£680 - $720 mini-itx mid-range gaming system

Hello fellow Edinburgundian

The first glaring mistake is that you can't really overclock on B75 chip-sets. Therefore you should really consider getting a Z77 motherboard, for example this one: Z77 Motherboard. If you don't want to overclock, then there's no point in buying a K series CPU or that water-cooler. Go with a 3470 or a 3350P, whichever you can get a good price on.

Speaking of water-cooling, pre-filled loops really aren't that good. It's really not worth getting a H60, even the H100 is worse than some top end air coolers. You'd be better of with the Noctua U9B (I actually have one in Edinburgh and could give you a good discounted price if you want lol). It's perfect for small form factor builds like that (not just trying to sell my stuff, promise!).

Although currently out of stock, there are still some £35 8gb kits out there, which is worth the money saved I think, for example these: Memory.

I really don't like XFX videocards, their cooler design is currently terrible (they are the cheapest everywhere for a reason). I had one before my current video-card, and it was so noisy I sold it on within a month. Also the 7870 XT is so close in price to the 7870 (with much better performance) you might as well get one: 7870 XT. There's also a slightly more expensive Sapphire Edition with better cooling, though it doesn't come with the games bundle (at least not from Amazon).

Lastly, although the SSD is cheap, you're better off getting a slightly higher quality one. The read and write speeds on the one you linked are pretty terrible, so it won't feel a zippy as you'd expect. This one is a quality unit at a fairly low price: SSD. If you save some money by going for the 8gb of RAM, this is where I'd put it back into the build.

As you can see I've picked all my parts from Amazon. Since you mentioned a trustworthy website, they are in my opinion the best for PC parts out there. The delivery is super fast, they never argue when you return an item, refund the stuff ASAP and have one of the largest catalogs. The only reason not to buy from them before was that they didn't offer the Never Settle bundle (which they now do on the card I linked), so stick to them if possible. There's not much point ordering from 3-4 different places, since Aria for example will charge you £6 or so for shipping, so once you factor in all the extra shipping cost caused by ordering from different places, you end up not really saving anything.

All the best,

M

Yeah memory prices are climbing at a staggering rate. Order as soon as you find a good deal, if you wait too long they'll sell out.

I'll just PM you about purchasing the cooler.

M