New to building, could use some helpful information please.

[iEastwood]

Could anyone give me some helpful information on a above average CPU build? Here is what my i have made using after researching and looking around online. Like i said, i don't know a lot about this stuff so any helpful info would be good.

- SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7970 100351SR Video Card OC with Boost
- ASUS P9X79 LE LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with USB BIOS
- Intel Core i7-3820 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 2011 Quad-Core Desktop Processor
- CORSAIR GS800 800W Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready
- Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX 600GB 10000 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
- 16GB CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 15000)
- CORSAIR Hydro Series H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
- Corsair Graphite Series 600T case

Is this a good Gaming build? any way i could make it better without a large price increase? Any helpful information would be great, thanks to all.

 

[Tradesman1]

How high of an OC are you going to shoot for? Asking because the H100 is only slightly better than a Hyper 212 EVO, if not shooting for 4.6 and higher then EVO would sae you some money

 

[g-unit1111]

What's the budget? If it's gaming you're going for do not go with Intel X79. Go with Z87 instead and invest more in the GPU. You want at least a 770 SLI setup. Lose the WD Velociraptor as well - ridiculously overrated and expensive. Go with an SSD instead.

 

[iEastwood]

What's the budget? If it's gaming you're going for do not go with Intel X79. Go with Z87 instead and invest more in the GPU. You want at least a 770 SLI setup. Lose the WD Velociraptor as well - ridiculously overrated and expensive. Go with an SSD instead.

Budget is about $1900. but you kind of lost me with all of this. What are the benefits of a z87 and what is a good one to choose, and what good GPU would be compatible? Also the 770 SLI setup...
And looking at SSD they all seem very expensive