Lol. Sorry about another thread. But please give me suggestions on this build 1.2k$

Spenlard

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I know I just made a thread, yes, I know I could've bumped it.
But I'm asking for suggestions and revisions on this build.
I want it to be able to run cool, in the future it may be overclocked with some better cooling, but not till' better cooling. I dunno if the case is that great. But I'm trying to stay under/around 1.2k. Thanks!

COOLER MASTER HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN3-GP Black Steel + Plastic and Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $89.99

Western Digital RE4 WD5003ABYX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $129.99

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition OC 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP $279.99
AMD Gift - Free Sleeping Dogs Coupon

LITE-ON Black SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDS118-04 $19.99

COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series RS800-80GAD3-US 800W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.92 SLI $149.99

G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 37.99

JetWay JNF9A-Q67 LGA 1155 Intel Q67 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s Mini ITX Intel Motherboard $174.99

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor $204.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit $99.99
 
okay, we can fix this and reduce cost at the same time. :)

Case is fine. I would not touch it (CM lost my confidence a while ago), but it is a fine case. Look at NZXT and Fractal Design though. They are better.

Hard drive, go to a seagate 1.5TB 7200 RPM. That is $69.99 and just as good. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337

Graphics is fine I rekon. I do not like AMD, but that is neither here nor there.

Power is fine also.

RAM looks cool if you are into that.

Board is not good. Brand is not the best, and severely overpriced. Q series chipset too. Look at a Z77 or Z68 board from Gigabyte, EVGA, or Asus. The Z77X-UD3H is cheaper than the Q67 that you picked.

cpu is fine. go for a 3570k though. it is better.

windows is windows is windows. Nothing to say there.
 
Get a 3570K and a Z77 board (Z77X-UD3H springs to mind), get a Define R3 case from Fractal Design. I wouldn't buy CM PSUs, go for XFX or OCZ or Seasonic or Corsair. Follow Wolfe's advice regarding HDDs. Other than that all good.
 
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