help building overclockable 1.5k gaming PC

[Excenmille]

Was gonna wait till haswell but my laptop GPU decided to die yesterday so die die must buy a new desktop PC next week, please help!

- 1.5k budget.
- No need for OS & peripherals.
- Would like i5-3570k to OC to make up for non-haswell cpu. Playing a lot of mmo games, which I think tend to be cpu-intensive? (e.g. Neverwinter is totally CPU-dependent)
- nzxt phantom 410 please for its looks!
- ssd
- if can't get powerful GPU with the rest of my budget, can keep this same system and upgrade just the gpu next year? Something like 7870 or 7950 to overclock for now then?

 

[nippp0n]

CPU & Mobo: i5-3570k & MSI Z77A-GD43 Gaming @ $471
CPU Cooler: CM Hyper Evo 212 @ $59
Ram: Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz 2x4GB @ $95
ODD: Liteon DVD RW @ $25
HDD: WD Blue 1TB @ $90
SSD: Plextor M5S 128GB @ $139
GPU: Powercolor 7950 PCS @ $409
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 @ $155
PSU: Seasonic S12 520W @ $89
Assembly fee: $10

Total: $1542
Buy and build at PC Themes.

 

[Excenmille]

Never used liquid cooling before. That one is just install-and-forget right?

The case & cooler are bundled price for buying together? Because tradepac pricelist doesn't list the individual price for the cooler.

No PSU?

 

[nippp0n]

Never used liquid cooling before. That one is just install-and-forget right?

The case & cooler are bundled price for buying together? Because tradepac pricelist doesn't list the individual price for the cooler.

No PSU?

Bundle price at PC Themes. Oh yeah, miss out the PSU. No wonder i feel something amiss. Haha!