Price-Performance Ratio Gaming Pc

Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Antec Basiq BP500U 500W Continuous Power ATX12V Version 2.01 Active PFC Power Supply - Retail

GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD2 Socket 1156/ Intel P55/ DDR3/ CrossFireX/ A&GbE/ MATX Motherboard

Intel Core i5 Processor i5-750 2.66GHz 8MB LGA1156 CPU, Retail

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL - Retail

MSI N250GTS-2D512-OCv2 GeForce GTS 250 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders w/ Tech Guarantee - OEM | Includes free Windows 7 upgrade coupon

This h/s below includes thermal compound and it's good for a light over clock.

Cooler Master Hyper TX3 RR-910-HTX3-GP CPU Fan For Intel LGA1156/775 & AMD AM3/AM2/940/939/754

Nor do you want to match a GTS 250 512mb with an I5 build ...

The GTS250 is basically an 8800 series card, better cooled, and overclocked ...

The technology is honestly too old.

The BEST bang for your buck card on the market is an Nvidia GTX260 (216) core, with some of the overclocks on this card reaching near GTX280 speeds, especially at resolutions lower than or equivalent to 1920x1080.

I would personally prefer to go for a 5850, but stock issues and the $70 price difference may come into play.

Also I've used the Cooler Master TX2, and whilst a perfectly respectable cooler, it's probably really worth spending the extra $10-20 on a good cooler, which will allow much more significant overclocks on your I5, which will certainly assist your GPU if you decide on some of the newer tech's, and from the reviews of how easy and stable the new Intel chips overclock, will be a rewarding experience too.