Building gaming rig

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So I have been saving money for a while and I have enough to build a computer now, it's going to be mainly for playing demanding games like Arma 3 so I want to know how good it will do or how I can improve it. Heres the build -

Mother Board - GIGABYTE GA-Z77MX-D3H Intel 7 Series Motherboard $130

CPU - Intel Core i5-3570k $230

CPU Cooler - Corsair H50 $50

Video Card - Radeon HD 7850 $260

Hard Drive - SeaGate Barracuda 1TB $100

Ram - Patriot G2 Series 8GB DDR3(1600MHz) $43

Power Supply - Corsair CX 600 $69

PC Case -Antec Three Hundred Illusion $70

DVD Writer - SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner SATA Model SH-222BB/BEBE - OEM $17

Monitor - Acer S220HQLAbd Black 21.5" 5ms LED Backlight Widescreen LCD Monitor $110

Mouse - Logitech G400 Black 8 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Optical 3600 dpi Gaming Mouse $ 45

Operating System - WIndows 7 Home Premium $150

Total Cost = $1274 plus shipping / tax

Prices were found on Newegg or tigerdirect
 
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Reason I chose a watercooler is because that case comes pre-intalled with four fans, 3 120mm and 1 140mm so should I still change it? or will an extra cooling system even fit?
 
You can get a lot better case than that one. There are a few that are similar on the outside but with better hardware features.
Go for ATX mb. The D3H is an ok board but for your budget you can get a better one.
For cpu cooler, bigger/newer model allinone if thats what you want or HSF. With HSF and more fans than mb fan headers, you can use the molex power connectors for basically as many fans as you want but to control the speed of the ones not connected to the mb you'll need a fan controller.

The CX is an ok ps but there could be better for $70.

Is that $150 OS retail? OEM is $100 or less.

For sub 1300 it can be better in a few places.
 
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OEM is what comes from a builder. Like you, Dell, HP...the only diff between it and Retail license is you are your own support and you cant reinstall it to another pc, or the same one if you change a bunch of hardware-namely the motherboard. As long as you don't change the mb you shouldn't have a prob reinstalling it to the same pc, like if you changed hdd's or ssd.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

I dont see any great deals on ps's atm, maybe tomorrow. But here's some examples:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1071278
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1093007
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231546

Seasonic is the best imo. Then the Seasonic brothers of a different mother:)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095
 
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