Building my first gamer rig

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Hi, I building my first gamer rig and I need help,I don't know much about computers. my budget is 500-700£.

I found a site that I like pc.co.uk (is this site good?)

atm I looking at i5-3570k,hd6870 and 8gb kingston 2400mhz ddr3 ram.

OS will be win7.

I will be surfing web,streaming music,playing Fallout3,WoW,D3,SC2,CoD,BF,Farcry3 and other old and modern games.

at what settings I will be available play?

is this cpu good? is hd6870 capable of running those games ? and is ram enough, or should I go with 4gb 1600mhz?
is 450w psu enough or should I go with 600w?

Will this rig be okay for 2-4 years (just by upgrading gpu).

Cheers.
 
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This should play most games on high to ultra, as for future games, it's hard to say as we don't know the requirements.

If you want to know what res and fps google for some benchmarks, the 7870 XT is about 90% the power of the 7950 so it's a pretty decent card.
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Something like the below should be good for your needs.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£171.97 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£79.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£37.39 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.72 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Club 3D Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card (£171.62 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS/I Snow Edition (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£43.98 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.03 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.45 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £644.14
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-14 13:32 GMT+0000)
 
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Allright. With these spec should I be available play latest games and upcoming ones such as gta v? And what ress and setings?
 
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This should play most games on high to ultra, as for future games, it's hard to say as we don't know the requirements.

If you want to know what res and fps google for some benchmarks, the 7870 XT is about 90% the power of the 7950 so it's a pretty decent card.
 
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