Building a new gaming PC for the first time, specification advice requested

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I've configured a prebuilt system from cyberpower UK before, but I thought this time I'd skip the middle man and build it myself.

Is there anything drastically wrong with this combination of parts?
 
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you need to remove the link before you get banned.

there is nothing drastically wrong there.

A modular psu may help keeping cables tidy.

Can you not get a matched pair of sticks instead of two individual sticks?
 
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What's the difference between two sticks and a matched pair of sticks?

I'll get a modular PSU instead, tidy cables are definitely preferable

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Is that allowed instead of the link?
 
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1. you need to remove that link before you get banned!!
2. you are better getting a 2500k
3. you are better getting 2x2gb sticks instead of a single 4gb stick
and
4. you are better going for windows 7 home premium as it is cheaper
 
how about buying from OCUK?

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £241.98
(£201.65) £241.98
(£201.65)
Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Far Cry 2 ***PRE-ORDER ONLY PRICE*** £194.99
(£162.49) £194.99
(£162.49)
Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
BeQuiet Dark Power Pro P8 900W Modular Power Supply £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
OCZ Vertex 2 "25nm Edition" 80GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTX80G) £137.86
(£114.88) £137.86
(£114.88)
GeIL 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP38GB1600C9DC) £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £81.98
(£68.32) £81.98
(£68.32)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black £76.99
(£64.16) £76.99
(£64.16)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £41.99
(£34.99) £41.99
(£34.99)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £30.62
(£25.52) £30.62
(£25.52)
Microsoft SideWinder X4 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (JQD-00006) £26.99
(£22.49) £26.99
(£22.49)
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £13.99
(£11.66) £13.99
(£11.66)
Sub Total : £1,022.80
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £207.06
Total : £1,242.36

still got the 8GB of ram like you had, but in a matched pair.

OEM cpu comes without heatsink, but have the same corsair A50 as your spec.

A SLI/Crossfire motherboard.

better case.

Powerful/modular psu.

And a bargain price GTX480
 
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Changed the case (I just really like the look of this one), changed to 7 Pro (actually, maybe I won't need XP Mode and I'll get Home Premium instead), got a smaller SSD and a Corsair 950w PSU instead (looking after the pennies).

I'll sleep on it and possibly order tomorrow.

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Do I need any extra cables, or will each component come with the required bits? What about tools? I have an anti-static wrist strap, but afaik atm all I need are some case fans and a non-magnetic screwdriver and possibly a tiny spanner.
 
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Yeah, I probably don't need Professional.

I was aiming for 2 HDD's in a RAID1 setup for data, and the other one as a "slow" program drive for the games (and unimportant data) I don't want to spend SSD space on.

Two optical drives is just a habit. Now that I think about it, with the abundance of steam games and official patches that remove CD checks, maybe I don't need a 2nd one.

I thought maybe there'd be nuts to tighten, but if it's all screws, so much the better.

Thanks for the cooler suggestion, rexton.
 
Final change, after seeing minor complaints about the Asus mobo bios, I switched to this MSI one. I did see the news about the p67 recall, but if I'm reading this correctly, the 6G ports are unaffected, which is fine by me, I don't care if the optical drive on the 4G port slows down next year.

(unfortunately when I attempted to order my cards were not accepted. Guess the jump from "groceries at morrisons" to "unreasonably powerful gaming PC" scared someone at the bank)
 
It's built, it's amazing. 25 second boot times. Thanks for the advice, guys!

EDIT: although I should mention that the case fans were male connectors and the motherboard also had male connectors, so I didn't have enough 3 pin to 4 pin adapters for every fan. Only a minor issue though as temps seem fine.
 
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