is this a good gaming computer setup?

Q. Apevia x-supra (case)
Asus m5a97 (motherboard)
AMD fx-8150 (CPU)
Sapphire 100358L Radeon 7770 1GB(graphics card)
Crucial ballistix sport 8GB(Memory)
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7500RPM(harddrive)
Samsung DVD burner
Corsair builder series cx500 500W
anything wrong with this setup and any recommendations for keyboard, mice, and monitors?

A. Pretty decent budget build you got there. If it was me though, I would consider maxing out the ram. Right now DDR3 is pretty cheap, but it will go up when DDR4 comes out. At least that's what happened to DDR2, doubled in price for used sticks, when DDR3 came out. GPU's are usually cheapest to upgrade, so I wouldn't worry to much on that. My $600 build from 2008 is still able to play any game on the market because of a cheap GPU upgrade. Paid $100 originally for GPU then upgraded it for $200(minus $50 I sold my old card for + the free Dirt3 game, $60 and new at the time. I ended up getting two copies of Dirt3 when I ordered my card though. The card came with a key and newegg was giving keys to people who bought that curtain card. Sold the extra on ebay for $12 if I remember correctly)

As for the monitor most people use 21 inch. Here's some good one's I found:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009436
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824116442

Mouse:
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wireless-Gaming-Mouse-G700/dp/B003VAM32E (what I use btw)
http://www.amazon.com/Razer-DeathAdder-Essential-Ergonomic-RZ01-00840100-R3U1/dp/B00AAS888S/ref=pd_bxgy_e_img_y

Mouse pad: (yes, a good mouse pad does make a difference)
http://www.amazon.com/Razer-Goliathus-Standard-M-Speed-Fragged/dp/B002R0DX0K/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1364781189&sr=1-2&keywords=mousepad+razer (I use this one)
http://www.amazon.com/Razer-Goliathus-Extended-Mouse-Pad-Control/dp/B004JMZXMK/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1364781189&sr=1-5&keywords=mousepad+razer

Keyboard:
http://www.amazon.com/Razer-Blackwidow-Ultimate-Mechanical-RZ03-00381900-R3U1/dp/B008U5ZNIG/ref=pd_bxgy_e_img_y
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-920-002530-Gaming-Keyboard-G510/dp/B003VAK16O/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1364781334&sr=1-1&keywords=gaming+keyboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823129013

I honestly think that the mouse, keyboard, monitor, and mouse pad is about as important as internal computer parts because a good setup will last you years, will have greater options and performance for gaming, and if you decide to sell it it'll hold more value vs some off-BS brand.

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I am making a gaming computer. Is this a good setup?

Q. I am making a gaming computer with budget of $1500 max but preferably less. This is running me about $1300 . I want to make sure everything I selected with work well together and won't conflict.
Processor
AMD FX-8120 CPU (8x 3.10GHz/8MB L2 Cache)
Processor Cooling
Liquid CPU Cooling System [AMD] Standard 120mm Fan
Memory
8 GB [4 GB X2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - Corsair or Major Brand
Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 - 1.2GB - Single Card
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 -- AMD 970
Motherboard USB / SATA Interface
Motherboard :Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 -- AMD 970
Power Supply
800 Watt -- Standard
Primary Hard Drive
64 GB ADATA S596 Turbo SSD - Single Drive
Data Hard Drive
1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 32M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive
Optical Drive
24X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive - Selected systems only! - FREE Upgrade to LG BLU-RAY Reader Combo Drive Black
2nd Optical Drive
None
Flash Media Reader / Writer
None
Meter Display
None
USB Expansion
None
Sound Card
3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
Network Card
Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 (Includes basic versions of Word and Excel) - 64-Bit

A. Games don't take advantage of CPUs that can run many threads at one time, so you won't notice any difference between a 4 core and an 8 core processor, most games use only 2 cores max. So first thing I'd recommend is get a more reasonable processor, like the i5 2500k.
Unless you're planning on heavy overclocking you don't need liquid CPU cooling, and if you get the i5 you won't need to overclock past anything that air cooling can handle. My i5 2500k is running nice and cool at 4GHs with my coolermaster hyper 212+. If I were you I'd scratch the 8 core and the liquid cooling and get an i5 2500k with a good aftermarket air cooler. Also, the i5 2500k will run circles around the FX-8120 in gaming applications, with or without an overclock.

1600MHz 2x4GB RAM is nice. Not sure exactly what you mean there but usually the number of sticks come first, if you're planning on four 2GB sticks, I'd recommend you go with two 4GB sticks instead. It'll make less heat and won't interfere (physically) with your CPU heatsink.

Nice video card. There's lots of choices, I'd recommend the MSI twin frozr III because of the excellent cooler, or the EVGA AR edition as it has a lifetime warranty.

If you go with the i5, then I'd recommend a p67 or z68 motherboard.

800W is plenty

Sound card's aren't necessary, your motherboard will have pretty good integrated sound.

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