For $25 less than a H60, you can get a Xigmatek Dark Knight that easily out performs it. I also recomend looking for some higher speed RAM, I recomend some 1866 Kingston HyperX Beast http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104367&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
If you are gaming you don't need 16GB of RAM, 8GB is more than enough. I would go for less RAM and invest the money elsewhere (CPU or GPU). I would also recommend a cheaper cooler and invest the money in a better graphics card. Not saying that the 7870 is bad. It is great for the money, but if buy less RAM and a cheaper cooler you could afford a better card I think. About the RAM frequency/latancy I would say frequency is more important, just don't go with somthing with a lot of latency compared to others and you should be fine. CL of 9 or 10 is good you don't need less. But the memory clock is more important than latancy. But remember if gaming you don't need more than 8GB, invest the money elsewhere.
What graphics card would you recommend? As for cooler thats pretty cheap and i still want to over clock later. You have a better one? As for ram i just liked not having to switch it out at a later date and i use adobe once and a while like photoshop idk if that matters or not.
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But really like the gigabit board and want to be able to overclock in the future. I Dont actual know my budget yet so cheaper is always better without losing the performance though.
8GB is enought for PhotoShop, what you could do is get one 8GB stick, so in the future you can easily upgrade to 16GB in dual channel. The choise is yours.