Final Review: Is it compatible any suggestions

Corlith

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This rig will be used to Watch movies and Play Blizzard games (Diablo III, SC2, WoW) Also Civ, League of Legends. Wont be playing to many FPS since i get motion sickness lol :p

Want to know if there are any compatability issues and suggestion will be welcomed.

Will use CF/SLI probably not anytime soon. Probably just upgrade GPU down the line.

Trying to make a rig i wont have to change to much aside from GPU/Mem for a while.

I have the Monitor/ Naga Mouse/ Keyboard / Rosewill Blackhawk Tower/ and Rosewill Hive 750w PSU alrdy

So my Budget on rest is 750ish including OS.

Location USA

Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Combo http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.977991 214.98 but have a promo for this for -13.50

GPU: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card (100314-3L )
MeM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9

Combo http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.959459 209.98 + a -10.00 rebate

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504 230.00

Optic: ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204 16.99

Total =669.43


Also if you suggest a different part plz explain why it may be better:p thx





 
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Are you planning on overclocking the cpu? If your not then I would suggest a lower cpu and put the money into a higher end video card. The thing with a gaming rig is that the most important part is the video card so with what you have for the budget you would need to look at the parts that you've selected and see if you can go lower on some to free up money for a higher level video card.
A good place to start would be the cpu if your not going to overclock and overclocking the cpu will not have as much of an affect on a game as a better video card would.
Are you planning on overclocking the cpu? If your not then I would suggest a lower cpu and put the money into a higher end video card. The thing with a gaming rig is that the most important part is the video card so with what you have for the budget you would need to look at the parts that you've selected and see if you can go lower on some to free up money for a higher level video card.
A good place to start would be the cpu if your not going to overclock and overclocking the cpu will not have as much of an affect on a game as a better video card would.
 
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Corlith

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initially i may not OC but down the line i may in order to extend the life of it. Also down the line i would prob upgrade the GPU if the games i play get more demanding.