Recommendations for a beginner building a gaming pc?

I'm looking to build my own gaming pc and have selected the following:

Case: iBUYPOWER ARC 647 Gaming Chassis

Card mother + processor: processor Intel Core i7-3770 (4 x 3.40 GHz), BYO Bundle

RAM: 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws

Hard drive: 500 GB 7200 RPM hard drive

Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2 GB GDDR3 PCI Express 3.0 graphics card

Hard drive: 24 X DVD +/-RW DL Optical Drive

operating system: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, 64-Bit Edition

First question: this combination of work?

Second question: the recommendations/changes?

Third and last question: do I need anything else? (I already have a monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers).

Any help is appreciated

Unless money is no object, and you want a profitable gaming PC, do not think that 'CPU' and a lot of RAM fantasy, think "video card" since it is the top priority for the games. Also think ahead and think of versatility of the platform because at some point (often with players), you'll want to change this or that.

Think that bang for your buck!... and I don't see it in the choice of your combo and map.

A mid range CPU price is a lot. Spend over $ $300 on an i7 CPU is a waste of money, one player, unless you have the high-end card to go with it. Get the best card you can afford and a high quality POWER supply (corsair is very good) remarks 650w as him more you'll need, unless for muti-screens and maps high power binoculars.

Save money on the ram 1333 standard, you will not see any difference in ram fancy. Not more than 8GB will be lost and never used, regardless of the game or the PC software you can use. I never needed more than 8 GB (for the most part not more than 4/6 GB) and outside of the game, I use a lot of ram heavy Photoshop).

Personally I would go an AMD platform any day for the game, because you'll save a bundle a decent multi-socket AM3 / AM2 + / AM2 board and CPU AMD Phenom x 4 around 2.8 to 3.4 GHz combo, or if you want to spend a little more, the new FX range CPU a combo of Council AM3 +.  You will be miles ahead $ wise, now and in the future.

Try this for the price and performance of killer game next to a platform of intel similar price:

CPU: AMD FX 6300 Black Edition
Motherboard: Gigabyte a 970-DS3P (socket AM3 +)
Card: ASUS Radeon R9 270 X
RAM: 8 GB DDR3 1333 mhz (2x4gb)
PSU: Corsair CS650M (try to get a box without power SUPPLY, because they usually poor quality PSUS in comparison).

Combining perfectly and for its money!

Of course any that in the intensive use of the PC multi-threading (video editing), and do not play, I'd go intel Sandy Bridge every time if I could afford it.

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