Oh, two more things. I do NOT recommend the Asrock board, as Asrock are being cheap bastards for the Intel 7-series boards and are skimping on 4-pin fan controllers (that board has one 4-pin fan controller for the CPU, but four 3-pin fan controllers for case fans). 3-pin fan controllers are worse because you can't control the speed of fans connected to them in the BIOS, IIRC.
If not going for a super-aggressive overclock, I'd pick the MSI myself. If you want to try your hand at an ambitious overclock, I'd go for the Gigabyte board. The Asrock board would be fine if you have a separate fan controller for your case fans.
Everything else looks good, although if you can find the HR-02 macho for close to the price of your Coolermaster EVO, I'd consider getting it. It's often cheap in Europe and is one of the quietest high-performing heatsinks on the market. Nothing wrong with the evo though!
If not going for a super-aggressive overclock, I'd pick the MSI myself. If you want to try your hand at an ambitious overclock, I'd go for the Gigabyte board. The Asrock board would be fine if you have a separate fan controller for your case fans.
Everything else looks good, although if you can find the HR-02 macho for close to the price of your Coolermaster EVO, I'd consider getting it. It's often cheap in Europe and is one of the quietest high-performing heatsinks on the market. Nothing wrong with the evo though!
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