First build ever and trying for a decent gaming computer, please reveiw

[bearwolf]

I live in the UK but I'll do a quick conversion into USD for all the helpful Americans on the forum.
Sorry in advance but I'm not great with the Techno speak and can't tell what information is relevant or not, so I'll just copy the names of the products exactly from Amazon.(I can provide links later if its hard to understand what the product is though)

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Motherboard- [/B]AsRock Z77 Extreme4 Motherboard (Socket 1155, Intel Z77, up to 32gb DDR3, ATX, 2 x SATA 36.0 Gb/s)
[B]£100/ $154 [/B]

[B]CPU[/B]- Intel 3rd Generation Core i5-3570k CPU (4x3.40Ghz, Ivy Bridge, Socket 1155, 6Mb)
[B]£174/ $269[/B]

[B]Graphics card[/B]- Asus 1Gb Geforce GTX 560TI DirectCUII PCI-E Graphics card
[B]£185/ $286[/B]
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Hard Drive[/B]- Samsung F3 HD103SJ 1TB internal Hard Drive SATAII 32MB Cache 7200RPM
[B]£[/B][B]65[/B][B]/ $100[/B]

[B]Case[/B]- Cooler Master HAF 912 Mid Tower ATX Case (RC-912-KKN1)
[B]£56/ $86[/B]

[B]PSU[/B]- Corsair Builder Series 600W Power Supply
[B]£54/ $83[/B]

[B]Ram[/B]- Corsair 8GB two memory module Kit
[B]£36/ $55[/B]

Total [B]£670/ $1033[/B] (ish)

Heavy Recommendations are appreciated with the limitation that I do not really want to pay more than £800 on my first build(please disreagard the cost of an OS.) And I assume I can reuse my current monitor, mouse, keyboard and optical drive without any problems?

Thanks for your help! I'm sure theirs bound to be compatibility issues that you guys will spot as well.

[Taipan]

-I would get the newer core i5 3570k or at least the 2500k which overclocks way better than a standard 2500.

-you might wanna take a look at a better cpu cooler (hyper 212 for example)

-Dont get that timebomb PSU, get something by coarsair, seasonic, enermax.

-Hdd:Samsung spinpoint f3.

-Motherboard upgrade: Asrock z77 Extreme 4

[Big D Duchovny]

Ehh, while the OCZ ModXstream isn't the best PSU out there, it's not quite what I would call shit.

[bearwolf]

Thanks for the recommendations taipan its brought the cost down quite a bit.
I have £130 I could now use to upgrade if possible, should I spend the rest on a CPU cooler or maybe a better graphics card?

[Big D Duchovny]

What did you choose for PSU?

[bearwolf]

[URL]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMPSU-600CXV2UK-Builder-Series-Supply/dp/B0050AFU46/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1343262861&sr=1-1[/URL]

I don't know if I should go up to 650watts though?
Such as this
[url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMPSU-650TXV2UK-Enthusiast-Series-Performance/dp/B004O0P9TO/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1343263571&sr=1-1[/url]

[Taipan]

600w is more than enough.

You might even pull off crossfire on that.

[Big D Duchovny]

[QUOTE=taipan;36943442]600w is more than enough.

You might even pull off crossfire on that.[/QUOTE]

I'd be impressed if he pulled off CF with an Nvidia card that's for sure.

[Zero Vector]

I would spend $10 USD more and get a GTX 480 instead of a 560TI. [url=http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/309?vs=330]The GTX 480 dominates the 560TI[/url]. Remember, newer doesn't mean better.

[Big D Duchovny]

[QUOTE=Zero Vector;36983508]I would spend $10 USD more and get a GTX 480 instead of a 560TI. [url=http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/309?vs=330]The GTX 480 dominates the 560TI[/url]. Remember, newer doesn't mean better.[/QUOTE]

While the GTX 480 does perform better, it's also noisy and hot as fuck. And it eats electricity for breakfast.

[bearwolf]

Save me making another thread, whats the cheapest UK website to buy the parts from?
I've found them all on amazon but I'm sure theirs probably some specialist websites where the price will be a lot cheaper.

[Big D Duchovny]

Ebuyer or scan, as far as I'm concerned.