Gaming computer build help?

Matthew is a F'n idiot for saying a i5 is about to become outdated and suggesting a i7 over it for gaming

Well considering that the 780 is great already and the i5 will start to become outdated earlier then the 780 I would say get the i7 and the better fan also the cpu is good all around. Just my opinion.

Stay with the i5 and the 780 or even look at another card.

There a lot of factors into that decision and really come down to personal preference and future expectations.

First off, either the 780 or 780 Ti will be great for gaming on modern games at the highest settings, and will be able to play upcoming games for the next few years. I personally went with super clocked 780 Ti with ACX cooling from EVGA because it offered what I wanted. It gave me great air cooling along with multiple power connections to spread the energy and heat transfer between. So even though I am going to probably not overclock it, as it already comes with a factory preset overclock, but if I chose to, it would be able to withstand it better than a reference version. So if you decide to stick with the 780, just ensure that it has the capabilities that you really want. As in maybe you could get a super clocked version of the 780 that would offer a higher clock rate or whatever you feel you might need a little down the road to save some money then.

Between an i5 and an i7 there is not much difference for gaming as of the games that are out right now, and needing an i7 would really be more important if you were going to run multiple applications at the same time and for a lot of heavy video editing. I chose an i7 4930k for my build because I run games, game recording software, and other programs at the same time. Because my processor offers 6 cores, and hyper-threading (which means it has 12 virtual cores), then I can push the load of all the programs between all the cores allowing them to run easily with no lag or other issues. The i5 4670K is a great processor for gaming and although it does not have hyper threading, it does still have 4 cores. It will be able to run any modern games and is a very good processor for the money.

Regarding your motherboard, I am not sure which one you have picked out, so I don't know if you should bother trying to upgrade to a better one. Primarily regarding the motherboard, you just need to know if it will meet your current needs and any future improvements that you want to make to your system. For example, if you are going to buy a nice graphics card right now, and play all the modern games at really high settings. But then in three years you can't play those games at the highest settings and you don't want to purchase another $500-$700 graphics card. By then, you can get another of the same graphics card you already own for a better price and run them in SLI (if they are NVidia graphics cards anyway/ATI has Crossfire). So if that is a solution you are considering, then you would want to purchase a motherboard that supports that.

The CPU Fan is a very important component because you really want to ensure that the CPU is properly cooled. I would definitely recommend you don't go cheap on that and purchase something like the Corsair H100i cooler or something else along those lines. If you really want to try using the stock CPU cooler that should come with the boxed/full retail version of your CPU, then go ahead as long as you don't plan on overclocking it should be fine.

The case is a fairly important part of your build because it determines the actual components that you can fit inside of it while providing proper cooling, and I definitely don't recommend you going to cheap on one. You can find a great case for most needs at $100 or less with built-in fans and decent ports for USBs and such.

All in all, you would be just fine with a 780 and an i5 processor. And if you need any help then you can contact me on my facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/NBSN/20530276295047...

The i7 will give you no performance increase for games. Personally I'd just go with the 780 at most.

i'd stick with the i5 and the 780 and for the mobo i cant help if i do not know the model of your i5