Last two decisions before ordering!

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http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157265

I was going to go for this board but unfortunately I was looking on the US site and it's $40 more on the .ca site. Does anyone know a cheaper comparable motherboard?

I am getting the i5 2500k and this RAM: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

Again I don't know much about motherboards I was following the techspot guide. It was nice the board supported SLI.

I don't know if you get discounts for buying a lot of things together on newegg. If not, I will probably hold off on buying a monitor until a good deal. I am looking for a 27'' monitor. If you know of a good deal, please share!
 
The only "discount" you might get buying a lot of things together might be the shipping. The total shipping on multiple items is often less than if you buy them individually. At least that's the case in the US.

I have the ASRock P67 Extreme6 and I'm very satisfied with it although it's even more expensive than the Extreme4. How about this one?: ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Performance
It's reasonably comparable to the Extreme4 but less expensive.

As far as your RAM is concerned, it's one of the brands of RAM I use although I haven't used this particular model. It should work fine.
 
If you plan on adding an aftermarket CPU cooler to OC your 2500k and you are ever going to use all 4 RAM slots I would choose RAM that doesn't have the big heat sinks on them.
 
If you plan on adding an aftermarket CPU cooler to OC your 2500k and you are ever going to use all 4 RAM slots I would choose RAM that doesn't have the big heat sinks on them.

Are the heat sinks going to somehow interfere with the cooler? Why?
 
Since you haven't bought one yet maybe consider a water cooled unit that will only cost a few bucks more. You won't have to worry about the RAM slots and you will likely get a few degrees cooler than air.
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Cooling-Hydro-High-Performance-CWCH60/dp/B004MYFOE2

...or if you have room in your case and more of a budget.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005FOVCCG

about the monitor. If you are building a primarily gaming machine than I suggest not going bigger than 24 inch. When you go to the next size up you notice the pixels more since you are so close to the monitor. If size is what you want consider hooking a HDMI cable to your TV if you have one that is capable.
 
Since you haven't bought one yet maybe consider a water cooled unit that will only cost a few bucks more. You won't have to worry about the RAM slots and you will likely get a few degrees cooler than air.
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Cooling-Hydro-High-Performance-CWCH60/dp/B004MYFOE2

...or if you have room in your case and more of a budget.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005FOVCCG

about the monitor. If you are building a primarily gaming machine than I suggest not going bigger than 24 inch. When you go to the next size up you notice the pixels more since you are so close to the monitor. If size is what you want consider hooking a HDMI cable to your TV if you have one that is capable.

Is the liquid cooling going to be small enough? Do I have to buy some sort of product to cool, I have never used liquid cooling before?
 
the corsair H60 (single 120mm fan enclosure) is an all in one, very basic CPU cooling unit. The Corsair H100 is a dual 120mm so it will take up two 120mm fan enclosures.
Compare this...
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to this..
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