First Gaming PC (~$1000 budget) questions

[Gaming Bacon]

Hello World!

Well, I have been putting together a gaming-desktop-build-contraption-thing of sorts online for a while and I think I have it about done. What I want to do now is ask if it looks alright, if not, some suggestions would be much appreciated.

Here goes:

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 -- $230

CPU Cooler: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler -- $32 after rebate

Motherboard (and RAM): ASRock Intel Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX -- $135

HDD: Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Internal Hard Drive -- $115

SSD: SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC -- $150

GPU: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express -- $240

Power Supply: COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series 800W ATX 12V -- $125 after rebate

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 922 ATX Mid Tower -- $70 after coupon/rebate


An optical drive is not necessary and the keyboard/mouse/monitor situation is sorted.

So what d'ya think? Has it already gone to hell, lost forever or is there hope? Somewhere in between perhaps?

Well, that's all folks!

Thanks!

 

[ayushde]

Hello World!

Well, I have been putting together a gaming-desktop-build-contraption-thing of sorts online for a while and I think I have it about done. What I want to do now is ask if it looks alright, if not, some suggestions would be much appreciated.

Here goes:

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 -- $230

CPU Cooler: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler -- $32 after rebate

Motherboard (and RAM): ASRock Intel Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX -- $135

HDD: Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Internal Hard Drive -- $115

SSD: SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC -- $150

GPU: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express -- $240

Power Supply: COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series 800W ATX 12V -- $125 after rebate

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 922 ATX Mid Tower -- $70 after coupon/rebate


An optical drive is not necessary and the keyboard/mouse/monitor situation is sorted.

So what d'ya think? Has it already gone to hell, lost forever or is there hope? Somewhere in between perhaps?

Well, that's all folks!

Thanks!

You could add 10$ to that rig and get a gtx 760 which is much faster than a 7870 and on par with a 7950 boost.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130938