Opinions and advice on my gaming pc build 2012

[Whitling]

Ok so i've got everything set that i want in my pc, but i'm a little unsure as to what graphics card i will need to play Guildwars 2, BF3 on ultra with a decent fps, here is my pc at the moment, all advice welcome and would be much appreciated.

GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC edition OR Sapphire Radeon hd 7850 OC edition, need advice on this please, if you can tell me roughly how many fps i'd get with everything on ultra with both these cards in games like Guildwars 2 and BF3.

RAM: G.Skill 16 GB (4x4GB) DDR3

PSU: Antec High Current Gamer 750W

CASE: CoolerMaster Storm Enforcer

MOBO: ASRock Z77 extreme4

CPU: Intel Core i5 3570k

SSD: Sandisk 120GB

HARDDRIVE: 1tb Seagate Barracuda

My budget is around 1200 can be a bit more but i want a system that runs games on ultra around the 60 fps mark , would this do the job, also which out of the 2 gpu's i have stated, the 7970 is almost 500 and the 7850 is a bit over 200, will i need the 7970 to run games max 60fps??? all help and answers are appreciated so much, sorry if i come off nooby, i've never built a pc before

 

[Whitling]

also try and tell me if i should upgrade parts, maybe downgrade parts would be really helpful

 

[Iastfan112]

RAM: I'd go with 2 8gb sticks rather than your current setup, it's cheaper.

As far as graphics cards go, BF3 would be unlikely to maintain frames over your threshold(assuming a 1920x1080 resolution). Would likely need a 7950 or better. If you want to save a bit of cash, rather than the OC GHZ edition of the 7970, go for the standard version. Only difference between the two is how high the card is clocked. If you feel like it you can overclock when you get it to narrow the gap. Saves 50 dollars or so.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102982

 

[amuffin]

Why would you even need 8GB of ram.

 

[Deemo13]

8GB is nice. Not really necessary, but nice. I have it in my main, and honestly its not really that much better than 4.

 

[Whitling]

so i only need 8gb of ram then, okay ill downgrade that, so you think go for the 7970 if i want a stable 60fps on ultra for bf3, guildwars 2 etc... is this setup alright do you think, to run most of todays games maxxed? thanks for your answers guys

 

[Deemo13]

It should.