can i better this for under £400?

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Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £155.99 (£129.99)

Asus P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £151.99 (£126.66)

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99 (£39.99)

Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £37.99
(£31.66)
Sub Total : £328.30
Shipping : £9.50
VAT : £67.56
Total : £405.36

Been resarching and started seeing pci E 3.0 on the asrock and msi boards. Also 22nm cpu support on gigabyte boards.

Should i consider a different motherboard?
Never used kingston memory how does it compare to the corsair vengance LP i had my eyes on?
Finally would i benefit from going for faster mem like this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-292-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387 ?

Any help would be much apreciated/
 
Cheaper cooler - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-GD&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

Which is good.

Should i consider a different motherboard?
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Yes,

Less money - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-458-AS

Or Gen3 - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-188-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

Finally would i benefit from going for faster mem like this
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Nope, all the ram guides show 1600mhz and modest timings is the sweat spot.
 
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Go for a Gen3 board. As you correctly stated, they have PCI-E 3.0 and support for 22nm Ivy Bridge.

I would change the cooler to this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-GD

The Kingston is good quality RAM; stick with that. You won't be able to notice any speed difference going with that faster RAM, and it has very tall heatsinks and so will get in the way of a lot of coolers.
 
Using my suggestions,

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
(£133.32) £159.98
(£133.32)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
(£21.66) £25.99
(£21.66)
Sub Total : £324.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £66.89
Total : £401.35

You get free delivery to.
 
Thanks for the quick reply's.
Are there any other gen 3 boards worth looking into and will all z68 boards support ivy bridge with a bios update?
 
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Does Asrock have a good reputation? Nice review on that board and found quite a bit cheaper after a quick search, although not in stock anyware.
 
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