New Build, Any advice for changes are welcome Options

[GruntFX]

Building a new rig. I have not decided on PC case as it is not part of my component budget. I have other internal drives for storage from old build.
Just looking for any suggestions on any minor or major changes.

Approximate Purchase Date: 1 Month MAX
Budget Range: $800.00 - $1,000

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming...

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade:
CPU Intel Core i5 3570k $216.00
MOBO Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H $173.00
Video Card AMD HD6990 $300 (buying from friend)
SSD For OS & Main Game Files Intel SSD-330 Series 60GB SATA3 Solid-State-Drive $78.00
RAM DDR3-1600 16GB Dual Channel [RipjawsX] F3-12800CL10D-16GBX $106.00

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts:
http://www.msy.com.au/
http://www.cplonline.com.au/

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Parts Preferences: by brand or type : Usually chose Intel and mix of Nvidia and AMD cards

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080


And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Need games to run better without struggling. Previous build is about 1 1/2 years old CORE 2 QUAD

I want to be able to play CIV 5 and The Secret World and the New Sim City without any hiccups.

[dishd]

All looks pretty good there mate, just one change..
Mother board: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Motherboard, $20 odd cheaper and can handle higher RAM speeds (if you do overclock 2800 v's 2600) plus a few other features.
I only suggest this one as iv had a few issues with Gigashite MB in the past but yet to have any issue with Asrock (had them in the past and iv built 3 game PCs for mates in the last 8 mnths with them). otherwise mate she look like a winner :)

[Dasa]

you could save a bit on the mb if you wish
ASUS P8Z77-M Pro $134
otherwise it looks rather good

[GruntFX]

My last minute choice was going to be either the AS Rock Mobos or the Gigabyte.

Going by your solid comments I am thinking i may need to reconsider that option.
Any real benefit to choosing between say

Extreme 6 or even the Fatal1ty boards?

Anything to also look for as far as SSD drives go?

Dasa , not really worried about saving just reliability.
I am not crazy for OC'ing never really got into it. Just want everything to work and work well.

This post has been edited by GruntFX: Aug 5 2012, 10:49 PM

[discoInferno]

You might find 60GB a bit small for OS and a few games. I've got a 120GB and with Win 7, MS Office and BF3, I'm up to 59.3GB used.

I'd be looking at this or this if you prefer Intel.

This post has been edited by discoInferno: Aug 5 2012, 11:41 PM

[dishd]

My last minute choice was going to be either the AS Rock Mobos or the Gigabyte.

Going by your solid comments I am thinking i may need to reconsider that option.
Any real benefit to choosing between say

Extreme 6 or even the Fatal1ty boards?

Anything to also look for as far as SSD drives go?

Dasa , not really worried about saving just reliability.
I am not crazy for OC'ing never really got into it. Just want everything to work and work well.

To be honest the Extreme 6 is a better MB than the Fatal1ty performance MB (the pro is better but more expensive)
As to SSD's i would go a min of a 120gb, unless u like swapping games out all the time :) Intel 330's have a good name, but SanDisk also have a good rep and are an excellent Option

Intel: Intel SSD 120GB 330 Series, SATA III 6Gb/s, 25nm, MLC, read/write speed(up to) 500/450MB/s, random writes (up to) 33,000 IOPS, 3 year warranty. $119.00
SanDisk: SanDisk Extreme Solid State Drive 120GB, SATA 6 Gb/s (backward compatible to SATA 3 Gb/s & SATA 1.5 Gb/s), read/write speed (up to) 550/510 MB/s, Random Write (up to) 83,000 IOPS, 3 year Limited warranty. $109.00

Edit: i didnt look at disco's post links till i had written my reply, but as you can see he has said the same SSD's :)

This post has been edited by dishd: Aug 6 2012, 02:03 AM

[Dasa]

60g is enough for os only if you keep it trim
120g isnt enough for games imo 240g is the minimum to have dedicacted to games with a 60-120g ssd also for the os but then some people only play one or two games repeatable instead of swapping between a heap

if i was to buy a ssd in au now it would probably one one of the smaller samsung 830 ssd for os and the 480g sandisk for games

you only need to spend more on the mb if it has features you want
if you want reliability look at asus sabertooth z77 5 year warranty ~$250

This post has been edited by Dasa: Aug 6 2012, 09:48 AM