£300ish SB Upgrade

[Hzza]

My mobo finally died on me last night so need a quick SB upgrade, how does the below look? Any improvements/changes?

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
MSI P67A-G45 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C8 1333MHz Dual-Channel (CMX4GX3M2A1333C8) £29.99
(£24.99) £29.99
(£24.99)
Sub Total : £249.97
Shipping cost based on delivery to Home, SL1 1PS with:
FREE SHIPPING (DX Secure Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £49.99
Total : £299.96

Really anoying that the SB chips aren't in the This Week Only offers anymore .

I have an OEM copy of Vista 64, I understand that this is tied into the mobo but you can call up Microsoft support and get them to switch the activation code to work with the new mobo; is this correct?

edit - Sorry for yet another spec me thread btw, I just like double checking these things incase I've missed something stupid .

 

[stulid]

I think you should try one of these boards,

GD53 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-170-MS
This does sli/crossfire at 8X/8X and has better quality capacitors and other components than the G45.


ASUS P67LE - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-448-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1906
If a single graphics card is all you ever want to use? then this is a bargain.

 

[Hzza]

Legend, thanks mate <3. Will go with the GD53, the last guy I built a system for has had some real problems with his Asus board and its put me off a bit.