A good spec for gaming and video editing?

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SpazMunkii

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Need opinions for better price, alternatives and/or recommendation from this build.
Its mainly for gaming and some video editing. Not sure if I am missing anything out beside mouse, keyboard, monitor and speakers

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2wS37
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2wS37/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2wS37/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£236.34 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.90 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£109.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£122.59 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£69.51 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£60.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£197.99 @ Ebuyer)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DSX 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card (£42.98 @ Dabs)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC68 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£69.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black/Green) ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£81.18 @ Scan.co.uk)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£12.50 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.59 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £1099.04
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-20 18:48 GMT+0000)
 
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X79

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Alternatively perhaps:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£137.00 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.90 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard (£74.37 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£61.16 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£54.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£189.99 @ Ebuyer)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC68 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£69.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black/Green) ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£53.54 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£12.50 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£72.59 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £864.48
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-20 20:01 GMT+0000)

And if you don't use SLI, the motherboard can be of a cheaper variant too.

I removed the soundcard as you won't need it unless:

- Audiophile

- You have a good headset to match

- You have some good speakers

The onboard audio on the motherboard does it for most people. It can be tough justifying a sound card.
 
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sora

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This, I love my 'simple' onboard audio IMO. If you have a high quality headset such as a Bose/Sennheiser it should also be good with the onboard audio
 
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SpazMunkii

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I might record some music as well thats why the audio card is there but I don't know if it will make a difference. I will only use the one graphics card rather than two as I really have no use for that and I thought you would need a decent motherboard for gaming if that's the case what cheaper one are there? This form for me is to know if these parts are reliable as well as enough bang for the money
 
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The parts are all from reliable manufacturers.

The dual GPU thing was just a neat feature, as some games need more than one GPU. But then again, that's

usually because the game is very new and thus demanding and the resolution is very high.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£139.19 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£25.18 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£54.64 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£114.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£61.63 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£57.98 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card (£189.99 @ Ebuyer)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC68 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£69.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black/Green) ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£53.54 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£12.50 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£75.98 @ Novatech)
Total: £855.09
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-22 14:48 GMT+0000)

This motherboard only has CF support; thus not compatible with an Nvidia GPU.

You could try see how it goes and then add a soundcard later on, if you feel things are a bit lackluster.
 
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