Need Advice on this new build

welshlegendz

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Hello, I am going to be building a gaming rig designed for Shogun 2 on ultra and some other games like company of heroes.

Any advice on what am using in my build and if i should change it would be much appreciated.
My Budget is £800 which is $1200 I believe in American dollars.

I5-2500K-cpu
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004EBUXHQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=hardwarevol03-20&ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B004EBUXHQ

MOBO
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Z68-Extreme3-Motherboard-PCI-Express-ASRock/dp/B005FGQLQQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326800259&sr=8-1

Ram
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0042A7CAA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=hardwarevol03-20&ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B0042A7CAA

GPU-Radeon 6950-2Gb
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11188-05-20G-HD6950-Graphics-GDDR5/dp/B005G50EOQ/ref=sr_1_4?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1326800397&sr=1-4

I am unsure about this Gpu or what is better but I have heard that Shogun 2 takes alot of Gpu Gb so any advice on that and weather i need 2 or 1 gb and what card would be much appreciated

HD
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005CT56R6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=hardwarevol03-20&ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B005CT56R6

SSD
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SDSSDH-120G-G25-Internal-Drive-SATSSD/dp/B006FKEHGC/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1326800917&sr=1-2

DiskDrive
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0033Z2BAQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8

Power Supply
http://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Continuous-Certified-CrossFire-Active-PFC/dp/B005ILWY9G/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1326800613&sr=1-1

Case
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055Q7BR4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=hardwarevol03-20&ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B0055Q7BR4

Cooling
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002G1YPH0/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=hardwarevol03-20&ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B002G1YPH0

Not sure about this.
Sound Card
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0045JHJSS/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=hardwarevol03-20&ie=UTF8&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B0045JHJSS

I would be very happy if you could give me a heads up on what I should change or keep. This is going to be a first time build alone for me but I have built a couple of computers before whilst working with a friend.
 
Your built is good.
My comments:
1. Get a better PSU...well...Rosewill is not on my shopping list...try Tagan, Antec, Corsair, Seasonic, Silverstone or Enermax
2. I do not really see that is really necessary to get extra sound card...but it is your choice...
3. I do not have much experience with Sandisk SSDs, I prefer to have SSD from Intel, Crucial or Samsung
4. Care to consider better proc fan? Noctua NH-D14 perhaps?
5. BR-Writer is also worth considering instead only a DVD-Writer :)
 

welshlegendz

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Thank you, I am very grateful for your advice and will have a look around at what you have listed. This is much appreciated