[mGGDrGooSe]

Can I ask why you are getting an i7 3770? or that case for that matter if you arent running mutliple gpus and overclocking (IMO a case is only for cooling, and that has masses of cooling that you wont be needing). Even my i7-860 was not being used anywhere near capacity for any kind of gaming, so an Ivy bridge is just bling for 90% of users out there not doing cpu intensive work. Also the ram is expensive, I got 16gb hyper-x blue for $100. It's certainly a wicked system, but not good bang for buck unless you are overclocking everything and doing intensive work like streaming, encoding, 3D work, etc, etc.
Anyway, just for reference I'll list my system below for comparison (from ARC in sydney - about a month ago?).

RAM: Kingston Hypex-X blue 4x4GB $113
Case: Coolermaster HAF RC212 $105
i7 2600k $313
CPU cooler: Coolermaster RR212E universal $39
MB: ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z (mATX) $204
Gcard: MSI GTX560 Ti Hawk $262
PSU: Antex 650W Green $99
Total: $1135

already had a cavier black 1TB, think it was about $100 mark?
my benchmarking shows that its only about 10-30% faster than my 3+year old i7-860 system depending on the application (both completely factory default). Tested the cooling by running some quantum mechanics calculations, it was about 12% faster and the cpu never got over 50C (100% for 2 hours). Havent tested prime95 stability yet, but Ive no doubt it will be cool.

Just saying, if you arent certain that you need extra power, dont get it, cos you wont use it.
Edit: my plan for system lifetime is generally to keep them for 4-5 years, with buying a gcard about half way through, that way you actually get money value in that the next system will be about 50-80% faster than the old IME, and you will only just be coming up to games that you cant play on high anymore.

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FaDeHellfyre:

Told ya's the RAM looked too expensive