new build advice

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Hi guys/girls looking for a bit of advice of a new pc i would like to build, it will be used for some gaming and also video editing. This is the spec i have put together for £2k, do you think i could do better or is this about right? i intend of running the 3 disks in raid 5 if that makes any difference and i have plenty of external storage so wont need any large sata disks

"X79 SPEC OPS" Intel Core i7 3820 3.60GHz @ 4.50GHz Overclocked Bundle ** FREE F1 2011 GAME ** £705.98
(£588.32) £705.98
(£588.32)
KFA2 GeForce GTX 680 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £383.99
(£319.99) £383.99
(£319.99)
Asus VS247H 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £143.99
(£119.99) £287.98
(£239.98)
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 2 720w '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £104.99
(£87.49) £104.99
(£87.49)
Cooler Master CM-690 II Advanced USB3.0 Windowed Dominator Case - Black £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G) £71.99
(£59.99) £215.97
(£179.97)
Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D PCI-E Soundcard - OEM (30SB135000000) £68.99
(£57.49) £68.99
(£57.49)
LG CH10LS28 BD-ROM 10x BluRay ROM / DVDRW SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (OEM) £56.99
(£47.49) £56.99
(£47.49
 
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You'd get basically the same performance with a Z77 motherboard and a 3770K.

I can't see the point in running three SSDs in RAID5. A single bigger and faster SSD and a proper backup strategy would make more sense.

The Recon3D sound cards haven't had a particularly positive reception.
 
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