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My first gaming build

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Hi, I never built a computer before and I'm not very tech savvy but I've been doing some research over the past 2 months and I have come to a conclusion that this build is pretty much the best I can get for £1700. I'm building this completely from scratch including Monitors, keyboard, mouse etc. I would just like some confirmation on this because I am going to be purchasing all the parts next week and just want to get some final thoughts on what I could possibly improve on before I purchase them.

Case: Cooler Master Storm Trooper - £108
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth Z77 - £171
Processor: Intel Core i5 3570K - £168
Graphics Card: Asus 2GB GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II - £346
PSU: Corsair TX750 V2 - £83
HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA 3 - £88
SSD: OCZ Vertex 4 128gb - £100
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8gb (Low profile) - £44
Top case fan: Cooler Master 200mm MegaFlow Red LED Fan - £12
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-S222 Burner - £12
Wi-Fi Card: Linksys WMP600N - £39
Speakers - Creative T20 Series II - £52
Gaming Monitor: Dell UltraSharp U2410 (Refurbished) - £280
General Monitor: AOC E2343F - £120
Mouse - Logitech Performance MX - £39
Keyboard - Razer Lycosa - £55

Total: £1717

Cheers.

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Personally I have never had any issues with onboard sound...but I am not into any major sound projects. I listen to music, play games, use teamspeak, etc, and I cant really say it isnt crystal clear.

1: get a gigabyte z77x-ud5h. it is cheaper and has more features. thermal armour is pretty much a gimmick
2:make sure you get the TOP edition as it has a binned 670 chip
3:id upgrade to a xfx xxx 750w. its more efficent and semi-modular making cabling easier. make sure you get the model with a grey/silver fan and not the one with the green fan
4:i can get a samsung 830 SSD at scan.co.uk for 76 pounds. its also better
5:a pair of gskill ripjaws x is 3 pounds cheaper for the same thing
6: im pretty sure there is a sony one for 13 pounds
7:for the case, id get a corsair 500R. very functional case and has awesome airflow
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Get the CM Storm Enforcer (Case). Get the Hyper 212 EVO (CPU (Top) Heatsink/Fan). Get the RAM for 1600 or 1333 will be enough. Why do you need 2 monitors? You can use the Dell when you are not gaming also. Get the G500 mouse. That's all!
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