Gaming PC - need some advice before I order everything - Hardware & Software

So it's time to upgrade my three and a half year old beast. [B]Budget:[/B] Roughly $1500, but read on as I'm not decided. Also worth noting is that I'm in Australia so no Newegg unfortunately. I'll be using this mostly for gaming at 1920 x 1080, and I don't need speakers, keyboard/mouse or a monitor. I'm currently thinking of this: [IMG]http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/9964/buildv1.png[/IMG] I actually decided on that motherboard + cpu combo before I discovered a combo deal which saves a bit on the memory. I'm fairly set on an i5 2500K, but I'm completely open to suggestions for a different mobo and memory combo. My main questions before I buy anything are: [B]1. [/B]Is that power supply adequate? (Google says yes, but I'd like to hear from you guys though) [B]2. [/B]Should I spend a bit more and throw in a 120 GB ssd? I've heard that there's good performance gains to be had, and if I can justify it, I'll fill up my $1500 budget to do so. Thoughts/opinions from anyone who has this sort of setup? [B]3. [/B]Should I get a GTX 560 ti or any other slightly cheaper graphics card and use the money saved for the ssd? (I'm not limiting myself to nVidia by any means, I'm just a bit more well read on the GTX series) [B]4. [/B]Any general feedback or better choices for the components I've chosen so far? I'm keen to hear any suggestions. At the moment I'm leaning towards skipping the ssd for now and getting one further down the track when they're cheaper. I'm using [URL="http://www.mwave.com.au"]www.mwave.com.au[/URL] and ideally would like to buy everything there, but if there's a much better deal on somewhere else that ships to Australia I'm interested. Thanks for any help!

Looks pretty much, if your budget is $1,500 and you only have $1,220 on that list, maybe consider buying an SSD because it will work well with that motherboard. I would also buy an XFX HD6970 over the 570, [URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150517&cm_re=xfx_hd6970-_-14-150-517-_-Product[/URL] - If you're wanting to up the power supply up to 850 watt, I'm not sure how much that will cost you. Something like this SSD: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227395"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227395 [/URL]and the XFX 850watt is only $155 at newegg, [URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207017&Tpk=xfx 850 watt xxx[/URL]

[quote][B]2. [/B]Should I spend a bit more and throw in a 120 GB ssd? I've heard that there's good performance gains to be had, and if I can justify it, I'll fill up my $1500 budget to do so. Thoughts/opinions from anyone who has this sort of setup? [B]3. [/B]Should I get a GTX 560 ti or any other slightly cheaper graphics card and use the money saved for the ssd? (I'm not limiting myself to nVidia by any means, I'm just a bit more well read on the GTX series) [B]4. [/B]Any general feedback or better choices for the components I've chosen so far? I'm keen to hear any suggestions.[/quote] 2. No, personally from what I've read it's not worth the money for an SSD right now. The way the market is going, price per GB is depreciating whilst the amount of GB is appreciating compared to price. So I would wait a little longer for the SSD because it will be way cheaper, since the flash-based memory technology is still new. 3. Wait on SSD. 4. You can get the same exact case "HAF 912" on Newegg for $59.99 [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233[/URL]

Cheers for the quick replies, good info. I wish I could buy from there gokuman, but as far as I remember newegg doesn't ship to Australia. Sad how everything is marked up here....

Where in Australia do you live, Perth?

Yep, in Perth.

GPU: [URL="http://www.mwave.com.au/sku-42060630-XFX_Radeon_HD_6970_-_Graphics_adapter_-_Radeon_HD_6970_-_PCI_Express_2_1_x16_-_2"]http://www.mwave.com.au/sku-42060630-XFX_Radeon_HD_6970_-_Graphics_adapter_-_Radeon_HD_6970_-_PCI_Express_2_1_x16_-_2 [/URL]Personally I wouldn't shop there, since Australia's currency is higher than the USD, parts still cost more over here than at America. I live in Melbourne so I wouldn't have a clue what you guys use to shop for PC's. Sorry though :#

Yeah they definitely do, if you or anyone else know of any reliable US retailers that will ship to Aus I'd love to know about it.

[QUOTE=Little Green;30966684]Yeah they definitely do, if you or anyone else know of any reliable US retailers that will ship to Aus I'd love to know about it.[/QUOTE] I would love it if they did too, I believe Amazon ship to Australia but I wouldn't be certain about how much shit would cost from their website, shipping WILL be expensive, that blows about $100-$200 on your budget.

Get an 850w power supply for better efficiency and lifetime, as well as overclocking headroom.