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I was wondering if some of the kind souls out there would rate my build and say how i could improve on it.

Here are the specs:
CPU Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor £161.99
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler £26.65
Motherboard MSI Z77A-G45 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard £76.52
Memory Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory £31.99
Storage Crucial M4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk £147.99
Video Card MSI Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card £304.55
Case NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case £78.49
Power Supply OCZ ZT 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply £69.18
Optical Drive Sony AD-7280S-0B DVD/CD Writer £12.95
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit) £67.66
Computers
Total
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. £977.97

I am spending from £900 to £1000 in this build. Please help!

looks nice man !

i was thinking of spending £30 more and getting an AMD, You must login or register to view this content.
What do you guys think?

The amount of cores only tells half of the story. In this case I've checked the CPU benchmarks and the FX-8150 (8178 ) outdoes the i5-3570k (7721) by 457 points. I'd still pick the i5 though.

You would assume that because the AMD processor has double the cores it's benchmark should be at least double that of the i5's benchmark score. Keep in mind that Intel and AMD have exclusive patented technologies and behind the specifications there are technologies at play of which I personally prefer Intel's attributes.

tl;dr FX if you really care about a tiny bit more performance.

No. The 8150 is terrible for gaming. Black edition or not, they are power hungry and bottleneck with even mid range graphics cards. The 3570k is the way to go, however get an aftermarket CPU cooler.

random question lol , but do you still have stock fan on your 580 ? i always found evga cards ran hot due to the shroud they choose

Yeah I have been using the stock fan for almost 10 months now. I use MSI afterburner to ramp up the fan speed so that the temperatures under full load don't surpass 65 degrees. Some people say that it's loud, but I have closed back headphones so I can't really hear it. On idle I have no issue.

It might also be worth mentioning that I flashed my card with a custom fan unlock BIOS so that I can use 30 percent all the way to 100 percent fan speed. The stock model goes 40-90 I believe.

yea ive got a 660 ti atm and it never goes above 78c around 89 90 i start losing performance

Damn, that must be pretty fast.