First timer, £750 budget

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Hi, I'm looking to put together a gaming pc with about a £750 budget. I'm looking to play fps' s decently, and things like Diablo 3, minecraft, etc. I've already bought a Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 Vengeance Memory Two Module Kit, and need everything else except a monitor. Any help would be appreciated.
 
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £161.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £82.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 60GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH060GCST) £66.95
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £59.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x BitFenix Outlaw Gaming Case - Black £39.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £716.41 (includes shipping : £10.50).



when you say everything, ex monitor, do you also need keyboard mouse speakers mouse mat and o/s ?
 
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Don't need os or speakers, will need a decent mouse/keyboard, probably will do some research on that but open to suggestions. Will that build be able to run say Battlefield 3 (or 4 I guess) at decent speed/res?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £89.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £59.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £44.99
1 x Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £35.99
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £773.89 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Came up with this, motherboard is the one up from the one I would have normally spec'd however it's on sale this week along with the case so it's worth it as it handles SLI/X-fire if you ever wanted in the future. SSD has a slow write speed but very good for read speeds, so OS and games will benefit a lot from it still.

OEM processor as I have included a decent heatsink and warranty isn't a problem with CPU's as they never really break. Rest is self explanatory. Good brands and good reliability across the board.
 
Thanks for the quick replies guys. A couple questions. I probably should've said, I'll be using an hdtv as a monitor, as I have no space to put an actual computer desk in my house. Will that affect these builds, or will I still be able to use them?

Also, as I'll likely be putting the case flat in my tv stand (Unless it's absolutely necessary to stand it up), would it be feasible to do so with these cases, or should I buy a specific type? I'm pretty unknowledgeable when it comes to all this, so advice is very welcome, thanks.

Lastly, on the subject of overclocking. Is it possible with these systems, and is it something worth looking into, or would I be able to hold my own on these systems? Thanks
 
How much space clearance do you have, a piccy of your stand/tv would be helpful to find a case that would fit snug.

Overclocking will be possible and will be something you can get into quite easily with these builds, however the chip will hold it's own without an overclock, but more power is better!
 
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