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Any obvious flaws with these items?
I added the fan controller as not sure how many headers the board has and there are 6 in the case in total.
If I can better/good as for less let me know!

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99

Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) £149.99

MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti-448 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £124.99

ASRock Z77 Extreme4 M Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £101.99

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) £101.99

NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/Orange £94.99

Corsair Enthusiast Series TX650M High Performance 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020039-UK) £84.98

GeIL EVO Veloce Hot-Rod Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEV316GB1866C10DC) £79.99

Prolimatech Black Megahalems CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 775/1366/1156/1155/2011/AMD Socket AM2/2+/3/3+) £44.99

Akasa 5.25" FC Six Channel Brushed Aluminium Fan Controller [AK-FC-08BKV2] £24.98

Xilence 2 Component Fan PWM - 120mm £10.99

Akasa AK-CB002 PWM Fan Splitter Cable £3.59

Sub Total : £882.02
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £179.15
Total : £1,074.92
 
Edit: Redone the spec,

YOUR BASKET
1 x ASUS GeForce GTX 660TI Direct CU II DC2O 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 410 Enthusiast Midi Tower Case - Black/Orange £94.99
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020003-UK) £94.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x Lamptron FC2 5.25" Bay Fan Controller - Black £24.98
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £23.99 (£47.98)
Total : £1,057.38 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
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I wouldn't invest in a 1GB GPU it's false economy. 2GB is quickly becoming the standard.

YOUR BASKET
1 x ASUS GeForce GTX 660TI Direct CU II DC2O 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC256B/WW) £149.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £127.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £94.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - Black £56.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £53.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x BitFenix Hydra Fan/LED Controller £24.98
2 x BitFenix Spectre LED ORANGE 120mm Fan £6.49 (£12.98)
Total : £1,054.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).



I changed the case however kept the orange with the fans (they are out of stock sadly). The fan controller i reviewed and it can turn the Bitfenix fans LEDs on or off as well as control their speed. If you are dead set on the NZXT case fair enough.

Mobo is good for SLI and Xfire has some nice little touches overs RJCs suggestion like a power button on the mobo so you can test it out of the case. The kingston RAM is good i own that too, it has a better CAS rating but the difference is marginal. I used the dragon kit as it's a dual pair of 8GB modules, so there is room to expand, it also overclocks quite well and looks quite flash.

PSU is more than enough power to SLI, 850W is cheaper than the 750W which is odd. It's modular so less clutter in the case for better airflow and looks, silver efficiency is a nice bonus too.

I used the 612S as it's geared to being quiet. It comes with easy mount brackets to install two fans. The Matterhorn uses wireclips and only supplies enough to fit one fan. 612S comes with a tube of paste, Matterhorn is a sachet. The Matterhorn does cool a little better, I'll let you weigh the pros and cons out.

660Ti 2GB is much better than the 560Ti. It also supports 3 screens from the one GPU, you would have to SLI the 560 to do that. You also have cuda support over the AMD GPUs which is nice.

Hope this helps aswell
 
Thanks.
I will give some thought to these options.
I do want to keep the case though as I like the colour and it has a window.

My original components were chosen partly on colour too, as I was looking at red and black so might need to pick some and choose some of the changes.
Would prefer the motherboard to be black too rather then all the blue parts.

Do I really need more than the 650w power supply though?

I've currently got a GTX 260 which is mainly OK for the gaming I do which is why I only went to the 560Ti - I assume this is still a decent jump from the 260?

I might just go for the none window cases then component colour isn't a problem!
 
What about this.
Went without the windowed case so colour not an issue, but kept the 560ti 600w supply for now, but non modular which saves a bit.
Two 120mm fans for cooler as wasn't sure if it comes with two?

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99

Samsung 256GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC256N/EU) £149.99

MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti-448 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £124.99

Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99

Corsair Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020012-UK) £65.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £59.99

GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £53.99

BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £46.98

Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99

Xilence 2 Component Fan PWM - 120mm £10.99 x 2 for cooler
Akasa AK-CB002 PWM Fan Splitter Cable £3.59

* Sub Total : £781.21
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £158.74
* Total : £952.45




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YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Series SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive - (MZ-7PC128B/WW) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Antec 1100 Eleven Hundred Ultimate Gaming Tower Case - Black £82.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £59.99
1 x Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £37.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £23.99
Total : £1,021.91 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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