mikejr

It is done... 
 
Made the final purchase today, and most of the near £1000 worth of gear is sitting in my room gathering dust until I can spare the time and pluck up the courage to build it - ideally in one day. 
 
Here are the final specs, after much deliberation, procrastination, hours of the early morning squinting at my laptop screen scrutinising 101 reviews for each piece of hardware, resulting in more indecisiveness and delays... It's no wonder many people choose pre-built machines... Three months it's taken, and it's not even built!  <_<
 
And now with the introduction of FSX: Steam Edition I've got even more thinking to do!  :unsure:
 
[PCPartPicker part list](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/ZbVJqs) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/ZbVJqs/by_merchant/) Type|Item|Price :----|:----|:---- **CPU** | [Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i74790k) | Purchased For £245.74 **CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr212e20pkr2) | Purchased For £30.10 **Motherboard** | [ASRock Z97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z97manniversary) | Purchased For £67.34 **Memory** | [G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31866c9d8gab) | Purchased For £61.84 **Storage** | [Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-drive-ct128mx100ssd1) | Purchased For £52.17 **Storage** | [Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-drive-ct256mx100ssd1) | Purchased For £77.98 **Storage** | [Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd1003fzex) | Purchased For £0.00 **Video Card** | [Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/zotac-video-card-zt9010110p) | Purchased For £266.48 **Case** | [Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-case-nse200kkn1) | Purchased For £37.79 **Power Supply** | [EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-100b10600kr) | Purchased For £52.12 **Optical Drive** | [Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-optical-drive-sh224dbbebe) | Purchased For £0.00 **Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-gfc02050) | Purchased For £49.99 **Wireless Network Adapter** | [TP-Link TL-WN781ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/tp-link-wireless-network-card-tlwn781nd) | Purchased For £7.54 **Case Fan** | [Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm Fan](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/arctic-cooling-case-fan-afaco12000gba01) | Purchased For £3.66 **Case Fan** | [Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm Fan](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/arctic-cooling-case-fan-afaco12000gba01) | Purchased For £2.82 **Case Fan** | [Arctic Cooling Arctic F12 74.0 CFM 120mm Fan](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/arctic-cooling-case-fan-afaco12000gba01) | Purchased For £2.82 **Case Fan** | [Akasa AK-FN073 109.5 CFM 145mm Fan](http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/akasa-case-fan-akfn073) | Purchased For £5.79 **Other**| Acer S220HQLBrbd 21.5" Full HD LED Monitor| Purchased For £0.00 **Other**| Fusion5 Wireless Keyboard And Mouse Combo| Purchased For £0.00 **Other**| Creative A250 (2.1) Speaker System| Purchased For £29.99 | | **Total** | Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | £994.17 | Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-06 21:25 GMT+0000 | http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/mikejr/saved/TZWKHx
 
PS: Anything stated as £0.00 were Christmas pressies from generous family. 
 
In the end I went for a GTX 970 which was an upgrade from the original 750Ti, and a couple of Crucial MX100's for the OS Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit (120GB) and FSX (256GB), alongside G.Skill RAM rather than Corsair.
 
This has all meant, with all the additional bits and bobs like cables, but not including the monitor and keyboard/mouse, it is exactly double my original budget - oh how much I have learnt when it comes to the cost of a DIY build... my wallet has taken a severe beating and any moths that might have been in there after my largely broke summer, the best part of which was spent in Africa, are dust! 
 
At least the £1,000 will now pay for much of my entertainment in the colder seasons! 
 
I'm looking forward to building the rig but want to avoid blowing any of this kit up... I'll post a few photos in the next couple of weeks (/months/years) when it is finished and all polished up... explosion free. 
 
Thanks for the tips guys, very much appreciated.  :Applause: