My first build, please review the parts I have selected

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Hello, this is my first computer build(going for a gaming rig). I would really appreciate it if you guys would go over the parts I have picked and let me know if I should get that specific part or something else. I'm going for a rig for ~$1000 a little less or more won't really matter. Well here are my parts; 

1. Case: NZXT phantom 410
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146085

2. MOBO: ASRock Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3 (I don't know if this is a great choice or not, I just don't want a motherboard that is going to fail on me)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157264

3. GPU: EVGA gtx 570 (I will be playing a lot of games so I need a good graphics card) 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130593

4. PSU: OCZ ZT Series 750W Fully-Modular 80PLUS Bronze ( I really like that this is fully modular, buy will it be a good PSU?)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341052

5. CPU: intel I5 2500k 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

6. RAM: G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231461

7. HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

8. Heat-sink: COOLER MASTER hyper 212 EVO 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099
 
9. DVD drive: ASUS 24X DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

10. OS: windows 7 home premium 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

If you guys have any suggestions or parts that are better than what I have I would appreciate the suggestions. I will probably dual SLI somewhere down the road. Also I will be ordering my parts in about a week and a half, so all help is appreciated.
 
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Looks pretty good. I would change...

4.) PSU - Go with Antec, Corsair, Seasonic or XFX. A quality 750w / 850w unit will be fine for that system now, and also adding a second GTX 570 down the road.

6.) MEM - No need for low voltage. Stick with GSKILL, but look at the Ripjaws X Series DDR3-1333 CL7 (low latency).

7.) HD - No WD... Samsung F3, Seagate or Hitachi in that order.
 
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Hi there,
for the mobo i would go for GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel
but that's a personal choice in the end. I've always been more an Asus or Gigabyte person.
For the PSU, would go for CORSAIR Gaming Series GS700 700W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply, they're out from same factories as the Seasonic ones.
regarding HDD, if you can afford a small SSD for the OS and 1-2 big games, i would defo recommend it as the loading times for level and maps is sooooo much faster.
Otherwise GPU is fine imho, which is what matters for games really, as your 2500k CPU is not gonna be the bottleneck for sure.
 
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PSU => XFX Pro850w for $90 after MIR - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207011
The OCZ is of lesser quality. It would probably be fine, but doubtful it would hit its rated wattage if pushed to its max. OCZ also has a higher failure rate.

MEM => GSKILL DDR3-1333 CL7 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231440 or GSKILL DDR3-1600 CL8 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231443
Keep in mind that DDR3 1600 CL8 is faster than DDR3-1333 CL7 which is faster than DDR3-1600 CL9.

HD => Samsung F3 500GB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152305
 
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that mobo is good.you can get same features in less money by getting this one-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271
i would suggest HD 6970 over gtx 570(i am not a fanboy as i have a single gtx 580)due to larger VRAM.earlier games were not able to take more than 1GB but modern games such as metro 2033 and BF3 are able to crack more than 1400MB with max settings.SLi will not double your VRAM.future games will take more VRAM.so i think 6970 is right choice but still it's your own choice.gtx 570 is a great card.
other things look good. :sol:
 
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Well is it worth only 4gb of ram over the 8 to have the 1600 and the cas at 7?
 
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what size SSD would i need?
 
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ddr3-1600 CL8 or ddr3-1333 CL7... 4GB will most likely be fine and you can always add another matching 4GB to get to 8GB later if needed. If you want to keep your options open for more than 8GB of memory, the Corsair XMS kit below would be the way to go.

Corsair 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1600 CL8 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233147
 
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is going from cas 9 to cas 8 really worth about 25 dollars? and that hard drive you mentioned earlier only does 5200 rpms and 3.0gb/s how would that preform?
 
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If your budget can handle it opt for the lower latency. Otherwise, CAS9 modules perform just fine..

The Samsung hard drive is still a fast drive for being low(er) RPM. No mechanical hard drive can saturate a SATA2 interface yet alone SATA3. SSDs are a different story, but don't get caught up in the 3.0gb/s vs. 6.0gb/s stuff for a traditional mechanical hard drive. An alternative for the Samsung is the Seagate below. They will perform very close to the same...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148701
 
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I read the reviews on the power supply I listed and they are all good, I really like that it's modular, but I don't want to get a psu that's gonna suck.. But I really want modular and I don't want to pay over 130
 
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I think I'll go for the sniper ram since its made for gaming(so gskill says) and do you think that seagate will perform better? Thanks for all this help you are giving me I really appreciate it
 
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Hellfire is correct. I have 2 ASRock Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3 and they are fine MBs but unless you plan on using 3 video adapters you can save lots of cash with the ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard. Do that and you can get 8GB of whatever memory you want and not break the budget.
 
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Is there any other major differences between the two mobos?
 
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I think I may get the sniper low voltage series sense I'm getting a sandy bridge cause I have heard anything over 1.5vcould mess up the processor
 
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