$1200ish For a New (and first) i5 2500k Build

Hey guys, I've read several other threads and taken some mismatched advise, hopefully I've done a pretty decent job and you guys can help me out fine tuning. I'm very excited for my first build and really appreciate any comments you can give me.

Approximate Purchase Date: Depends on availability of P67 Motherboards. (Soon I hope).

Budget Range: $1200

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Web Surfing and Streaming, DVD Read/Write/Rip, Gaming, I’m curious about TV Tuners (Recording and watching live television) but this isn’t as important right now.

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg unless better prices can be found elsewhere (I’m interested in better prices if anyone knows of any please speak up)

Country of Origin: United States

Purchased so far (Prices include any shipping, taxes, and sales, MIR listed separately):
Processor: i5 2500k 192.14
RAM: 8 GB, (2x4GB) G.Skill Ripjaws X 74.99
PSU: XFX 750W ATX12V Silver Certified 135.98 ($20 MIR)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 922 99.98 ($10 MIR)
Mother Board: ASUS P8P67 Pro 202.82
HDD: Hitachi 1TB 7200 RPM 3.5" Internal Hard Drive 64.04 ($10 MIR)
Cooling: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus 29.97
Optical Drive:AD-7260S 24X SATA Internal DVD Burner 19.20
GPU: EVGA GTX 570 347.28 ($30 MIR)


Parts Preferences:

OS: Windows 7 Professional 64 bit 64.95

Current Total: 1231.35 (Also $70 in MIR on the way)

Overclocking: Yes

SLI: As a possible future upgrade

Monitor Resolution: 2 monitors at 1920 x1080

Additional Comments: This will be my first build, so all the advice you can give me is helpful.

Hello XXF;

There were some P8P67 Pro boards in stock at MicroCenters over the weekend. They're pretty much sold out in most of the stores now.

CPU/MB/RAM Good choices. IMO no reason to pay extra for CAS8 RAM.
CPU cooler: Combo deal with CPU.

I think I will take your advice on the RAM which should cut $30 from the build. How do I check if RAM is compatible with the MOBO I've selected? I've shot a couple searches through google and I'm clearly wording something incorrectly.

Also, I wandered around my local MicroCenter today just for kicks and the i5 2500k was marked at 179.99 plus tax, so I went ahead and bought it (buying items piece meal isn't ideal, but I couldn't pass it up) so that came to 192.14 after taxes. If you're planning a i5 2500k build RUN to MicroCenter before that deal runs its course (I did lose out on an $8 combo deal from NewEgg though, thanks for the suggestion WR2).

I've updated my OP with new prices and hopefully fixed the links.

Continued feedback is great as are any combo or cheaper vendor deals anyone might know about.

They had the Gigabyte Deluxe Board for 229.99 and quite a selection of H67 series boards, but no ASUS Pro. They said they've been getting one shipment a week for three weeks now so to keep checking back.

This post is as much for myself to track as for others:

I'm now considering these combos:
Not quite the case I want, but should still have plenty of room, save $20
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.619295

If I stick with my case this'll give me a useless reg cleaner, but save me $5 on the 570
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.591806

Another good motherboard option: GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD4-B3
It finally showed up @ NewEgg for the first time today.

GA-P67A-UD4-B3 webpage

GIGABYTE P67A-UD4 Motherboard Performance Review

Ouch. That's a long time in the back of the UPS van.