Buying first gaming computer

[corean]

Hey guys I don't know anything about computers but the basics and my friend made a suggestions on what he thought would be best and I want to run it by you guys before I buy it unknowingly.

Case
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0026FCI2U

Processor
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007SZ0E1K

Fan
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005O65JXI

Motherboard
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007R21JJK

Ram
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0037TO5C0

Graphic card
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B006Q4MPRA

Psu
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001IZ7MHU

Ssd
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004W2JKWG

Hard drive
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0036Q7MV0

DVD drive
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004CFHKPC

Operating system
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004Q0PT3I


Well this is it. Please help me if it's a really good buy or not I'm to new to computer and would like to buy everything within a week.. I'm planning to play games on this computer and also just everyday stuff but mainly for
Gaming.. D3 dota2 wow black ops2 bf3.. Thank you very much!!

 

[claptonman]

For the price of the graphics card, I'd get a 670 over a 7970, easy.

 

[corean]

Why? Could you please explain instead of jus tellin me I should get something over something because I just don't know...

 

[claptonman]

Cheaper, and performs better, as shown here:

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html

 

[spirit]

I'd advise spending less on the graphics card (get a 7950 or a 670 - the 670 is the faster of the two) and then spending a bit more on your power supply. The OCZ PSU you picked out is OK but something like this would be even better http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Enthu...2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1338444698&sr=1-2 but if you can't afford that then yeah the OCZ will be fine.

Are you planning to install your games on the hard drive? Because a 60GB SSD will probably only hold Windows and several programs. If you want to install games on the SSD, you'll need a 128GB drive probably, but your games will run just fine installed on the hard drive.

 

[Gun]

If you're looking for a good desktop computer then buy from Dell. Just google Dell and hop onto their website.

 

[spirit]

If you're looking for a good desktop computer then buy from Dell. Just google Dell and hop onto their website.

I disagree. This build will own any Dell XPS and if you build it yourself, or in this case get a friend to build it for you, you can choose exactly what goes into the system whereas with a Dell you can't really. The OP doesn't want a half decent machine to go on Facebook with, he wants a gaming PC.

 

[Shoorik]

Just for curiosity purposes, I am gonna write this list down and the prices and see what happens to these parts in 1-2 years. Maybe people will start calling them out-dated.

As of now, $1,499.54 total for the parts initially presented.

 

[Okedokey]

Its not top of the line now. Lynwood WA, you mean near Bullcreek?

 

[azeem40]

ModXStream is rated highly on PSU reviews so it is just fine.

 

[Okedokey]

ModXStream is rated highly on PSU reviews so it is just fine.

Really, care to share a link? they're made by sirtec and are rubbish.

@OP, for the price its pretty good deal, but just know it has cheap-ass capacitors and will fail eventually. If you have 30 bucks more, you can get much better like this: http://www.mwave.com.au/sku-3404066...0W_Power_Supply_ATX12V_v2_3_EPS12V_v2_91_80+_

 

[Shoorik]

Its not top of the line now. Lynwood WA, you mean near Bullcreek?

No, the State of Washington. Lynnwood, near Seattle.

 

[corean]

Thanks guys for all your information!!! It helped a lot.. So I guess I'll change the graphics card.. And for the psu I'll look into it.. Well I guess my initial options was to install windows on the SatA and all my games on the hard drive. One more thing all the parts are compatible and awesome besides what u guys mentioned?