Edit: The budget that is set is now £900 due to the replys, thanks again for the help so far 
Hello. I've never built a PC before and have only started getting very interested in the topic quite recently so i do not know that much and would appreciate some guidance from those who are more experienced. So i am planning on building a PC for gaming for preferably around £800 (inc. operating system) although my budget is actually very flexible but i put that budget there to stop myself getting carried away. I will be ordering it on the 4th of January.
Here i will go over my components why i chose them and any questions i may have about the components:
Case: NZXT Tempest 410 Midi Tower
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-051-NX
I am very unsure about cases but i think this one looks nice and should be good enough, one thing though would i want to buy extra fans with it or are the 2 included ones fine?
£49.99
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77-D3H
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-391-GI
This motherboard is good value but I am wondering what it is like for overclocking (I would like to overclock CPU to 4.5 or 4.4)
£89.99
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-418-IN
Need I explain?
£179.99
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14-2011 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-015-NC
From what i have read if you want to overclock an i5 this what you want to get, Would i be right in thinking that it would be fine to overclock an i5 to 4.5 without needing to worry?
£59.99
GPU: MSI HD 7870 Black Knight OC 2048MB
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-185-MS
This is another area I do not know too much about but would this GPU be fine? would any of the other makes be better? Again i am on a flexible budget if needed to change.
£179.99
Memory: Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-062-PA
Not 100% sure about this but i think its fine.
£41.99
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-257-SE
I need quite a bit of HDD room so that is why I went with 1TB and don't really feel like i need to buy more than that.
£69.98
Power Supply: Coolermaster GX Lite 600W '80 Plus'
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-292-CM
I'm not sure how much i will need i think 600W should be enough but should i buy more to make it more future proof?
£49.99
Optical Drive: OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-003-OK
Bog standard optical drive.
£13.99
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-127-MS
Because I hate Windows 8
£79.99
Total Price : 815.89
I did not get an SSD because even though they are nice and all I decided it would probably be more worth it to spend more on the more core components and get an SSD at a later date, correct me if im wrong.
I will mostly be using the PC for Gaming on a mixture of different games which I will run at 1920x1080 but i'll use BF3 as the baseline. I will also be doing a little bit of video editing / rendering. A few last questions will i need to buy anything for cable management or will that come with the case if so what? (link please). Also i presume ill have to buy thermal compound, Suggestions as i have no clue, are they all the same?
If anyone can think of any ways to improve the build with better components or anyway to save money then feel free to post comments I will check regularly as well as updating the thread as I progress with the build.

Hello. I've never built a PC before and have only started getting very interested in the topic quite recently so i do not know that much and would appreciate some guidance from those who are more experienced. So i am planning on building a PC for gaming for preferably around £800 (inc. operating system) although my budget is actually very flexible but i put that budget there to stop myself getting carried away. I will be ordering it on the 4th of January.
Here i will go over my components why i chose them and any questions i may have about the components:
Case: NZXT Tempest 410 Midi Tower
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-051-NX
I am very unsure about cases but i think this one looks nice and should be good enough, one thing though would i want to buy extra fans with it or are the 2 included ones fine?
£49.99
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77-D3H
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-391-GI
This motherboard is good value but I am wondering what it is like for overclocking (I would like to overclock CPU to 4.5 or 4.4)
£89.99
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-418-IN
Need I explain?
£179.99
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14-2011 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-015-NC
From what i have read if you want to overclock an i5 this what you want to get, Would i be right in thinking that it would be fine to overclock an i5 to 4.5 without needing to worry?
£59.99
GPU: MSI HD 7870 Black Knight OC 2048MB
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-185-MS
This is another area I do not know too much about but would this GPU be fine? would any of the other makes be better? Again i am on a flexible budget if needed to change.
£179.99
Memory: Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-062-PA
Not 100% sure about this but i think its fine.
£41.99
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-257-SE
I need quite a bit of HDD room so that is why I went with 1TB and don't really feel like i need to buy more than that.
£69.98
Power Supply: Coolermaster GX Lite 600W '80 Plus'
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-292-CM
I'm not sure how much i will need i think 600W should be enough but should i buy more to make it more future proof?
£49.99
Optical Drive: OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-003-OK
Bog standard optical drive.
£13.99
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-127-MS
Because I hate Windows 8
£79.99
Total Price : 815.89
I did not get an SSD because even though they are nice and all I decided it would probably be more worth it to spend more on the more core components and get an SSD at a later date, correct me if im wrong.
I will mostly be using the PC for Gaming on a mixture of different games which I will run at 1920x1080 but i'll use BF3 as the baseline. I will also be doing a little bit of video editing / rendering. A few last questions will i need to buy anything for cable management or will that come with the case if so what? (link please). Also i presume ill have to buy thermal compound, Suggestions as i have no clue, are they all the same?
If anyone can think of any ways to improve the build with better components or anyway to save money then feel free to post comments I will check regularly as well as updating the thread as I progress with the build.
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