First Ever Gaming Rig Building

Hey guys, I am going to build my first gaming PC, wanting it to last for about 4-5 years from now and still be able to run at High graphic settings. I really need any suggestion I can get.

I have the same PC (not built by myself), with some minor upgrades for about 7 years, and it still is able to run Skyrim at Medium settings. I am hopping for something like that.

Right now:

For Graphics, I am between GTX 780 and 770

For CPU, pretty set for i5 4670K

That's all I got, I would appreciate any suggestions and/or corrections you can throw my way. Also, I have no idea about motherboards n' stuff so a little enlightenment would be a huge help!

@Billieguy: The i5 4670k is a great choice for the CPU IMO, but there is quite the gap between the GTX 770 and 780. I would wait to see the R9 290X and 290 reviews before getting a GPU, also the Sapphire Toxic R9 280X is very good for $350 and at times performs almost as well as 780. A good motherboard is really anything above $140, at $140- Extreme4 Z87, $160- Gigabyte Z87 UD3H, $180- Asus Z87 Pro if your budget is higher I can find something.

There are plenty of good cases around $100-160, anything from Corsair IMO is a great choice. There are also great cases by NZXT like the Phantoms, Fractal Design's R4 and XL R2 are good, Coolermaster and Antec are also good. There are probably others, I recommend finding one you like and asking if it is good or not.

PSU I would recommend any Corsair (HX, RM, AX series or the lower end CX and TX) and Seasonic PSU(X and Platinum series ) , but give a budget if these are to expensive.

@redskins26rocs:

I was considering Gigabyte Z87 UD3H as a motherboard, I like the idea of 10 USB 3.0 built in. Is it worth it though?

The UD3H is a great board for $160 and is well worth itcheck out the Techpowerup review. As I said I recommend them all, it just comes down to what you need from it like ports (if you actually use 10 usb ports at once then get that one, lol) and features. You will be happy with any of those I recommended and if you have any other ones in mind feel free to ask if they are good.

Edit: I forgot to ask where your country or currency, but if USD like I have been posting in the UD3H is only $150 on Newegg, probably Amazon too)

4-5 years on high graphics? not going to do that unless you combine 3 Titans in SLI with i7 Extreame and 16Gb of 2.1k RAM

@PredatorRules: Yeah like most developers are going to push PC gaming to its limits requiring 3x Titans and that expensive ass CPU.

@redskins26rocs: I will probably buy most of these on ebay so it really doeant matter. I just need some suggestions concerning power.

I'd say spend the extra on the 780 if you want it to last that long.

@Postmortem123: That's what I was thinking.

@redskins26rocs: Would it be wise to get i7 4770k? I found a pretty good deal and I think it would be good

@Billieguy: Yeah sure if the price difference is not that big I would say go for it especially if you can afford it. It has the possibility of being able to last longer if devs take advantage of hyperthreading

Only diff between i5 and i7 is hyper-threading, which is not useful strictly for gaming but could be useful if you have alot of apps up.

5 years on "high" is difficult to guarantee with any hardware BUT most devs don't really push hardware.

Unless some dev pulls a Crysis where you need friggin titan to run it, %99 of devs are gonna make their games very accessable to the masses.

Wait on the gtx 780. A price cut is coming and gaming bundles are coming. Its going to come with 3 free games and probable price cut to 500-550.

@Billieguy I sent you a pm