Please double check my build

kpetelski1

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Hi, Everyone

Type: Gaming, mostly Battlefield 3

Country: USA

Overclocking: Future, Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Future, Maybe

Budget: ~800

Parts Not Required: OS, Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse

Monitor Resolution: 1920 x1080

CPU: i5 2500K from MicroCenter $180!!

Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)

PSU: Antec BP550 Plus 550W

Case: Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB

GPU: EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB

Considering maybe going with a GTX 560 instead of the GTX 560 ti....
 

QuietPC

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Solid. You could save a few dollars with another ASRock z68 mobo that comes in at $85. The Hdd is the lower end of the WD series (the Black being the top end but more expensive and more dependable). CD/DVD RW? As for the gpu look at the Toms February review and note the AMD options.
 
Better PSU for the same price before rebate:
XFX Pro 550W Core Edition 80Plus Bronze $70 ($15 rebate, $6 shipping)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013

This is also better:
Antec HCG 620W 80Plus Bronze $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371048
Uses virtually the same internal design as the XFX.

If you really want a modular PSU then I think I would take this before the BP550:
Rosewill Hive 550W 80Plus Bronze Modular $70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182131
Uses the same internal design as the OCZ ZS Series 550W, which has been positively reviewed (as have the other members of that series).

Or the OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W $70 ($25 rebate)
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=33041&vpn=OCZ600MXSP&manufacture=OCZ%20Technology&promoid=1029