hohiro: Altogether i like it more :)

One thing you could think of is putting another 2TB or even more HDD in to boot from the SSD and have the programs and games you use most on the SSD and install the others on the HDD. My steam library alone is 1,5TB and I dont even play much ;)

cjrgreen: Overclocking is ONLY for power users for whom overclocking is within their comfort zone. If it is not, and you have said it is not, nobody has any business telling you that you should, and you should stop listening to those people.

Even if you are not overclocking, questions like "do I need an aftermarket cooler" and "what motherboard chipset is best for what I want to do" are valid.

Stock coolers (the ones that come with the CPU in a boxed set) are the minimum the manufacturer can get away with. They are good enough to run the CPU at its stated clock speed and power, in an ordinary home or office environment. But they are also cheap, flimsy, and noisy. Intel's "pushpin" design is especially troublesome; sometimes it is hard to mount, and it often makes you feel like you're about to crack your motherboard trying.

For Intel sockets, an inexpensive cooler of a design that has a backplate is a good investment in peace of mind and ease of assembly even if you are not going to overclock.

Intel motherboards are available with a bewildering variety of chipsets. The chipset determines things like how many PCI-Express lanes are available to the expansion slots, what version and how many USB connectors you can have, as well as whether the motherboard will do SLI or Crossfire or overclocking.

For Haswell (LGA 1150) CPUs, the compatible chipsets are:

H81: bare minimum, for low-cost systems only. Only 6 PCI-Express 2.0 lanes for peripherals. No PCI-e 3.0 at all. Only 2 RAM slots.

B85, Q85: step up for low-cost systems. Adds PCI-e 3.0, 2 more PCI-e 2.0 lanes, 2 more USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 ports. 4 RAM slots.

Q87, H87: another step up for low-cost systems. More USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 ports (6 of each).

Z87: preferred for high-performance systems. Supports 2 or 3 PCI-e 3.0 slots for SLI or Crossfire.

For a system you do not intend to expand, especially since you are reusing older disks that won't gain from SATA 3.0, motherboards with B85 and Q85 chipsets are usually the best value.

Lionel212008: I am given to understand that the Z87 chipsets also allow you to overclock and this feature is exclusive to them. Of course, you'd need a k processor to take advantage of this.

jjsimp: Mine has a wireless card, but there are some people that do not like onboard sound. Some people use video capture cards. I could use one of those USB wireless adapters, but I find their range and bandwith is crippled and the last one I had didn't start with windows half the time.

Memory slots: if price drops to dirt cheap levels I will be buying an additional set.

Case: the last ITX I built required a non-standard power supply. I do not like that at all.

mystikmind2000: Ran into a little snag buying my system at CPL online.....

Went to the checkout and payment, no Visa option! and Paypal limited to $500 dollars and has 3% surcharge.

NEXT!

monkeydelarge: Who the fuck doesn't take Visa? Seriously. And Paypal is a huge pain in the ass. If I remember correctly, if you give them more info to prove you are who you say you are, they will raise the limit. But if you don't trust them with all that info, I don't blame you.

cjrgreen: MicroATX is good if you do not need SLI, Crossfire, or a lot of expansion slots. But there are not many good microATX motherboards being built now. It's a good choice if you are building an AMD FM2 system. But not for LGA 1150.

iippo: Sound card? I doubt you need one if you just listen to music and play games. I might understand getting one if youre making music and need some special input / output options..but i can imagine that even those could be overcome. There are external soundcards for example.

jjsimp: You crazy Aussies and your PC buying problems. It's like you guys are 10 years behind us in availability. Sydney is a very large city, why aren't there hundreds of PC vendors there. Is your country filled with a bunch of technophobes?

DreadMoth: You could get most of those parts* from PC Case Gear instead - they accept Visa

Link to PC Case Gear cart with parts
Same prices as you quoted but the GTX770 is $14 cheaper.

*The only thing missing is the Antec EA-650 PSU - you could get it separately from Scorptec (also accepts Visa) or pick a different model?