First build advice

[Sniper296]

I am finally going to start my first build and thought I would ask for your advice on the components, here is what I have chosen so far:

Gigabyte P67A-UD5-B3 Intel P67 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) B3 REVISION £203.98
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor [BX80623I72600K] £254.99
Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [ENGTX480/G/2DI/1536MD5] £219.98
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit [CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9] £99.98

I have yet to decide on a PSU, case(keep under £70), monitor, HDD(1TB+) & cooling; what are your opinions?

 

[Sniper296]

It will be for gaming, CAD & video editing.
To give you an idea ArmA2:OA is probably the most demanding thing I have.
Budget of £800-1000, and I have a mouse, keyboard, FDD & DVDRW.
I'm also not likely to OC or go SLI for a while.

 

[Sniper296]

Right, heres what I have now:

Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
OR
MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) B3 REVISION £139.99
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor [BX80623I72600K] £254.99
Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [ENGTX480/G/2DI/1536MD5] £219.98 (it will take a very good argument to get me to cange this)
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit [CMX8GX3M2A1600C9] £79.99
Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM [HD103UJ] £36.98
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler £25.99
XFX Pro 850W Core Edition Power Supply £84.98
Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black [RC-692-KKN3] £59.99
£902.89-907.88 ex S&H & any offers

I can't decide between the Motherboards, Intel® Smart Response Technology sounds good but add a 120GB SSD and a screen and I will go over £1000

 

[Sniper296]

The XMS3 8GB is actually £66 now, until Wednesday mid-day(?). win!

No argument about any of the components, except the 480 If it's POWER! you want, can't really beat it at the price. The PSU will be fine wiht a single 480. Some say it will take SLI 480 but I'm not positive, if you start overclocking them.

Either motherboard for me, I like them both. I'd probably swing towards the Asrock.

Smart Response is only meaningful with small SSD (20-30-40GB). 60GB and over, just use them as standard drives.

YOu should be good to overclock the 2600K to 4.2-4.4GHz safely.

The reason i list the non-offer prices is because this will be a slow build but since i got the motherboard from ~£200 to ~£140 I might be able to start with the motherboard and RAM.

Still yet to decide on a monitor and OS.