First time building a computer

Motoboy507

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This is my first time building a computer. Forgive me if I miss anything because I probably will. I have not purchased anything yet. I listed them as they are registered in the amazon store on my kindle fire. Please help.

Tower: Cooler Master HAF X Full Tower w/ SuperSpeed USB 3.0 w/ Window w/ Black Interior ATX Case
SSD: OCZ 256GB Vertex 4 Industry's Highest I/O Performance Up to 120K IOPS SATA 6.0 GB/s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive With 5-Year Warranty
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200 3 TB 7200RPM SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive
Processor: Intel Core i7 3770K Processor 3.5 GHz 4 Core LGA
Motherboard: ASUS Intel Z77 ATX DDR3 2400 LGA 1155 Motherboard P8Z77-V PRO
RAM: Corsair 16 GB DDR3 2133 MHz (PC3 17000) 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Quad Channel Memory Kit for Intel X79, Z68, P67, and XMP 1.3 Platforms CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 (set of 4 sticks of 4GB each)
Power: OCZ ZX Series 850W Fully-Modular 80PLUS Gold High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandy Bridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom
Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX680 SuperClocked 2048MB GDDR5, DVI, DVI-D, HDMI, DisplayPort, 4-way SLI Ready Graphics Card
Software: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64bit (Full) System Builder DVD 1 Pack
and Lite-On 12x Internal Optical Blu-Ray BD DVD CD-R Writer Burner & 3D Playback Drive with Cyberlink BD Solution Software & Lightscribe

Not Intending on Overclocking.

Initially, it will be mainly for gaming, but also editing and more later on. Also, I will start out with a single monitor and will move to two monitors at a later date. Sorry if I labeled anything wrong.
 
You do not need Ultimate windows. The difference is some networking features and some language packs. Get Professional instead.

People have had problems with the H100. Get the H80 or H70 if you wanna choose your own fans.

Are you planning on getting two video cards? If not, 650w would be fine.

If you don't intend on overclocking, get the 3770 without the K. But its really easy and will benefit you.
 
I'd get a Gigabyte Mobo over an Asus. I'd get a GA-Z77X-UD3H or GA-Z77X-UD5H.

Also, if you're mainly going to be gaming then you could save money and get an i5. I know you said you didn't want to overclock but you might end up doing so. I wasn't planning on overclocking but I have decided that I'm going to. You should be fine as long as you get a CPU with a 'K' at the end, good airflow and an aftermarket CPU cooler.

850W is overkill if you're doing gaming and only a little bit of editing. Like claptonman said, 650W will be easily enough.
 
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