Rig Compatibility - Any Help Appreciated!

Carbonite

Carbonite

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Hello all! A while back I posted regarding a rig I was in the throes of piecing together and was asking for advice on components and compatibility etc. I'm hoping to start purchasing some of the parts soon as for Christmas I basically asked only for money towards a new system and my birthday is in January so I hope to be able to get most of this together over the next month or so...if anyone can let me know their thoughts on compatibility and - more to the point - whether it will all fit into the case then I would be really grateful!

This rig would be used for gaming and rendering videos to be uploaded to YouTube in at least 720p so anyone who has experience in those areas I'd definitely like to know your thoughts!

I am looking at the following components:-

CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K Unlocked 3.4GHz
Mobo: Asus Sabertooth Z77
GFX Card: 2GB EVGA GTX 680 (either the Superclocked edition or just standard 680)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Full Tower Case
RAM/Memory: 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Performance
PSU: 850W Corsair Enthusiast Series
SSD: 180GB Corsair Force GS, 2.5" SSD
HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda
SFX Card: Asus Xonar Essence STX PCI-E Audiophile Sound Card
Keyboard: QPAD MK-50 Pro Gaming Mechanical Keyboard
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Black Edition Gaming Mouse
 
If you're just gaming with the occasional rendering, then I'd go for the 3750K.

You should be able to squeeze in 2x 7950 with that budget:

YOUR BASKET
2 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £259.99 (£519.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.98
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £109.99
1 x Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Full Tower Case with USB3.0 - Black £99.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX16GX3M2A1600C11) £59.99
Total : £1,278.60 (includes shipping : £14.75).

 
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