$800 build, opinions needed. Purchasing Wednesday.

This will be my first build and the idea originally began as a HTPC, but since this isn't going in the living room, but in my den; I'm going to a more upgradeable tower system. I have a strict $800 budget before rebates. Have a look, I need some more opinions.



Approximate Purchase Date: Ordering parts Wednesday 2/8/12

Budget Range: $800 +/- $20 before rebates

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Upgradeable, Movie/music playback and streaming via XBMC, general internet surfing, ripping/encoding my own movies using handbrake, gaming (probably in the future, I don't game at all as of now on PC, but having a system that could might change that)

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg, but i'm open to any reputable site to save a little money.

Country: United States

Parts Preferences: Intel Sandy Bridge, since I plan to use integrated graphics at first and a mild overclock

Overclocking: Yes, nothing extreme, but to get more encoding performace.

SLI or Crossfire: No

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 Sharp LCD TV

Additional Comments: I want to be able to upgrade in the future, while also starting out with a good all around system, not including gaming since i'll be starting out without discrete graphics card. I also need a copy of windows 7 included in the build price.


This is what I'm looking at right now.

Rosewill CHALLENGER-U3 Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $49.99

ASRock Z68 PRO3 GEN3 $104.99
or
GIGABYTE GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 $107.99

SeaSonic M12II 520 Bronze 520W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply $74.99 (15% off promo code if I do purchase by 2/8 as planned)

Intel I5-2500k $229.99

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS 1TB 5400 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive $109.99

SAMSUNG Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-/+R 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Combo Model SH-B123L/RSBP $59.99

Windows 7 Home Premium OEM $99.99

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus $29.99


Total with Pro3 Gen3 mobo = $806.91 without shipping.

Whatcha Think?

Edited: removed extreme3gen3 mobo, replaced ram.

You want the Asrock Pro 3 Gen 3 board if you don't plan on going with a second vid card later. It's a single card Gen 3 board.

Also that Kingston RAM isn't for these 1155 boards for the fact it's 1.65v RAM. You want 1.5v RAM...look at the Patriot 1600hz 2x4GB set for $40 and free shipping on newegg.

So is that the only spec the pro3 is lacking vs the extreme3? In that case you're right, I shouldn't need the extreme3 board. Thanks for the heads up on the ram... Any should do that's rated for 1.5 volts correct? I'm new to overclocking, but is there something I should look for in ram if I'm going to be overclocking my memory?

What about the gigabyte board? Is the pro3 a better choice than it? I wouldn't mind going with microatx if there isn't any downfall to doing so.

And a4mula, thanks for the reply but I don't live near a microcenter, and I would also prefer not to use THAT many different suppliers. I also need a blu-ray drive. And while getting a video card now would be nice, I don't require it and would rather spend a little more on the other components. plus isn't a 380 watt psu a little small for that build you suggested?