£1000 gaming build help

[cheetow]

Approximate Purchase Date: This week

Budget Range: £1000 max

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, surfing the web and the odd photoshop job for college

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Overclockers.co.uk

Location: UK

Parts Preferences: Intel for the CPU

Overclocking: Yes / No / Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: First time building a PC and I want to find the most efficient parts for my build, I have been looking around at other posts and have tried to put together a few bits, the one part that I'm not too sure on is the graphics card, im looking to spend around £200-250 on it, so if anyone could recommend a good one that would be helpful!

Case: Corsair Carbide 400R Midi Tower Case - Black - £84.98 (Is this case fine for the build?)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-056-CS&groupid=2362&catid=2277&subcat=

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor - £184.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-404-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler - £26.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-CM&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=

Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard - £109.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-064-AK&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory - £41.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-311-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=

HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive - £67.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=

SSD: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-161-SA&groupid=1657&catid=2101&subcat=

Graphics Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card - £239.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-148-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=

PSU: Corsair Enthusiast 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply - £94.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-038-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

CD Drive: Sony DDU1681S-0B DVD/CD Drive - £13.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-000-SL&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=

Total - £952.89

 

[obsama1]

Good build. The only thing wrong with it is the PSU. Too much wattage. A 600-650w will be all you need. The 7950 is a great video card. You made great choices, and this is a good build.

 

[malbluff]

Wouldn't drastically disagree with anything. Would prefer OCZ Vertex4, or Samsung 830, for SSD.
You state not interested in crossfire. In that case 600w PSU plenty. Suggest Antec HCG-620M, or PC Power &Cooling Silencer Mklll 600w. Both modular. Corsair CX600 also OK, though not modular.
Regarding case, the 400R is fine. I really like the 500R, but whether it's worth the extra is debatable. Fractal Design Refine R4 is another good case, and paricularly quiet. No real reason to change though.

 

[cheetow]

Thanks for the replies, so would this PSU be fine? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-048-CS&tool=3

And regarding the SSD, whats the difference between the Samsung 840 and 830?

 

[malbluff]

The Corsair is OK, though not modular. I note it's out of stock and overdue. That's the V2, there's a V3 "in the pipeline" so perhaps that is due.
The Samsung 830 has higher write speeds, but more importantly is the tried and tested "go to" SSD for reliabilty. The 840 may also be very good, but less "tried".