Recommendations for Gaming Rig

[NatusVincere]

Hi All, i've decided to take the plunge and will be buying a new rig within this week.
My budget for this new rig would be 1.6k. Keyboard, Mouse, Speaker & Screen is not needed.

This Rig would be used to play games such as Guild Wars 2, War of Immortals & other fps games hopefully at maximum graphics settings.

I would hope this rig could be future proof too, stretching my budget should be alright.

 

[nippp0n]

CPU & Mobo: i5-3470 & Asrock B75 Pro 3M @ $334
Ram: Kingston 1600mhz value ram 8GB @ $72
ODD: Samsung DVD RW @ $22
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB @ $80
SSD: Plextor M5S 128GB @ ~$139
GPU: MSI 7970 Twin Frozr Boost Edition @ $588
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 @ $154
PSU: FSP Platinum 650W @ $142
OS: Windows 7 Home 64bit OEM @ $110

Total: $1641
Buy and build at Tradepac.

 

[Arkenstone]

Just want to share my personal thoughts - no such thing as future proof. Hahaha! Just spend on what you need based on your budget today. I think the only future proof component is your rig's casing and maybe the PSU. Everything else seems expandable since technology moves so fast.

 

[dataworld111]

If you wanna futureproof, consider waiting until this september then make your purchase?