Help with new build-Gaming/All rounder PC

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hi all,

looking for a new PC, current one is quite old now so want to build from scratch.
Will be mainly used for Gaming, Coding, Photo editing, and 3D modeling.

Budget Max is £1500, ideally would like to be closer to 1K but i know that may be difficult.

Quite fancy following:
GTX 670/680
i5 3570K
Coolmaser HAF, Nvidia edition
XFX 750 watt psu
OCZ vertex 120gb SSD
Seagate Barr green 2TB
DVD RW - May consider Blue Ray player
Corsair Veg red 8GB Dual Memory...

Not sure on Mobo, Asus? Gigabyte?

What you all think of the above? Should i pay the extra ££ for the 680? Should i get a seperate Soundcard? I'll also need a monitor, pref not smaller then 24"

Also quite like the OcUK Tech Labs - Prolimatech Megahalems Rev.C "Overclocker Edition" but its out of stock.

Any advice would be appreciated.

cheers chaps.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower Case - NVIDIA Edition £169.99
1 x IIyama Prolite E2473HDS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £159.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £82.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £79.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156/1155/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1) £59.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/RSMS 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black/Silver/Biege) - Retail £19.99
Total : £1,454.45 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £169.99
1 x IIyama Prolite E2473HDS 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £159.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
1 x Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750HXUK) £105.98
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/White £94.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £57.98
1 x Thermalright True Spirit 140 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £39.95
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
Total : £1,374.82 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
To be honest, if I was spending that much I'd want 120 Hz monitor...

Edit: I'd also want Retail CPU for the warranty...
 
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slightly over budget, and in my opinion not a brilliant use of £1500 as there is loads of money to be saved on the case, as well as RAM, HDD and a much better SSD could be put in.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95
1 x Cooler Master HAF X Gaming Tower Case - NVIDIA Edition £169.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £169.99
1 x Asus VH242H 24" Widescreen LCD Multimedia Monitor - Black £125.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £92.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003) £89.99
1 x OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX3-25SAT3-120G) £89.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11R) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2) £72.98
1 x LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £57.98
Total : £1,509.52 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 
haha oh yeah sorry, I had samsung green in there then re-read the first post, the above is pretty much the spec asked for, but the PSU is on offer and has loads of headroom for SLI in future. The SSD is out of stock at the moment and there are better out there.

Are you going to overclock?
Does it have to be that case?
Does it have to be that RAM?

Those things will dictate the cost of the build dramatically, the RAM and case alone are over £250, and if you're not going to overclock you aren't going to need some huge CPU cooler.

Could spend £1500 much better, tamzzy's spec is awesome for the money and has a bunch of headroom for both overclocking and SLI!
 
Over budget but more to see if it can be done, could save money on the OS and get a better monitor + blu-ray drive, using the Windows 8 preview until release.

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £339.95 (679.9)
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus VS247H 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £137.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £107.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £92.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £69.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £41.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £39.95
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x LG GH24NS90 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
1 x BitFenix Mesh Stripes for Shinobi Tower Case - White £6.98
1 x BitFenix Logo for Shinobi Tower Case - White £1.98
Total : £1,597.81 (includes shipping : £20.10).

 
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