Cost was the factor Morfiend! I would have like to have spent more but wifey was already questioning the need for a new pc! :0).
That Antec combination got good reviews and the guys on here gave it the thumbs up.
The one niggly thing at the moment is the temps seem a bit high. Seems to idle in the mid 40s and when playing AH can get up to the late 60s so I'm about to have a look at the heatsink fan (stock fan) to see if its seated correctly and possible replace it and get some better thermal paste. Read that the CPU may be concave and some people lap them? Not sure I'm up to that!
Any thoughts?
I didnt rush it Kermit, being my first build like you say, I wanted to get it all in correctly and neatly. Apart from this temp business, it looks and runs very well.
Cheers