[...] Why the ASUS motherboard not a jab, pure interest as im looking into i5-2500k setups and was swaying more towards the MSI P67A-GD53.

I am so bad.

here is what im getting :) Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz 6MB S-1155 ASUS P8Z68-V PRO DDR3 ATX S-1155 Corsair DDR3 PC1600 8GB CL9 kit DOMINATOR

I used 4 gigs before and found that occasionally I would use it all, however I think anything over 6gb is unnecessary at this point in time. It really depends what you are going to do with the computer. If you have video editing programs, multiple browsers, tf2, startcraft and photoshop editing all at the same time, get 6gb, if only gaminng, 4gb. TBH it would probably be better if you asked a pc building forum such as aria's or overclocked gaming or whatever they are called. They will be able to give direct links to products and advice on compatability which is very necessary. (It would suck to realise your ram doesnt work with the mobo or something). [...] High idle ram usage is usually because people have viruses in the background, or dont monitor what programs are running at startup. These kinds of poeple are usually the type who dont know too much about computers or are idiots.

[...] You'd be surprise.

upgrading PCs is dead

[...] No. RAM, in contrary to most PC parts change their prices up and down depending on exchange rates, supply and demand. VGAs and CPUs keep going down in prices because there is always a new architecture every half-year/year, first time DDR3 RAM architecture introduced was like 4 years ago, new RAM sticks and speeds are for enthusiasts and not concerning the market's majority. Also producing a new RAM architecture will make the old ones go up in price and not go down, right now the RAM prices are pretty cheap so grabbing more RAM can be cheaper than getting them later. (May keep going down though, but its like gambling)

[...] GSkill ripjaws are lifetime warranty ;)

For memory I'd buy kingston, best warranty.

Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor - £167.78 Asus P8P67 Pro R3 P67 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio ATX Motherboard - £128.59 Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz CL9 1.5V Non-ECC - £52.34 Cart total inc vat: £348.71 Changed it up a bit as per your suggestions Recommend me a good graphics card £200ish or have graphics cards become cheaper than they used to be?

[...] No. RAM, in contrary to most PC parts change their prices up and down depending on exchange rates, supply and demand. VGAs and CPUs keep going down in prices because there is always a new architecture every half-year/year, first time DDR3 RAM architecture introduced was like 4 years ago, new RAM sticks and speeds are for enthusiasts and not concerning the market's majority. Also producing a new RAM architecture will make the old ones go up in price and not go down, right now the RAM prices are pretty cheap so grabbing more RAM can be cheaper than getting them later. (May keep going down though, but its like gambling)