First gaming pc build

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hello, i plan to build my own gaming pc in summer (august) and i would like it if someone could give any tips regarding building and the components. here is what i have so far- Case: 
Cooler Master HAF X £130
 Power Supply: OCZ 600W ModXStream Pro Power Supply
£69
 CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 840 "95W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) – Retail £80
 Motherboard:ASUS M4N75TD - Motherboard - ATX - Socket AM3 - nForce 750a SLI - FireWire - Gigabit Ethernet - HD Audio £77
 RAM: Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit £40
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Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache – OEM £31
 Graphics Card: MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Car £200
 Optical Drive: Samsung SH-S223L/RSMN 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige/Black/Silver) – Retail £19
 Headset – SpeedLink Medusa NX 5.1 v2 Surround Headset £55
 Keyboard – Saitek Cyborg V7 Illuminated Gaming Keyboard £53
 OS – Windows 7 Home Premium 32/64 BIT-retail £100
 Display - Acer S221HQL 21.5 inch LED TFT Monitor £92
 Mouse mat - Qpad UC Large Cloth Gaming Surface £10
 Mouse - Razer Naga Molten Special Edition Expert MMO Gaming Mouse £75
Total - £1031

keep in mind that i dont yet know my own budget but i would like it to be cheap or midrange but still powerful enough to play games such as crysis 2 and battlefield 3 on max settings. all tips are most welcome. thanks.
p.s i may consider using sli in future so u can take this into consideration, as i do want a reasonably future proof pc with room for improvement in a few years when necessary.
 

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Ok thanks for the response and point taken regarding the mouse and keyboard though I dont think they negatively affect the build too much. Will amds new processors be similarly priced as the current phenoms?
 

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ok thanks i was kinda impatient lol i just wanted to see how my researched components currently stood but im glad to hear that new processors will be released and that they will be cheaper than intel, do you think the graphics card is acceptable though? or should i aim for perhaps a 570 or something? thanks