Hi, im new to pc building and have never done it before, i have done a fair bit of research to fit my budget but i just wanted to post it to see what you guys think. My budget is just under $1200.
CASE - NZXT PHANTOM 410 MID TOWER CASE BLACK - $129
Just gonna speak on your keyboard for now. Might look at the build later.
The Razer Arctosa is a rubber dome keyboard, which means its internals are litterally a sheet of rubber with wires. If your going to get a rubber dome keyboard, don't spend more than $20, just get the standard logitech keyboard and be done with it. If you are willing to drop a bit more on the keyboard, you should jump to one of the many mechanical keyboards in the market, which you can get a for as low as $65 in the states. I don't know what the mechanical board selection is like down under, but there are plenty of boards you could go for, they will range between about $65 to well over $200 in the US. If your looking for a budget keyboard, see if you can find a Cooler Master QuickFire Rapid, or QuickFire Pro if you can't do tenkeyless.
If you can't afford that, than go with a simple $20 board and put the money towards something else, or save it up for a mech board later.
EDIT: Looked it up for ya, bit more expensive but not insanely so:
Hey man, looking at your build. If you want a bit more performance for about 10 dollars more, look at this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226236
Thanks heaps for the reply, i'll see what i can do to get a mech keyboard. Are all the other boards other then mech similar to this? And how do you determine if a keyboard is rubber dome?
I'm from down under and i have a quick fire rapid cherry black & i got is for $85 at pc case gear. i do like it, don't get me wrong i'm never switching back to rubber dome after this, but the stabilizers on longer keys squeak horribly. so i wouldn't recomend any mechanical that doesn't use cherry stabilizers because they might squeak also. nothing a little plastic safe lube from the hardware store won't fix though :)
As much as i would like a mechanical board the coolermaster is almost double the price. I know it sounds stingy, but what about something like the Logitech G105 Gaming Keyboard ? - http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=113_257&products_id=19562
And what do use think about the rest of the build?
If the board doesn't state its a mechanical board then it probably isn't, mech boards are more expensive to make and a mech board's biggest selling point is that it is a mech board. It would be like a Ferrari car not stating it was made by Ferrari.
Ah, yes. I have a friend with a QuickFire Rapid as well and he too initially complained about the squeaking of his left shift key, but he popped it open, dab of lube and hasn't squeaked since, been about a year.
i would recommend getting everything at pccg becaue the geys that work there are absolutely awesome, the customer service is fantastic and the support is awesome also. pccg's dilervery is also takes like 1-3 days to get to you and everything comes Uber wrapped in bubble wrapping :) http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=wish_lists&wlcId=108378&action=wish_lists this is what i'd recomend 1st. razer headsets are balls do i went with a corsair 1300 (it'll be a very nice headset when paird with that sound card) 2nd. i added a cheap sound card just because the audio quality is like 20 time better that onboard 3rd. i changes the mobo to the extreme 4 because it's a better oveclocker than the micro atx version 4th. i added 212 evo so that you can actually overclock on the 3570k you already had 5th. i changed up the keyboard to a leopold fc500r bacuase despite anything anybody on the planet will say, a mechanical is better than a membrane, i'll leave the choice of swithes upto you though (i stuck reds in as an example) 6th. i changed up the gfx card to the dcuII model just because gigabyte cards suck balls, they're loud, they don't cool verry well and they're made of cheep components 7th. i swapped the psu down to a 520w just because on a system like this at full load, even with a massive overclock, realistically will not really peak to much above 350w but i kept it modular for the asthetics 8th. i added in the deathadder because it's the mouse i use every day and i love it :) hopefully you will to that concludes. even though my wishlist is more expencive, you will be far better off having the more well rounded bottleneckless system that has parts you'll want to throw at the wall after a month of use ;)
if you're a gamer don't even consider rubber domes, just a no no. i used to have the g510, same as the g105 but with a screen, and i gave up on it. it was just so slow to react and didn't give me any stumulation pressing the key down. the mechs just feel soooo much better under your fingers. but if you're buying a mech, do some research and pick the switches that are right for you http://www.overclock.net/t/491752/mechanical-keyboard-guide here is an awesome guide for figuring out witch key ir right for you. i chose blacks and now i kinda wanna find out how reds feel in comparison, because the blacks are a little to heavy for me ;)
the 1300 feels quite nice actually. the ear cups have a soft plush meterial on them that makes it nice and comfy and lets your ears beath so they don't get to hot. the ear cans are large too so there's no seating on your ear, it sits over the top and that's really good for long tetris seshes :P
hells yeah! the earphones are decent in a sence of audio quality in a normel cenario, but with a cheap dgx they're these absolutely ear melting peices of awesome. + they're really comfy