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Good day,
I want to build PC for myself and I have some experience with building pcs already, as I have completely removed all of the components in my and my dad's pc and built them in again.
First of all some general information:
 
1. Budget & Location
I am from Germany and I am willing to spend 800€ on the build. Keep in mind that I already bought the graphics card and the power supply, which do not count to those 800€
 
2. Aim
The system will be used for gaming. Especially games like Arma 3, BF4, Far Cry and Crysis.

3. Monitors
I am already running two monitors and it's unacceptable for me to go back to just one. I currently own a Samsung 24'' 16:9 monitor with 2ms reaction time and 60hz and my second monitor (which I only use for writing, reading or showing my spotify playlist,etc. ) is an old Yundai 4:3 monitor, which is still using a VGA :D . If a cheaper, newer and good looking monitor comes to your mind that is enough for the uses stated above I would very much appreciate it.

4. Peripherals
I do not need an OS, nor MS Office, as I already own it. Would you recommend Win 8 over Win 7? I currently own Win 7 64 bit. I do already have a keyboard, headset and a mouse, but as my keyboard is getting a bit old now, I would like to hear your recommendations on a good mechanical keyboard (with additional keys for controling music volume and stopping/playing music and a numpad)

5. Why are you upgrading?
I currently own a 4 year old Mini-tower with a ATI Radeon HD 5570 with 1gb GRam and 4gb Ram. It' just not satisfying me and my gaming needs anymore as I can't run my favorite game Arma 3 properly. Additionally the mobo is a Mini-Atx and is using the 1156 socket.
 
I though about a new system for quite some time and this is what I came up with:
http://de.pcpartpicker.com/user/BCEGhost/saved/jpTZxr
 
Please keep in mind that I have already bought the PSU and GPU. Btw., I do not want to overclock my system and I am not rendering videos or using photoshop. That's why I am unsure about the i7-4770K and the Z87! Another important aspect for me is noise. I prefer silent components over loud ones, but just up to a price difference to ~20-30 bucks(depends on the component ofc)
 
CPU:  i7-4770K ,alternatives: i7-4770, i7-4790, i5-4690, i5-4670
CPU-Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
Mobo: Asus Z87
Ram: G.Skill Ripjaws Xseries 8Gb (2x 4gb)
HDD: Toshiba DT01ACA200 2Tb, 7200 RPM
SSD: Crucial Mx100 256gb
GPU: Gigabyte Gforce Gtx 770 2gb Windforce OC
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 in Titanium Grey, I'm not sure about buying a case with window or without (PCPartpicker doesn't include that version of the R5, so you see the R4 in my list)
PSU: Be Quiet Straight Power 680W
OC: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer (any recommendations here? I was really unsure about this one)
Wlan Adapter: I am using DLan at home, so I don't need one. But as I want to take my PC to Lan-parties i need one and this one is just 15 €)
Case-Fans: I'm not sure wether I buy three BitFenix BitFenix BFF-LPRO-14025B-RP 140mm or not. I might do so after I built the system and realize I dont have enough airflow and if I buy a windowed case, the inside look will improve through the blue light. (Any recommendations for good, cheap and silent fans?)

Speakers: Bose Companion 2.0

 

 

This is the basic stuff. As I already stated above I appreciate any recommendations for a new second monitor or mechanical keyboard, but it doesn't really matter that much.

 

Thanks a lot for reading through my post.

 

Cheers.

 

 

PS: For the thermal paste I thought of getting the Arctic MX-2 and for a anti-static armwrist this one (http://www.amazon.de/Anti-Statik-Armband-Erdung-Antistatik-Band-Elektrizit%C3%A4t-EMI-Abschirmung/dp/B0090I0FF8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417707709&sr=8-1&keywords=anti+statik+band , sorry for the long link and btw it's a german website)

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The i7 is a bit much.  I would get the i5 4690k.  Not sure what you should make better since you already have the graphics card.  maybe a z97 board?

 

Isn't the Mobo not fitting my needs? I thought the "Z" means that it is overclockable and as I won't do that I could save money by buying a cheaper mobo that is not overclockable or invest the money for a "Z"-mobo in a "Non Z"-mobo

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The z does not mean overclockable.  "Z97" and "Z87" are the motherboard chipsets.  Wether they are overclockable or not depends on how the manufacturer made the board to function.  Z97 is just a newer chipset. 

Ah alright. Thank you very much.

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