[peter_4059 (Peter)]

I've been working on a PC project with my son for a couple of weeks. The plan is to build a gaming pc for him. I'm thinking it might be good for cranking through calibration of astro images for me too although gaming is the primary objective.

We've been researching components using "pcpartpicker" and "toms hardware". Although we both know very little about building pc's a lot of time has gone into reviewing benchmarks as well as ensuring the selected components are going to play nicely together. He is working to save the $ to buy the bits so he's keen to get the purchase decision right the first time around if possible.

I'm sure there are plenty of experienced people here that could spot potential issues so I'm throwing it out there. I've outlined the parts below. Any advice appreciated.

Peter

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor BX80637i53570K
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme6 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM 64MB cache Internal Hard Drive WD10EZEX
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card GVR787OC2GD
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case RC942KKN1
Power Supply: Corsair Professional Gold 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply CMPSU-750 AX
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit)