A couple of months ago I was planning on building my own case for my next upgrade: -

Mini-ITX Scratch Build (with LEGO)

Well, it would appear Haswell wasn't all that amazing, so I'm thinking of sticking with Ivybridge and the following build: -

Intel Core i5 3350P, S 1155, Ivy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.1GHz, 5 GT/s DMI, 69W, Retail
Gigabyte GA-H77N-WIFI, Intel H77, 1155, DDR3, SATA III 6Gb/s, RAID, PCIe 3.0, DVI-I/HDMI, Mini ITX
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Low Profile Cerulean Blue, PC3-12800 (1600), CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.5V
1TB Samsung HN-M101MBB/ST1000LM024, 2.5", 9.5 mm, SATA II 3Gb/s, 5400rpm, 8MB Cache, 12ms with Ecoseek PS/3 Compatible

HIS HD 7950 IceQ Boost Clock 3GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI Dual Mini DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card

Xigmatek Praeton LD963 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1156 / 1150 / LGA1155 & AMD AM2 / AM3 / FM1) (Cheaper at Amazon, but only Overclockers have stock at the moment.

I already have a Samsung 256Gb SSD and a PSU which I can't remember what it is; Silverstone 600W I think.

I won't be overclocking so taking the recommendation from Tomshardware on the CPU. Did consider the GTX760, but there didn't seem to be much in it against the 7950; the AMD seems a little bit better if I should ever try BitMining or similar again, and with the new consoles using AMD there might be a tiny amount of more optimisation.

Once I get the components and the extra bits and pieces I need to make the case (riser card and cables), I'll continue tweaking my plan for the case in the other thread.