£1200 Gaming Build

[jbwells]

Hello! I'm looking to build a gaming PC for £1200. Below are my ideas.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£239.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme 81.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£119.66 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£101.98 @ Dabs)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£37.50 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Scorpio Black 250GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£40.00 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£93.96 @ Dabs)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card (£299.87 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£79.14 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£48.47 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.40 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: ViewSonic VX2253mh-LED 22.0" Monitor (£114.26 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £1186.23
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-10 09:20 GMT+0000)


I'm new to this, so any responses are greatly appreciated. ^_^

 

[timarp000]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£163.19 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£56.23 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard (£119.98 @ Dabs)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£37.50 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£80.54 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£49.14 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Video Card (£359.62 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (£79.14 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£80.94 @ Dabs)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£11.40 @ Aria PC)
Monitor: Asus VE247H 23.6" Monitor (£146.00 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1183.68
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-10 14:01 GMT+0000)

 

[envy14tpe]

Drop the Cooler. Get a Noctua NH-D14. It's a beast and it won't have issues like many water coolers.

Monitor needs serious upgrading. The PC has horsepower but you won't see how beautiful it looks on a so so monitor.

 

[timarp000]

Drop the Cooler. Get a Noctua NH-D14. It's a beast and it won't have issues like many water coolers.

Monitor needs serious upgrading. The PC has horsepower but you won't see how beautiful it looks on a so so monitor.

i totally agree...
thats why i recommended a kick butt 24'' monitor and the Noctua NH-d14

 

[envy14tpe]

i totally agree...
thats why i recommended a kick butt 24'' monitor and the Noctua NH-d14

I like the way you think. Clearly you know something. Sorry I didn't credit your idea, sometimes people are obsessed with "my" builds instead of suggestions so I missed that.