how is this build?

thoughts? I'm mostly concerned about the parts actually working.

processor:

heatsink :

Yeah, I think you can go cheaper with the RAM dimms, you're not trying to break any benchmark records as far as I see.

any 1333/1600Mhz of 8Gb RAM would do. (make sure to pick a good brand though)

Everything else looks fine, also I hope you're aiming on SLI in the near future with that MOBO

Not really looking at SLI. Any better suggestions

MSI PC mate.

I looked up MSI PC and didn't find anything helpful

@robokill: http://www.ncix.com/detail/asrock-z87-extreme3-atx-lga1150-96-84052-1070.htm

Find cheaper RAM lol, that's stupidly expensive.

Looks good man. The only thing I would change would be an I-7 processor and a 10,000 RPM HDD or an SSD and of course Windows 7.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z87g41pcmate

Maybe someone that is more tech savvy can clarify, but I'm under the impression that games going forward will be utilizing 4+ cores. Couldn't he purchase a AMD cpu with more than 4 cores and it would be cheaper? Or does hyper threading really make that much of a difference?

I'd say go for cheaper ram spend around $100 on it and spend the extra $100 on an i7 instead of an i5. Some say it doesn't matter but it's better safer then sorry when new games a recommend an i7 as the go to Intel processor.