Help Building First Gaming Computer

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icemansun

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I just want to know if this is a good build for gaming. Specifically, the games that I will be playing are 3D games like Planetside 2, Black Ops 2, Minecraft, Loadout, and quite a bit more, as I progress further into the world of gaming. I will be doing quite a bit of bitcoin mining, so just if anyone knows, is the stuff okay for that? So I want to know if this is a good computer for these purposes! Also, if there is a cheaper anything that will work just as well, please tell me! Also, please tell me if these parts will fit together, this is my first time building a computer and I don't want to have to return parts in or anything. My budget is $2,750 SGD.

ASUS VH238H 23-Inch 1080P LED Monitor with Integrated Speakers

Razer Blackwidow Ultimate

ASUS VH236H Black 23" 2ms Full HD Widescreen LCD Monitor w/ Speakers 300 cd/m2 20000 :1 (ASCR)

Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm Fan, 1x Rear 120mm Fan, option Fans-2x Side 120mm Fan

Intel Core i7-4770K

MSI Z87-G45 GAMING Intel Z87 Motherboard - ATX, LGA 1150, Z87 Chipset, 3000 MHz(OC) DDR3, SATA 6 Gb/s, Audio, Gigabit LAN, USB 3.0, CrossFireX & SLI (Z87-G45 GAMING)

Rosewill FORTRESS-750 750W Continuous @50°C, Intel Haswell Ready, 80 PLUS PLATINUM, ATX12V v2.31 & EPS12V v2.92, SLI/CrossFire Ready, Active PFC Power Supply (Is this a good power supply?)

Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme

AMD Radeon HD 7970 (AX7970 3GBD5-M2DHG) 3 GB GDDR5 SDRAM PCI Express Graphics...

BDR-208DBK DVD/CD/BD Drive

Noctua 6 Dual Heatpipe with 140mm/120mm Dual SSO Bearing Fans CPU Cooler NH-D14 - Retail (Okay for the overclocked processor?)

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10

Is this going to be okay? Are there any cheaper alternatives that will be just as good? Please tell me if so!

~ Icemansun :teeth:

EDIT: More options to consider, tell me if you think that these would fit better.

ASRock 990FX Extreme9 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770K (Will this be good for overclocking?)

Harman Kardon SoundSticks III (Maybe, it says integrated speakers on the monitor, so will I really need this?)

GS Series GS800 2013 Edition
 
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Well first things first, your processor won't fit in that motherboard, the socket on the board are for amd and you have an intel processor.
The processor you have got is fine for overclocking, you will need to select a board for the i7 3770k socket type and one which supports overclocking, you will also need a after market cooler if you overclock as the stock fan won't be good enough
Don't know much about your power supply, but the corsair cx range are good.
 
Slap you will need a 3d monitor if you wish to play your games in 3d.

I have the motherboard you listed at the bottom, and the 4770k running windows 8 pro and its brilliant, but also you prob won't notice a difference if you got this http://www.ebuyer.com/467647-cpu-core-i5-4670k-3-40ghz-lga1150-box-bx80646i54670k
Plus is would save you a bit of cash to get a better board than asrock, you could upgrade and get the msi z87-g65 which has better overclock support than the g45. Also look as the samsung pro ssd, they are pretty good.
 
It was would also be better to get 2 x 4gb of memory instead of 1 x 8gb so you can run in dual channel mode.
 
Wouldn't recommend Rosewill power-supplies. Stick with Corsair, XFX or Seasonic.
As for motherboards, ASRock is fine, but I generally recommend sticking with 'The Big 3' - ASUS, Gigabyte or MSI.
For SSDs, I would go with a Samsung 840 Evo/Pro.
 
Also, when you say I will need a 3D monitor, does that mean that I will need 3D glasses? Because I do not plan on getting those, I mean play games that are in a 3D world, but on a 2D screen, so I don't need anything special.
 
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