New gaming rig

[Tam93]

Hey, I posted not to long ago but have changed a few things and have a estimated date now.

What I want it to do: Play WoW mists of pandaria on max (This is a must), Play other games on at least high settings.

Price range: £1000 or bellow

Estimated date: Around 20th of September

Specs:

CPU: Intel Core I5 3570K 3.4Ghz Quad Core Ivybridge Overclocked at 4.4Ghz
RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600MHz RAM Memory
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H Intel Z77 DDR3 ATX HDMI Motherboard - Socket 1155
CPU COOLER: Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 High Performance CPU Cooler

All this comes in a bundle: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-i5-3570k-4-4GHz-Overclocked/dp/B00843OC86/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1343490371&sr=8-2

GRAPHICS: EVGA 012-P3-1573-KR Nvidia GTX570 HD SuperClocked 1280MB 320-Bit DDR5
PSU: ANTEC Alimentation PC HCG-620M - 620 W
HDD: Samsung F3 HD103SJ 1TB internal Hard Drive
CASE: Corsair Carbide Series 400R Mid-Tower Gaming Case

Im thinking maybe a Small SSD for OS and WoW, is this worth it?
Could you recommend a good 1920*1080 monitor around 23 inch
Any good gaming mouse

So my final question is Can this do what I want it to do?

Any advice appreciated However I want to stay Intel and Nvidia as I prefer it to AMD

 

[falaki]

The 670 is a very good gpu try to fit that in your budget and you will have a very fast build

bundle - as above
graphics card - 670
HDD - Seagate 3.5 inch Barracuda 1TB
Case - Corsair Carbide Series 400R Mid-Tower Gaming Case

that leaves you with £180 for psu monitor and SSD

 

[Tam93]

Hmm that HDD doesn't have very good reviews though

 

[azeem40]

Reviews by people don't mean squat. You want to look at professional reviews.

 

[DeusAres]

+1^

 

[rwayne]

The GTX 570 will definitely max out WOW:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-560-ti-gf114,2845-12.html

However I would personally want more than 1.25 GB of memory on the card.

From what I understand the GTX660 / GTX660ti is scheduled for release on August 16th. You may want to wait to see what that brings.

http://fudzilla.com/home/item/28125-nvidia-gtx-660-ti-gets-a-possible-launch-date

 

[azeem40]

+1^

Which is why I don't go by what people say about Hitachi. If Hitachi is cheaper and faster (which it is sometimes), I'll get Hitachi.

 

[DeusAres]

I'm actually using a hitachi drive in my laptop. It works just fine. Haven't had a problem with it.

Some people just enjoy being fanboys

 

[azeem40]

I don't think it is fanboyism. G-unit doesn't like them cuz of what he's heard about them. Only in this forum have I heard they're bad. Like on Hardforum (HardOCP), they recommend Hitachi as they can be faster.

 

[DeusAres]

Not necessarily one person. Just some people. Perhaps I just got a decent drive. Idk, I personally like seagate and western digital.

 

[azeem40]

Hitachi's 7K3000 is even faster than the WD Caviar Black.

 

[DeusAres]

Looks like a pretty decent drive. Get's fairly decent reviews from customers on newegg. If it wasn't for the price, I'd look into getting one for my future build.

Then again, it's not too bad for 2tb of storage.

 

[azeem40]

I am getting a general 7200rpm drive for my storage as I don't think I need THAT much speed.

 

[DeusAres]

I'm probably gonna end up with a seagate drive for storage in tandem with a crucial ssd. Either way I'm gonna be satisfied. Hoping the seagate drive doesn't fail on me though. I heard quite a few people had issues with one with certain firmware or something. I think it was the 7200.11. Not sure though.

 

[azeem40]

Same here. I'm getting the 1.5TB 32MB Cache one that is on sale for $80.

 

[falaki]

and i get generic drives they not all that bad