My first computer! Need all the help I can get :D

[Bigntastay]

Hey guys and girls,

Building my first gaming computer, spent a few months reviewing all of my options with all of the specs, hardware ect.
Wanted to get some good advice about if you agree/disagree with what I am looking forward to buying!

I'll go ahead and get started!

Motherboard
ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspxItem=N82E16813131791

Processor
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I72600K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspxItem=N82E16819115070

Case
COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced Blue Edition RC-932-KKN3-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case with USB 3.0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspxItem=N82E16811119213

Desktop Memory
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspxItem=N82E16820145345

Power Supply
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspxItem=N82E16817139021

CPU Cooling
Antec KUHLER H2O 920 Liquid Cooling System
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspxItem=N82E16835209054

SSD Drive
Crucial M4 CT256M4SSD2 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspxItem=N82E16820148443

Video Card
EVGA SuperClocked 012-P3-1572-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspxItem=N82E16814130595

I have a few friends that think this card isn't worth it. Input please!

Blue-Ray Player
SAMSUNG Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Combo Model SH-B123L LightScribe Support - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspxItem=N82E16827151222

Internal Harddrive
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspxItem=N82E16822136533

I can take constructive criticism so I would love to hear the feedback! Thanks so much everyone.

Thanks again!

 

[Metlcub]

The card is nice, but it will be a little on the louder side for cooling. As that fan is LOUD. I love the ASUS DCII GTX570 even OC to 850mhz I dont think my fan speeds have gone over 50%. Asus really did a great job with cooling. Only thing is, it's HUGE. so if your gona SLI make sure the board can handle it. I would think the Asus card you could probably OC yourself faster then the evga with it's better cooling and non reference design. EVGA cards are nice.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121432
I have the HAF 932 advanced Blue case and Love it. Amazing case. Everything else looks good.

 

[jokers_greg]

I can't see the price for the card that you posted. But apparantly the higher core 560Ti's beat out the 570 in a lot of games/benches while being much cheaper. I'd either go that way, or try something from ATi. Perhaps a 6950? many of them unlock to 6970's and they're $50 cheaper than the GTX570

 

[mondena]

Yeah, between $250-350, the 7850/7870 is tough to beat. If you don't mind ATI, those would be good choices.

If you want to stick with Nvidia, i'd try to get a cheaper gtx 570, lots of them are on good sales these days, with big rebates, for example in Canada:
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=62242&vpn=ZT-50204-10M&manufacture=Zotac&promoid=1259

 

[Soulcatcher668]

For an extra 200 bucks you could get an Nvidia 680 series which would be a large improvement.

Since this is a gaming rig there is really no benefit to getting the I7 2600K over the I5 2500K. Both will overclock about the same and games do not use the hyperthreading on the I7.
That would save you about 100 bucks.

The Pro version of the P8Z68 is rock solid choice as well and could save you about 75 bucks essentially getting you the 680 for the same budget.

If the extra 200 bucks is a non-issue for the GPU, stay with the I7 (just because it's nice).

More GPU is always more important in gaming rigs.

Hope that helps.