I need help with my first gaming PC

[Pat Doty]

Hello all I just recently was looking to buy a new pc but everyone pushed me to build my own. I went along and read up on it and looked at parts. I was wondering if anyone reading this with some PC knowledge could give me some feedback on all these components and if they would work together because like I said its my first time doing this and I just want to be sure they all work together. Also if anyone has anything they think would be better or cheaper could you also recommend it?

Motherboard: $144.49+$4.99 Z77X-D3H

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128546

Processor: $199.99 i5-3570K Ivy bridge 3.4ghz

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

Ram/memory: $189.99 CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233299

Graphics cards: $219.99 SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100364VXBF4L Radeon R9 270X 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support OC BOOST Video Card w/BF4 Coupon

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202077

Hard drive sata 6: $69.99 WD BLACK SERIES WD2500BEKX 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236564&Tpk=22-236-564

Blu ray reader (10X Blu ray RW, DVD+/-RW: $19.99 ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

Power supply 850 watts: $149.99 CORSAIR RM Series RM850 850W ATX12V v2.31 and EPS 2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139057

Tower (full size): $129.99 Rosewill THOR V2 Gaming ATX Full Tower Computer Case, support up to E-ATX / XL-ATX, come with Four Fans - 1 x Front Red LED 230mm Fan, 1 x Top 230mm Fan, 1 x Side 230mm Fan, 1 x Rear 140mm Fan

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147053

Also I was wondering if there is anyway to get like windows 7 and Microsoft office for a cheap price? Thank You All!

 

[Tradesman1]

Nice rig, are you planning XFire in the future? If not could drop to a 550 PSU, could save a few bucks and get a better mobo in the ASRock Z77 Extreme 4 (best selling and best rated of Z77s), also if not tied to the case, could look at the HAF 912 and save - the savings could go into an upgrade to a better GPU

 

[Pat Doty]

Nice rig, are you planning XFire in the future? If not could drop to a 550 PSU, could save a few bucks and get a better mobo in the ASRock Z77 Extreme 4 (best selling and best rated of Z77s), also if not tied to the case, could look at the HAF 912 and save - the savings could go into an upgrade to a better GPU

Um I haven't thought about using XFire and if I did it would be like a year or two so I could just upgrade then and save the money now which would be nice. And can I find all these on like newegg or other websites? One more thing is that if I'm going on my computer I'm going on it for a while so do you have any advice on cooling fans or other features like cooling?

 

[Tradesman1]

For a CPU cooler look to the Hyper 212 EVO, about $30-35 and one of the best coolers available, have one on my 3570K and it runs at 4.7 24/7

 

[Pat Doty]

For a CPU cooler look to the Hyper 212 EVO, about $30-35 and one of the best coolers available, have one on my 3570K and it runs at 4.7 24/7

Ok I will and I'm gonna redo everything and then reply to you again just to make sure I'm getting the right hardware your talking about. Do you have any recommendations on a gpu?

 

[Tradesman1]

If it it will fit in the budget up to the 760 anyway - saving the difference just on the case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121775

 

[Pat Doty]

If it it will fit in the budget up to the 760 anyway - saving the difference just on the case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121775

Alright this looks to be the final version and I may lower the psu when I order but I'm not sure yet.

Motherboard: $129.99 ASRock Z77 Extreme 4

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293

Processor: $199.99 i5-3570K Ivy bridge 3.4ghz

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

Ram/memory: $189.99 CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233299

Graphics cards: $269.99 ASUS GTX 760 GeForce GTX 760

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121775

Hard drive sata 6: $69.99 WD BLACK SERIES WD2500BEKX 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive Bare Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236564&Tpk=22-236-564

Blu ray reader (10X Blu ray RW, DVD+/-RW: $19.99 ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

Power supply 750 watts: $104.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=-1&IsNodeId=1&Description=750%20watt%20power%20supply&bop=And&Order=RATING&PageSize=20

Tower (medium size):  $59.99 HAF 912

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233

Coolant: $39.99 hyper 212 EVO

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099

$1084.91

Total with tax: $1182.55

I really appreciate all the help with this man it makes all of this easier!

 

[Tradesman1]

Can cut another $15 and get a nice jump in performance going to the 2x8GB GSkill Tridents 2400/10


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231589