Is this a good build for high end gaming?

[WoWFlame]

Hey guys!

Trying to save up as much money as I can for this new computer build. This will be my first build that I have ever done on my own. So I would like some advice on this build to see if it's good enough in under a $2500 budget. If any suggestions please list below!

Case: Antec DF-85 Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Mother Board: ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard

CPU: Intel Core i7-2700K Sandy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623i72700K

GPU: SAPPHIRE 11197-01-40G Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card OC Version

CPU Cooler: CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

Memory: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10

SSD: Corsair Force Series 3 CSSD-F60GB3A-BK 2.5" 60GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Blu-Ray Drive: LG Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Drive Model UH12LS28 OEM LightScribe Support - OEM

Power Supply: CORSAIR Professional Series HX750 (CMPSU-750HX) 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Software: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM

Total = $2,289.89

[chaud]

Why skimp on the SSD? Do you have an actual need for an Extended ATX mobo?

Unless you are rendering video all day, get the 2500k.

[Deleted]

my computer is an i5 2500k and a radeon hd6870 with 8gb of ram and I play battlefield 3 on medium without any fps lagg (nothing under ~35 ever) and due to battlefield being the most demanding game on computers at the moment, so I would say that I can't imagine you ever feeling lagg on any current game on ultra settings.

[Rukrow]

id get a nvidia GPU and mobo

[Deleted]

1) are you using this only for gaming? if yes drop the i7 for a i5-2500k. has the same performance on games and you can shave 100$ from the total
2) do you really need Blu-ray? if no just buy a DVD recorder for 15$
3) do you have an old computer that you can salvage the HDD? hard drives are still a bit expensive due to the tsunami or whatever in japan, if you can use an old HDD you can wait 2/3 months and buy that same HDD for like half that price

Cant think of anything else

[Opice]

You're looking at making a serious overkill machine if you just want to game. A $500 video card and 16Gb of memory is not something people put to question.

[Amirantha]

Also, unless you need this box now you may want to wait on the ivy bridge tech to come out. (Not sure on the timeframe, but ive been hearing enough about it to assume it is sooner rather than later)

[WoWFlame]

Also, unless you need this box now you may want to wait on the ivy bridge tech to come out. (Not sure on the timeframe, but ive been hearing enough about it to assume it is sooner rather than later)

Yeah I won't be buying the builds yet because I still got to save money. So I imagine throughout the process of saving I will probably be doing some upgrades and such in my build design plan.

[Skarsguard]

id get a nvidia GPU and mobo

Nvidia doesn't make motherboard and atm at least until the new Nvidias come out Radeon is leading the way.

[Deleted]

As others have said if its for gaming, just get an i5-2500k to save yourself £100, spend it on a bigger SSD! That GPU is gonna shit all over everything. You planning on playing WoW or stuff like BF3, metro 2033? I'm also presuming you have a full HD monitor?