How is this gaming build? Advice please.

[EnvyX2]

This is my first gaming build which I will be purchasing around this week or next week if all the parts go together. My budget is around $800, more or less.

***PICK PARTS ONLY FROM MICROCENTER OR FRYS***

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K LGA 1155 Boxed Processor $179.99

Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V LX LGA 1155 Z68 ATX Intel Motherboard $119.99

Power Supply: OCZ Technology 750 Watt Fatal1ty Series Modular ATX Power Supply $74.99 (After rebate)

Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9 Desktop Memory Kit $39.99 (After rebate)

Graphics Card: MSI N560GTX-TI Twin Frozr II NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCIe 2.0 x16 Video Card $229.99

CD Drive: Samsung 22X DVD±RW Burner with Dual Layer Support - OEM $18.99

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 7,200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive WD5000AAKX - OEM $99.99

Case: Cooler Master HAF912 Mid Tower ATX Computer Case $49.99

Extras:

Coolmax CMF-1225-BL 120mm UV Crystal LED Cooling Case Fan - Blue x2 $6.99 each

Coolmax 140mm CMF-1425-BL UV Crystal LED Cooling Case Fan - Blue $7.99

Cooler Master MegaFlow 200mm Blue LED Case Fan $22.99

Cooler Master Hyper 212 plus Cooler $24.99

Total: $833.87 (before tax)

Thanks

 

[fb39ca4]

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095
(620W will be plenty for this system)
You should get an aftermarket CPU heatsink if you want to overclock. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099
Case: NZXT Tempest 210 and Antec 300 (Illusion?) are both good cases.

 

[ilikemacandpc]

Hello EnvyX2. Here are my suggestions for making a worthwhile gaming PC. Based on these components, you should be able to game at 1080p at ease on all high settings.
1. You are paying way too much for the RAM. It is worthless unless you plan on heavily overclocking.
2. Also, what is your budget? We cannot complete it otherwise.

General Recommendations with Links:

Get this ram instead:

Corsair XMS3 8GB DDR3-1600

Motherboard- 2 Choices

For NO SLI/Crossfire- Single Video Card/GPU ONLY

ASUS P8Z68-V LX

For SLI/Crossfire- More than 1 Video Card/GPU

Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Next, you need an SSD. This will be useful for Z68 SSD caching. Also, here's a an extra SATA III cable.

OCZ Solid 3 60GB
SATA III Cable

Then, you need an PSU. Again, here are 2 choices:

For NO SLI/Crossfire- Single Video Card/GPU ONLY- This one has plenty of wattage for powerful video cards. Though, I wouldn't recommend putting more than a Radeon 6970 on it. For more powerful single card setups and dual card setups, see the next PSU.

OCZ Fatal1ty 550w Modular 80 Plus

For SLI/Crossfire- More than 1 Video Card/GPU- This has more wattage and amperage at a relatively low price point. Plus, its modular.

OCZ Fatal1ty 750w Modular 80 Plus Bronze

Like the previous guy said, a dedicated CPU cooler is necessary for good overclocking:

Cooler Master Hyper N 520- It is a little smaller than the Hyper 212+, but is still a solid little overclocker.

Also, here's a great case. It's got plenty of room and won an Editor's Choice for Budget Cases from Anandtech. It also has a built in 2.5 in bay. Though, it needs a little more cooling capacity. Take 3 of the following fan and add them in.

Bitfenix Outlaw
3x Kingwin 120mm Long Life

Hope this helped!

 

[EnvyX2]

Hello EnvyX2. Here are my suggestions for making a worthwhile gaming PC. Based on these components, you should be able to game at 1080p at ease on all high settings.
1. You are paying way too much for the RAM. It is worthless unless you plan on heavily overclocking.
2. Also, what is your budget? We cannot complete it otherwise.

General Recommendations with Links:

Get this ram instead:

Corsair XMS3 8GB DDR3-1600

Motherboard- 2 Choices

For NO SLI/Crossfire- Single Video Card/GPU ONLY

ASUS P8Z68-V LX

For SLI/Crossfire- More than 1 Video Card/GPU

Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3

Next, you need an SSD. This will be useful for Z68 SSD caching. Also, here's a an extra SATA III cable.

OCZ Solid 3 60GB
SATA III Cable

Then, you need an PSU. Again, here are 2 choices:

For NO SLI/Crossfire- Single Video Card/GPU ONLY- This one has plenty of wattage for powerful video cards. Though, I wouldn't recommend putting more than a Radeon 6970 on it. For more powerful single card setups and dual card setups, see the next PSU.

OCZ Fatal1ty 550w Modular 80 Plus

For SLI/Crossfire- More than 1 Video Card/GPU- This has more wattage and amperage at a relatively low price point. Plus, its modular.

OCZ Fatal1ty 750w Modular 80 Plus Bronze

Like the previous guy said, a dedicated CPU cooler is necessary for good overclocking:

Cooler Master Hyper N 520- It is a little smaller than the Hyper 212+, but is still a solid little overclocker.

Also, here's a great case. It's got plenty of room and won an Editor's Choice for Budget Cases from Anandtech. It also has a built in 2.5 in bay. Though, it needs a little more cooling capacity. Take 3 of the following fan and add them in.

Bitfenix Outlaw
3x Kingwin 120mm Long Life

Hope this helped!

WOW! Thank you, this helped a lot, I am almost finished, now I just have to pick out a case. I have a few questions though:
1. These parts should all be compatible right?
2. The SSD replaces the hard drive right? So I don't have to purchase a hard drive.
3. How is the graphics card? Is it good, bad? I want to be able to run some pretty heavy games like Skyrim or BF3/CoD or something at a pretty high quality. Diablo 3 as well.
Thanks

 

[EnvyX2]

What do you guys think of the graphics card? I have not reached my budget yet I think.

 

[EnvyX2]

OK, well looks like everything is coming together. Anymore comments guys?