Building a PC - have I forgotten anything??

Don't think there is much in it. Both are very good boards with all the bells and whistles. I would pick up the Extreme4 myself. IIRC the Asus has blutooth, the Extreme4 have some sort of optimised, powered USB. Dunno if this is just a gimmick or useful. It's a popular board with no major complains. Both overclock extremely well, both have sensible layouts, support SLI / XFire, UEFI bios, both are quality, I'm just tired of blue boards :)

Some people are brand conscious, and swear by Asus which imo is a solid brand. Apart from their P67 debacle. Asrock is now a subsidiary of Asus also.
 
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What black plastic?
 
hmm yeah, I was talking Extreme4 vs P8Z68 :/ Don't think the Sabertooth has bluetooth. Why would you want to remove the cover? It's one of its selling point, without it it's completely pointless. Come to think of it...
 
So, finally, I believe this will be the final spec. Could you please check it for me? Unfortunately I'll have to order it in stages.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £149.98
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £95.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Windowed Case - Black £56.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H50-1 High-Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM3) £55.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £723.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

The first stage will be this:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £149.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Windowed Case - Black £56.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £461.03 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Then the rest will eventually follow.
 
Thanks! I'm probably going to braid all the cables etc and put in a couple of lights, lots and lots of fans, the usual really.

I was thinking of perhaps ordering the windowless version and then putting in a bigger window because, frankly, the window they've put in the case is pretty crap. They expect you to put a fan in it too, you won't be able to see anything! And it's tinted.
 
So, now including HDD:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor £164.99
1 x Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £149.98
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Gaming Windowed Case - Black £56.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £33.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £495.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

I don't quite have the funds for that. I'm going to have to do a little begging I think!
 
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