Greetings, first time posting here so very excited!
I am intending to build a gaming desktop from the ground up, I won't be recycling any parts. Mostly I hope to be able to run games such as Planetside 2, Battlefield 3, etc. on the highest settings I can achieve with the budget I have (1500-1700 USD). Based on what I've learned from scouring the net this is what I came up with in terms parts (I plan on buying mainly from either Newegg or Amazon) and just wanted to make sure I haven't made any glaring errors in selecting them and to see if they are all compatible with one another. Any advice would be greatly appreciated:
Case:
Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T $180Processor:
Core i5 3570k $220Processor Cooling:
Noctua NH-D14 SE2001 140mm and 120mm fans $90Motherboard:
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 $120RAM:
Kingston HyperX 16GB (4x4GB) DDR# 2133 $110Video Card:
XFX Double D FX-7971-TDBC Radeon 7970 Black Edition 3GB $420Power supply:
CORSAIR HX750 $130Primary HD:
Intel 330 Series Maple Crest180GB SATA3 SSD $160Data HD:
WD Green 2TB internal 3.5" $110Disk Drive:
LG Black BlueRay Burner $70Sound Card:
Creative Spund Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Channel $30If I am missing anything please feel free to let me know. As far as monitors go i haven't looked around all that much and am completely open to suggestions.
Thanks again to all who can help!