My build need advice

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hi guys new to this forum just wondering what you guys think of my future build and just looking for ideas such as what i can swap out for differnet better parts....

my main question is should i drop the extra £60 for an i7 or should i stay with the one below :s i know i7 is better   ( no shit sherlock) but is there a HUGE different or even a visable different

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COMPUTER -- £960.03
         

CASE -- £51.57

Fractal Design Core 3000 Case
 

http://www.ebuyer.com/270598-fractal-design-core-3000-case-fd-ca-core-3000-bl

MOTHERBOARD -- £102.92

ASRock Z77 Extreme 4 Intel Z77 Socket 1155 Motherboard
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asrock-z77-extreme-4-intel-z77-s-1155-ddr3-sata-iii-6gb-s-sata-raid-pcie-30-%28x16%29-d-sub-dvi-d-hdmi-a


PROCESSOR (CPU) -- £172.68

Intel CPU Core i5 3570K Quad Core IvyBridge Processor OEM (No Heatsink-Fan Included)
 

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i5-3570k1155-ivy-bridge-quad-core-34ghz-5-gt-s-dmi-650mhz-gpu-6mb-smart-cache-34x-ratio-7

Heatsink -- £43.99

Antec KUHLER H2O 620 CPU Liquid Cooler 2

 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/antec-khler-h2o-620-cpu-watercooler-lga775-1155-1156-1366-2011-am2-2plus-am3-3plus-new-version

POWER SUPPLY -- £52.32

Corsair CP-9020048-UK Builder Series CX 600W Power Supply (PSU)

 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/600w-corsair-builder-series-cx-cp-9020048-uk-80-plus-bronze-sli-crossfire-eps-12v-quiet-fan-atx-psu

GRAPHICS CARD -- £311.60

EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW Signature 2 NVIDIA Graphics Card - 2GB

 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-evga-gtx-670-ftw-signature-ii-28nm-pcie-30-%28x16%29-6208mhz-gddr5-gpu-1006mhz-cores-1344-dp-dvi-hdm

MEMORY (RAM) -- £26.59

Corsair Memory XMS3 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz CAS 9 Dual Channel Desktop

 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-%282x4gb%29-corsair-ddr3-xms3-pc3-12800-%281600%29-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-165v

INTERNAL HARDDRIVE -- £75.72

WD 1TB Caviar Black Performance Hard Drive 7200rpm 64MB Cache

 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1tb-western-digital-wd1002faex-caviar-black-sata-iii-6gb-s-7200rpm-64mb-cache-8ms

OS -- £72.84

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM Operating System

 http://www.ebuyer.com/259863-microsoft-windows-7-home-premium-w-sp1-licence-and-media-1-gfc-02050?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products

SSD -- £53.58

OCZ 120GB Solid 3 SSD - Solid State Drive SATA III

 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120gb-ocz-solid-3-ssd-25-sata-6gb-s-sandforce-2281-read-550mb-s-write-530mb-s-34k-iops

Optical Drive -- £14.14

Sony AD-5280S-0B SATA DVD

 http://www.ebuyer.com/278111-sony-ad-5280s-0b-sata-dvd-optical-drive-oem-ad-5280s-0b


thanks for looking at this all help/advice is much appreciated.

 

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For gaming and "normal" tasks you're not going to notice a difference between the i5 and i7 so you're most likely fine with the i5.

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thanks for the help mate :>

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The core i5 is good for gaming.. only a few games benefit from hyperthreading.

Im pretty sure you would be better off with a good tower cooler like the noctue nh-d14, those thin, single 120mm rads dosnt do better from what I know..

The grapics card is good, memory is good, harddrive is good - really like to see someone who doenst just go for the cheap green-line drives!

OCZ is not something I would go for right now, the companies future is really unstable at the moment. (unless that situation has changed the last few days..)

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Looks good to me, but I would go with a 7970 instead of the gtx 670. You'll get more performance out of it, especially if you overclock it. 

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If you're only going for gaming, and general multitasking, stick with the 3570k, it's not bad for video editing and rendering either, and you can find it cheap at microcenter. 170$ I believe. It's a fantastic chip.

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thanks for the advice again winther you say to get a different ssd what would u suggest