New Build Advice

[dankellys]

Posted this a few months back, but still havent got round to buying it yet. Here is the planned rig I posted a months back. Just want a little bit of advice/input. Does this all still seem ok, or has something new and better came out which I can replace certain items with (prices may have changed since too, but my budget is at absolute limit here)

MONITOR: ViewSonic VIE 23 IPS - £120 (before cashback) *****DABS CASHBAK********

CPU: 1. 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5 3570K 3.40GHz Socket LGA1155 - £179.98
2. 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i5 2310 2.90GHz Socket LGA1155 - £143.99 (Either or, not both...)

RAM: 1. Crucial Ballistix Tactical 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900 C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit - £47.99
2. Crucial Ballistix Tactical 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit - £42.99 (Either or, not both...)

MOBO: MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) Motherboard - £77.99

HDD: Seagate 1TB SATA 3 Performance Hard Drive OEM ST1000DM003 - £63.23

SSD: Samsung 128GB 830 Series SSD - Solid State Drive - MZ-7PC128D/EU Slim 7.5mm - £79.99

DVDRW - 24x Black SATA DVDRW Sony AD-7280S-0B OEM Bare Drive - £13.16

CASE: Zalman Z9-U3 Mid Tower Case No PSU - £45.95

PSU: OCZ ZS Series 550W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply - £48.66

GPU: Gigabyte HD7850 OC AMD/ATI Graphics Card - 2GB - £185.74

Keyboard and Mouse: Cherry Wireless Keyboard and Mouse - £55.16

Sound Proofing: Akasa AK-PAX-2 PaxMate II Acoustic Sound Proofing Kit - £13.18

[dacads]

Go with the Gigabyte Z77-D3H motherboard and i5-3570k for sure

[davesom555]

You can get a AMD 7870 on scan right now for 190 quid - maybe compare the performance vs the one you posted above? Might be worth checking, seems like a bargain.

http://www.scan.co.uk/shop/computer-...81280-cores%29