New Build planned, comments welcome

[SiDeards73]

Ok guys

i posted a while back saying i needed a spec for a new build, which you guys done a brilliant job of recommending for me!

However due to the arrival of a new child and Xmas looming and some other bits and pieces, i wont be able to buy my kit until March 2012

I have however put together a list of what i want "Now", the aim is to spend at most £800, i understand some stuff might go up in price (The Haf Case is on special currently and i heard Memory might go up in price) but im also hoping some of the bits will come down in price enough to balance it out.

Also i was kinda hoping the AMD FX chips werent going to be as fail as they have turned out to be so ive opted for the following

l Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £167.99
(£139.99) £167.99
(£139.99)
Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** Asus GeForce GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-120G) OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-120G) £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Asus P8Z68-M PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard Asus P8Z68-M PRO Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply Lepa B-Series 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £74.98
(£62.48) £74.98
(£62.48)
Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus Case - Black Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus Case - Black £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)

This comes in at a current total of Total : £794.89 (Inc VAT + Shipping)

So its basically my budget

Im hoping possibly the i7 2600k drops enough in price by march to be included, any comments on swapping some of the pieces though maybe for better results?

Cheers

Si

 

[FlyingPig]

I'm confused, so are you going to buy it now or not? If you won't buy everything now, better wait until March and then buy it all together. Maybe memory will go up in price indeed, but things like SSD's and GPU's will most likely go down. Would swap the OCZ Agility for a Crucial M4, consensus here is the reliability is worth the slightly higher price.

 

[SiDeards73]

Ye i wont be buying til March, i just picked the pieces i want and leave them in my basket to watch if the price raises or falls so i can adjust accordingly lol, i know its a bit sad but being as i cant purchase til March its about as much fun as i can get right now with regards to the build haha

 

[FlyingPig]

Ye i wont be buying til March, i just picked the pieces i want and leave them in my basket to watch if the price raises or falls so i can adjust accordingly lol, i know its a bit sad but being as i cant purchase til March its about as much fun as i can get right now with regards to the build haha

Right, and I thought women were bad for window shopping!

 

[mp260767]

cooler wise have a look at the Gelid Tranquillo.

memory wise have a look at the Corsair XMS3 or kingston hyper x, depending on price of course, but the high heat spreaders on the vengence can cause some issues with coolers.