£750 ($1200) gaming rig build advice

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Approximate Purchase Date: January 2013 (unlikely but possibly the next 2 months)

Budget Range: As close to £750 as possible

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Using Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, surfing, movies

Are you buying a monitor: No (using my HD TV)

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Really not fussed

Location: Accrington, Lancashire, UK

Parts Preferences: Intel for CPU and Nvidia for GPU

Overclocking: Moderate, especially the CPU

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: Not actually sure (I don't think it's much of a big deal)

Additional Comments: Basically I want to the get the best rig for my money over the coming months and I've seen how excellent you guys are (Akin to bloodhounds ). I would like to play a variation of games (GW2, BF3, Skyrim etc), as well as creating websites, flash animations and the like.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I remember helping build a few friends PC's back in 2005 (they were spoiled, £1000 rigs, since then I've lost touch with the computer world), and I've never really had one for myself. The thought of sitting in my room with my tongue out whilst screwing and clicking my parts was enough to persuade myself to start this endeavour.

I've spent a week looking at other posts and websites, and I've seen such a different variation of builds, apart from the CPU and GPU I'm not really fussed what parts, cases I can get, so I would very much like to see what you guys can come up with. I very much appreciate your feedback, I know you guys spend a lot of time selflessly helping others
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Add a hard drive to this build.


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-Three-Hundred-Two-Tower/dp/B006TVQTHW/ref=sr_1_20?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1347360026&sr=1-20 £51.70 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
Antec Three Hundred Two Midi Tower Case - ATX, M-ATX, M-ITX, 2 x USB 3.0

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005DJJPV8/ref=s9_simh_bw_p147_d1_i2?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0J031PB24BZ6XTEHVDHV&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=228922307&pf_rd_i=428655031 £67.99 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
OCZ OCZ-ZS750W-UK ZS Series 750W 80+ Bronze PSU with 135mm Fan & single +12V Rail

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Z77-Extreme4-Motherboard-Supports-CrossFireX/dp/B007KTY4A6/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1347359394&sr=1-3 £109.99 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
AsRock Z77 Extreme4 Motherboard (Socket 1155, Intel Z77, Up to 32GB DDR3, ATX, 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s, Supports NVIDIA SLI and AMD CrossFireX, Premium Gold Caps)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Generation-i5-3570K-3-40GHz-Technology/dp/B007RUZKK6/ref=pd_bxgy_computers_text_b £177.32 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
Intel 3rd Generation Core i5-3570K CPU (4 x 3.40GHz, Ivy Bridge, Socket 1155, 6Mb L3 Cache, Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-120mm/dp/B0068OI7T8/ref=pd_sim_computers_5 £24.99 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO (120mm)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-Ballistix-BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU-DDR3-Memory/dp/B006YG94Y2/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1347359639&sr=1-1 £35.00 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
Crucial Ballistix BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU 8GB (4GB x2) DDR3 Memory Kit

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-AD-5280S-0B-Protected-Enclosure-Emergency/dp/B005DX4DAM/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1347359891&sr=1-3 £14.58 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
Sony AD-5280S-0B DVD±RW 24x SATA Drive with Dust Protected Enclosure and Emergency Eject

http://www.dabs.com/products/asus-ati-radeon-7850-870mhz-2gb-pci-express-3-0-hdmi-directcu-ii-818Z.html?refs=55570000-4294943480-481810000&src=2 £169.99
Asus ATI Radeon 7850 870MHz 2GB PCI-Express 3.0 HDMI DirectCU II

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-OEM-software-intended-builders/dp/B004Q0PT3I/ref=pd_sim_computers_3 £72.89 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium with Service Pack 1, 64-bit, English, 1 Pack - OEM

Total: £724.45
 

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