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Im currently on paper building my self a gaming rig, and ive got to a end point where i think im done and im happy with the price, but due to this being the 1st pc im ordering parts for im unshore if im over doing the power supply or things are incompatible or even if they will fit in the case - i am aiming for space in the case for upgrading and better air flow.

So here comes the question - this is what i have planned currently:

Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz
Asus P9X79 PRO Intel X79
Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB DDR3 Dual Channel (2x4GB)
CoolerMaster Storm Trooper Case
Asus HD 7950 3GB
Cooler Master Hyper 412 Slim CPU Cooler
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB
Samsung 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W
Asus PCE-N10 Network Adapter

I was either going to get amd graphics card or a equivalent nvidia as i don't really have a preference so a bit of advice on them wouldn't go a miss.

I was gona get 8gb of ram and add some in a month or two down the line as i shouldn't need more then 8 to begin with as far as i know, advice on that will be welcome.

The biggest thing i was concerned about was the power unit if its to big or to small for what i have picked. And if it will all fit nicely in the case, the other worry was the cooler for the i7, i didn't want to get something ugly nor overpriced so i picked Cooler Master Hyper 412 Slim CPU Cooler but im not sure if it is up to the task of cooling the i7 although i doubt the i7 will be under to much pressure running games and programmes that max on a quad core.

Thank you in advance and if their is any additional things you wish to inform me on or add, by all means feel free it will help a lot, thank you again.
 
Is there any particular reason you're going for the 3930k? If it's just for gaming you can save yourself a good £300-400 by getting an i5-4670k and a z87 motherboard instead. You can always put the money into a better cooler and GPU.
 
PSU: should be good if your planning on just one video card, if you are looking into a SLI/Crossfire configuration in the future then you may want something with more Watts

GPU: Whats your budget, if the sky is the limit then a Nvidia Titan is the way to go.

For shear bang for buck then this 7950 is very hard to beat at the minute http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-065-HS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1673

£300? then this is an excellent single card that's on offer at the minutehttp://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-156-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2255

Cooler: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-020-AL&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2337 Job jobed
 
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Also seeing as it's your first build don't forget to add a copy of windows, I made this mistake and had to wait a further week after building my machine up before I could actually use it.
 
Hmmm, that cooler seems a good upgrade with out making holes in my pocket, thank you for that.
Ill probably keep to a single V/card but i was hoping to stick in the £250 budget, but im not to shore what would be the best, as i see for example some 680's with 2gb of memory and some with more, how does one determine what video card is ?better? then another.
 
http://www.hwcompare.com/ is handy as it lets you pick 2 cards and do a direct comparison on the two specs but doesn't take into acount the various overclocks etc that companies will put on a card. You could also check out the bench mark threads to see what others are running and what frame rate they get. Also have a good read of the stickies in the Graphics forum.

I would say for £250 your probably best with the MSI 680 I linked in my original post. All things being equal more vRam is better but that said a GTX680 with 2GB will far out perform a 7950 with 3GB
 
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