x Intel 530 240GB SSD PSUCorsair AX850 Display(s)Dell UltraSharp 2560x1440p CoolingCorsair H100i KeyboardLeopold cherryMX brown ten keyless MouseTt black element SoundASUS Xonar Phoebus and Corsair SP2500 2.1  
This is how she looked before the re-boot

 
The standard parts pic (out of focus, sorry)

 
This is how she looks now (RGB Lighting x 2 so you can mix colour fades)