New Gaming Build

[bender115]

Hello,
This is the first time I am building a gaming PC and I have about a $1500 budget. I have some stuff picked out on newegg and I just would like some suggestions if what picked out is good or if I should change something around or add anything.

MSI N680GTX Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 680 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

ASRock Z77 Extreme3 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply

Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9D-16GXM

Seagate ST310005N1A1AS-RK 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

Thank You for any input

 

[butremor]

Do you really need 16 Gb of ram? Why not 8?
PSU seems too powerful, if you don't plan to add second gpu anytime later ~550w should do.

Could you provide more info. Thanks
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/353572-13-build-upgrade-advice

 

[Apropo]

Do you know the difference in performance compared between GTX 670s and GTX 680s? In most games with both cards at max stable overclocks 670s can come within 2-10FPS of the 680 yet are $100-$150 cheaper. If that 2-10FPS makes a different to you, which can't be noticed in any game performance only benchmarks, then hey go for it. Also no gaming PC will utilize 8GB of RAM let alone 16GB of RAM. You could used the saved money on dropping to a GTX 670 and 8GB of RAM to upgrade to a more durable motherboard, something like a Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H
If you want to leave room open for further upgrades such as SLI I suggest staying with 750W.
If you'd like to discuss your build options further you can feel free to hit me up on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/IamApropos
I give computer build consultation - Everyone is welcome to come talk shop.

 

[bender115]

Hey thank you for the suggestions so I going to switch the gtx 680 to a 670 and go down to 8 gigs and get the gigabyte motherboard. Would a 600 watt powersupply be sufficient in this build then?