The time has come..!

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Robb

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So the time has come for me to finally build my pc.

What I was planning on putting in there is:

CPU: 3770K Intel i7 (ivy bridge) £250
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77 - V £140
GPU: EVGA GF GTX 660Ti SC 2gb GDDR5 £250
PSU: Corsair TX750V2 BRONZE £100
SSD: 120GB Samsung
HD: 2TB Corsair Green Cavlair £80
Case: £100 - UNSURE.

However, I need to know about the case! Stylish but practical for around £100! Help? :-) if you have any helpful tips for this build please let me know and reply, should be building this this time next week!
 
If you are only planning on using one video card then the tx650 is more than enough for your setup. You can save money there. Even a good 600 watt unit would suffice.
 
I will be using it for Programming at university and gaming as a whole. I will be having dual monitors, which I also need help with!
 
Also do everything else look okay, motherboard wise and what not, I preferably want it to be as future proof as possible
 
Probably don't need that high of a processor and you should probably get a better video card. Something like a 3570k and gtx670. Not sure what type of games you want to play.
 
That's a pretty good list but I didn't know that Corsair have hard drives. Anyway that i7-3770 CPU is a very popular model so you're fine with it.
 
It's popular but it's overkill. GTX 670 and a 3570K sounds better to me as John suggested.
 
Yeah, I wish to have the 660ti SC because EVGA overclock it to about the 670's capacity for £100 less. I like the look of that case, is a midi tower alright to get?
Thank you all.
 
Awesome! I'll upload pics of me building it and stuff, should be ordering the parts very soon! I'll be making a video and uploading to YouTube as a part of my College course and to start up a Pc Gaming channel!
 
Not sure what you've got yourself for memory, but if you'll be doing video editing for Youtube you'll want at least 16GB. For gaming no more than 4GB is necessary as most games are for 32 bit systems, but video editing is pretty RAM intensive, A 3770k would also be useful because of its hyperthreading, but not necessary and will have absolutely no advantage in gaming.

For fan cases I picked up a few Bitfenix fans, they weren't necessary but a welcome addition. I don't think that you need them per se unless you're going to be OCing, but if they're only a few bucks more why not stay on the safe side in case anything fails. What case were you planning on getting?
 
to OP...the evga 660ti OC is NOT the saem performance of a gtx 670. the 670 has higher memory bandwidth by having a 256bit bus over the 660ti at 192bit. the cuda cores are also increased on the 670 over the 660ti, and overall through overclocking or not, the 660ti will NEVER be in the same bracket of cards as the bracket in which the 670 resides in. id go deffinatly for the 3570k, and a 670. hands down. you will want that extra performance when your gaming, i promise. and some of your programs may use cuda tech, so the 670 will be better there as well over the 660ti
 
That's something to take into consideration, however I am advised the i7 should be good for multi tasking, this system isn't solely going to be for gaming. However I don't know if i can fork out another £100 on a gfx card. I still need help with monitors, dual monitors about 23 inches, 120hz -5ms response time and a hdmi/dvi input from my gfx card! HELP. Preferably around £150.
 
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