building gaming rig help

[Lawliet13]

I want to build a gaming rig. I have a budget of $760, and I'd like some help on choosing the parts that would be best for my budget. I chose some, but I'm not sure if they are good.

GPU: AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 Graphics OR NVidia GeFOrce GTX 670
Motherboard: ASUS Dual Intelligent Processors, Extreme USB 3.0 Transfer Speed, and Windows 8 on AMD 970
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3570K
RAM I want: 8 GB

I'm not sure whether those parts are the best, so could you give me parts that are better and fit my budget, please?

 

[ACTechy]

That's gonna be a hard budget to hit with an i5-3570k build and a good graphics card. Here's what I would recommend:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor ($134.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($98.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($63.98 @ Mac Mall)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($173.98 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN751ND 802.11b/g/n PCI Wi-Fi Adapter ($14.24 @ Mwave)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ Microcenter)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $751.11
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-05 23:08 EST-0500)

 

[navask01]

Altered AC's build a tad

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($117.97 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($98.98 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($63.98 @ Mac Mall)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN751ND 802.11b/g/n PCI Wi-Fi Adapter ($14.24 @ Mwave)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($48.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $694.10
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-05 23:11 EST-0500)

 

[ACTechy]

Fair enough, but you ought to leave more PSU headroom for upgrades down the road. That way he won't have to scrap the PSU at the same time. Happens all too often.

 

[navask01]

That is true. OP can always bump up the wattage now if he knows he'll be upgrading components in the future.

 

[Lawliet13]

Thanks for the help, and for the part suggestions! I will use those.