My first build... Does it blend?

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AbyssalVortex

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Case: NZXT Apollo – Black
Fans: 3x APEVIA CF12SL-UBL 120mm Blue LED Case Fan
CD/DVD Drive: ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS – OEM
Power supply: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
Hard Drive: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 LE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
Heat Sink: ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler
Memory: WINTEC One 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 3OH16009U9H-4GK
Video Card: EVGA 01G-P3-1372-TR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

A few questions:
Will it all fit in the case?
Can it run BFBC2, WoW, Rift, SC2, and others at 45+ FPS on moderately high settings?
And oh ya... will it blend? lol
 
looks fine and will game fairy high settings, but these are on sale so might as well get the 8gb's for a few extra bucks

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...C-082311-Index-_-DesktopMemory-_-20104173-L0A

also that psu is beyond overkill for that gpu, a corsair builder series 600w is plenty, could prob find a decent 550w if you wanted, but i'd say the 600 for the headroom, but if you planned it to go sli later, then get a single higher end card and you'll get betterperformance.

but there are a ton of good deals now, so check this

http://promotions.newegg.com/neemai...-IGNEFL082311-_-EMC-082311-Index-_-E0-_-IT#IT

and also no need for the extra case fans.

and always check the cobos on your products too, can save a good bit or get a good bit better parts that way.
 
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Thanks for the advice.
I'll get the better ram, swap out the psu for one that isn't so powerful and also scrap the 3 extra fans. And with the SATA I don't think it's necessary to get the 6gb/s. I do plan on going SLI in the future, with another EVGA GTX 460, so would i need any further modifications, if I was going to do the SLI?
 
New Setup:
Case: NZXT Apollo – Black
CD/DVD Drive: ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS – OEM
Power supply: CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
Hard Drive: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 LE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
Heat Sink: ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler
Memory: Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX
Video Card: EVGA 01G-P3-1372-TR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
 
That PSU wouldn't be enough for SLI on the GTX 460. You'd want at least 650w to SLI those, preferably more. The one you had at first would be the best choice probably.
 
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