Rosewill Blackhawk

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I am building a new gaming system and I just wanted to see if anyone has any advice on my choices thus far.
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Case: Rosewill BLACKHAWK Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, come with Five Fans, window side panel, top HDD dock

PSU: Rosewill BRONZE Series RBR1000-M 1000W Continuous@40°C, 80Plus Bronze Certified,Modular Cable Design,ATX12V v2.3/ EPS12V,SLI Ready,CrossFire Ready,Active PFC"Compatible with Core i7, i5" Power Supply
These two come as a combo together and I would not like to change them.
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MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
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GPU: EVGA 012-P3-1570-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
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CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I72600K
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RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R
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HDD: Seagate ST310005N1A1AS-RK 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
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Those are all links to Newegg.com
Thanks for any advice given.
 
Solution
For gaming, the i7 is overkill. No game makes use of 8 threads. Save $100 and get the i5-2500k and use the saved $ to upgrade the GPU to a GTX 670.

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I just built a system using the Blaskhawk case and love it except for one thing. I'm using a CoolerMaster Hyper 212 plus cooler and I had to remove the side fan because it hits the top of the cooler. The fans are quiet and everything stays cool.