This will be my first build. I want it to be good, I want it to last and I don't want it to be very loud. I'm going to use it mainly for gaming so I'm not too bothered about cuda etc.
CPU: i5-3570K - £169.20
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i - £82.55
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-GD55 ATX LGA1155 - £101.52
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 - £38.16
Storage: WD Caviar Black 1TB 7200RPM - £59.99
Crucial M4 128GB - £76.99
Video Card: MSI 7950 3GB - £229.99 (Sale this week though, will go up when I get round to buying it)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DGX - £21.89
Case: Fractal Design R4 (Black) (No window in UK, don't know why) - £89.81
PSU: Be Quiet-550W 80 Plus Gold PSU - £108.10
Optical Drive: Who cares - £11.96
Total: £990.16
I think that's a pretty good build, but I'm open for suggestions on changes. (I know you the Kingston Hyperx 3K and that A-data are always recomended, but is there any particular reason for that? I was looking on Anandtech and the stats didn't look that great.)