* help me build my first build please *

[Akahuru]

hey guys n gals, so im going to attept to build a gaming computer. I have never done this before so all advice is welcome. I've been doing some research on parts and this is what i've come up with for a build with a $1,400 USD / £900Great british pounds price mark.
The games i will be wanting to play on this build are - Battlefield 3, Diablo 3, Call of duty games, counter strike, Mass effect, dirt 3 and a few other popular games.

These are the parts which i've picked out so far using these forums and the youtube channel

CPU - Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge Processor - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...SIN=B007SZ0E1K

Motherboard -Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...SIN=B007R21K9E

Memory - 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz DDR3 Low Profile 1.5v Memory http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...K7LM/cupcre-21

Video Card - Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7950 Graphics Card - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...SIN=B0070APVQ6

Boot Drive - Crucial m4 128GB SSD - http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...JKZI/cupcre-21

Optical Drive - Asus DVD Burner - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...SIN=B0033Z2BAQ

PSU - Corsair TX750M Modular - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...SIN=B005E98FVS

Case - Cooler Master Storm Scout - http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...HHNY/cupcre-21

CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...SIN=B002G1YPH0

Wireless card - Belkin Powerline AV500 Network Adapter - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ag=cupcre06-20

Operating System -- Windows 7 64 bit - http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...PT3I/cupcre-21


I've Added links to these parts i would REALLY appreciate it if you guys could look through them and tell me if the prices are fair and could you find better prices? thanks.



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EDIT: Can anybody suggest some good monitors for around £100 or $130
This might sound stupid but will this be able to connect to the internet or am i missed a computer part?
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Thanks for reading this. If there are any parts which im missing please let me know.

[Vanhodid]

hey guys n gals, so im going to attept to build a gaming computer. I have never done this before so all advice is welcome. I've been doing some research on parts and this is what i've come up with for a build with a $1,400 USD / £900Great british pounds price mark.
The games i will be wanting to play on this build are - Battlefield 3, Diablo 3, Call of duty games, counter strike, Mass effect, dirt 3 and a few other popular games.

These are the parts which i've picked out so far using these forums and the youtube channel

CPU - I can't decide between these to processors, help me decide

Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge Processor + Intel Core i5-2500k CPU

Motherboard - Cooler Master Hyper 212+ CPU Cooler

Memory - 8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz DDR3 Low Profile 1.5v Memory

Video Card - Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7950 Graphics Card - I'm not sure if this will be the best card to buy, so advice is welcome

Boot Drive - Crucial m4 128GB SSD

Optical Drive - I'll pick up a cheap optical drive from a local shop - if there is a MUST HAVE optical drive that i dont know of please comment below

PSU - Corsair TX650 V2

Case - Cooler Master Storm Scout - if there is anything which will work better for the same price please comment below

CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus

Operating System -- Windows 7 64 bit


Thanks for reading this. If there are any parts which im missing please let me know.

might want to take a look at what i've underlined there :P

Yeah that works aslong the the motherboard has got an update to support Ivy

nice to see someone not going with a 1200w for a single card build, someone finally understands how it works :P

[sam.cpcr]

Yeah, this build looks good to me. I'm thinking that's a typo for the motherboard part. Or at least I hope. Be sure to repost the motherboard lol.

For a gaming rig, both the i5 2500K and the i5 3570K will be good. Whatever you can get cheaper is what you buy. Otherwise, if it's the same price, I'd pick up the i5 3570K.

[PcTechViews]

Yeah, this build looks good to me. I'm thinking that's a typo for the motherboard part. Or at least I hope. Be sure to repost the motherboard lol.

For a gaming rig, both the i5 2500K and the i5 3570K will be good. Whatever you can get cheaper is what you buy. Otherwise, if it's the same price, I'd pick up the i5 3570K.

Wouldn't the 2500K OC more?

[sam.cpcr]

Wouldn't the 2500K OC more?

Yeah, but the i5 3570K has a 7-14% performance boost over the i5 2500K at a lower TDP and it has native USB 3.0. Doesn't matter all that much if you don't need every port on your PC to be USB 3.0, but might as well save some electricity if the price is the same.

[PcTechViews]

Yeah, but the i5 3570K has a 7-14% performance boost over the i5 2500K at a lower TDP and it has native USB 3.0. Doesn't matter all that much if you don't need every port on your PC to be USB 3.0, but might as well save some electricity if the price is the same.

True. But judging that he picked 2 K series CPU he will probably OC and he'll get more out of 2500K for that.

[eBombzor]

Go with the 3570K with either the GD65 or the UD3H.
Go with faster memory - G. Skill Ares 1866 8GB
The 670 is faster than the 7950 and it's only a few bucks more. ASUS 670
M4 is great but it's a bit slow compared to some other SSDs like the Vertex 4 and the Samsung 830. All of them are around the same price point.
The Antec 1100 for $99 and the CM 690 II for about $80 w/ rebate on Newegg

[Akahuru]

Thanks I corrected the motherboard error.

An I missing any parts? And does anybody know any good monitors for around the £100/$150?

[sam.cpcr]

Thanks I corrected the motherboard error.

An I missing any parts? And does anybody know any good monitors for around the £100/$150?

Will you be going with the i5 2500K or the i5 3570K? If you're going with the i5 3570K, you'll want to go with a Z77 board instead. Something like the Z77X UD3H instead.

[Vanhodid]

2500 has a nicer ring to it too :P