My first gaming PC, thoughts and suggestions welcome!

[isakal]

Before placing my order, I would like to get some feedback from you guys on what you think of my soon-to-be setup.
The computer itself will be used for gaming for the most part and I think this will run just about anything at 60fps @ 1080p at high-ish settings, please correct me if I'm wrong!
Thanks in advance!


Case
CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ 300R COMPACT GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1866MHz X.M.P(2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 670 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 520 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£69)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO II A.L.C ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER (£59)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
IIYAMA E2273HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D 1920x1080 (£119)
Keyboard & Mouse
LOGITECH® K200 USB MEDIA KEYBOARD (£10)
Mouse
LOGITECH® OPTICAL USB MOUSE (£5)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
2 - 3 DAY DELIVERY TO REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (£19)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 11 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,342.00 including VAT and delivery.

 

[keynes]

Morning,
I'd go with an i5 and upgrade the PSU to allow for SLI. The liquid cooler will be overkill if you are not planning to overclock your cpu, at stock clock speed an air cooler should do a similar job. A caviar black as the secondary drive will be faster than the standard hdd. The GTX 670 should be able to max most games at high settings but reaching 60fps or more really depends on the game.

 

[isakal]

Thanks for the feedback rubensolo!
I forgot to mention my budget is max £1400 and ideally around £1300 (including a monitor) and that I'd love to have the option to upgrade to SLI if needed in the future. I was thinking that liquid cooling might not be needed. I do have a question: Is the mobo able to handle 2 x 670 and if so, what PSU would you suggest? I realize a single 670 will not run some demanding games such as Metro 2033 at max settings @ 60 fps. I'm looking for a machine that can play at titles such as BF3, upcoming Simcity 3 at around 60 fps in max settings as I'm not planning to go for a 120+ Hz monitor.
Thanks again!

 

[keynes]

The motherboard should allow you to SLI, you will need a 750w PSU for that.