Building a PC for about 1000-1200 Eur

So I'm building a secondary PC for co-op gaming and would like to keep the price at or near 1000-1200 (under $1600). This is what I came up with, input and suggestions/replacements welcome;

AMD FX-8120 8C 3.1G 16M 125W

Asus M5A97 mobo

8Gb DDR3 1600 HYPERX

HD 7850 2G DDR 5 2xDP7DVI/HD (HD 7950 is almost a few hundred more, hoping the 7850 will do just fine)

Corsair Force 3 60GB SATA 3 SSD for Windows

WD Black 1TB SATA3

Chieftec 750W PSU

Any ideas for a good sound card? Not sure what the integrated chip on the M5A97 is like, any good? Also, the primary rig is an Intel/Nvidia setup, so I'd like to keep this one all ATI. Mainly looking to get good, if not great performance from games like Dead Island, DIII, Borderlands 2, Guild Wars 2, Aliens: Colonial Marines, FEAR 3 etc. at 1920x1200 or so.

That's good; I just think the SSD is unnecessary.

No need for a 750W either. Get a 550-600W

ye looks pretty much the same what ive bought the onboard sound card are fine for basic use games vids music playing etc wouldnt bother with a 60gb ssd you need atleast 128gb imo im saving to get a 256gb

Thats all you can get for 1k euro ? :/MonsieurX

My thoughts exactly.

It's still pretty good though I guess, though I built one with a 3570k and 7850 for £650 2 months back.

Where you from?

Thats all you can get for 1k euro ? :/MonsieurX

Thanks for all the input.

And yes, that is pretty much what you get with 1000 euros here in Finland. Actually that build costs just over 1100 euros to be precise.

So I guess the basic build is solid. Change the psu, maybe try fitting a 7870 into the budget. I am still leaning towards keeping the SSD, since it adds just 60 euros to the overall price and judging from the Intel/Nvidia rig, speeds up boot and Windows considerably.

Thanks for all the input.

And yes, that is pretty much what you get with 1000 euros here in Finland. Actually that build costs just over 1100 euros to be precise.

So I guess the basic build is solid. Change the psu, maybe try fitting a 7870 into the budget. I am still leaning towards keeping the SSD, since it adds just 60 euros to the overall price and judging from the Intel/Nvidia rig, speeds up boot and Windows considerably.

monco59

I'm from Finland too, I put together a computer that had a 2500k CPU and a GTX 7870 GPU for under 1000 euros for a friend, everything bought at http://www.jimms.fi/ which is the best hardware store for us IMO. I don't have time right now to put a list together but I can do that in an hour or so.

Edit* Here you go, better CPU, larger SSD, better GPU.

Asus Z77 mobo + 2x4 GB RAM kit bundle 145 eur

i5-3570k 239 eur

Bitfenix Outlaw case 46 eur

Sapphire HD 7870 262 eur

WD Caviar Blue 1TB 91 eur

OCZ Agility 120 GB SSD 89 eur

XFX Core 650W PSU 84,90 eur

956,90 euro total

For the sound card, if you want something that improves the sound over the integrated mobo chip but doesn't cost too much I use this USB card myself.