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[Tellemurius]

I honestly can recommend to do not touch anything AMD yet until someone comes out with a aftermarket cooler, those things run too fricking hot for me and im an AMD fan. 780Ti is a great card though but performance is still around the same with 200 premium plus for whatever reason they decided to cut down the ram amount even though the Titan was 6gb and AMD flagship is running with 4gb.

[Knight of Fools]

The days where the size of the GPU RAM was super important are long gone. Very few games go beyond 2GB, and the thing runs so fast that it's unlikely you'll reach that level unless you're rocking three monitors. Of course, it does make it less palatable for future-proofing your card. Who knows what newer, future doodads will need from the GPU.

[Tellemurius]

The days where the size of the GPU RAM was super important are long gone. Very few games go beyond 2GB, and the thing runs so fast that it's unlikely you'll reach that level unless you're rocking three monitors. Of course, it does make it less palatable for future-proofing your card. Who knows what newer, future doodads will need from the GPU.

These new cards are suppose to break into 4k now and resolution scales with ram
SLI and Crossfire can solve those pains but as a single card guy i rely on that ram for my tons of texture mods.

[lordcooper]

The non-reference 290s don't seem like they're coming on time, so I'm opting for what seems to be the best performing 780ti and making a few compromises elsewhere to scrape back the cost.  The scarily knowledgeable folk over at Tom's Hardware have helped me arrive at the following (peripherals not included because I've just ordered them).

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£167.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard:  ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£109.07 @ CCL Computers)
Memory:  G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£67.92 @ Amazon UK)
Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£69.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£46.45 @ Aria PC)
Video Card:  EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card  (£559.99 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case:  Corsair 500R White ATX Mid Tower Case  (£91.99 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply:  NZXT HALE 90 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£119.70 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive:  Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer  (£13.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  (£65.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1336.25
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-22 19:03 GMT+0000)

I'm still weighing up the pros and cons regarding operating systems, so that might yet change.  Other than that, any final suggestions?

[Tellemurius]

you should keep the 16gb of ram, games are starting to need 6gb minimum now so might as well fill in the rest of the slots.

[Mephisto]

It's not really a suggestion per se, but will you need the optical drive?

It's only $21 US (sorry, I find it easier to manage my local currency), but I don't foresee myself ever using the drive that came with my new desktop.

That being said, your video card alone costs 1.5x what my entire gaming desktop did, so I may not be the best person to comment.

[lordcooper]

you should keep the 16gb of ram, games are starting to need 6gb minimum now so might as well fill in the rest of the slots.

That mobo has four slots for RAM, so I can easily add another two sticks in when I get paid in a few weeks.  My non-gaming PC could probably do with a little more RAM too, so even if I need more than 16GB in the future, it won't be wasted when it comes time to upgrade.

It's not really a suggestion per se, but will you need the optical drive?

It's only $21 US (sorry, I find it easier to manage my local currency), but I don't foresee myself ever using the drive that came with my new desktop.

That being said, your video card alone costs 1.5x what my entire gaming desktop did, so I may not be the best person to comment.

I have a few old games on CD/DVD that I still play from time to time.  Gangsters: Organised Crime being chief among them.  Even then, better to have and not need than the reverse, right?