700 intel i5 gaming pc

Hello! Okay I'm slightly rusty at pc building but I'm thinking of building myself a new pc with a budget of not more than 600-700-ish Without a monitor. Now I've been searching around and I haven't seen any Intel i5 based gaming builds for that price. I am specifically searching to build a pc using an i5 processor and a gigabyte board or a dp55wb intel board (from Tigerdirect). Now having put together some trial builds on newegg I am sure I have been able to come up with something good around this budget but I'm kind of curious as to why such builds are not mentioned in threads especially as some of these have good combo deals attached to them. So I don't want to assume I've got it all figured out when I might be missing something. So here's my question: Can I construct a 700 based build using this combo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.280597 with this CASE
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119137
HARD DRIVE http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148395
PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371015
and a evga gtx 260 core 216 I saw priced at $141. WOuld this count as a build worth the money? There is also a prebuild available at Tigerdirect.com for $559: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] CatId=4910
are there any disadvantages to these builds that are not plainly stated? If so though I am pretty much biased toward Intel, what would an amd based build of the same specification type cost?

Sorry bout that. I'd like to use the PC primarily for gaming and my 21.5" monitor has a max resolution of 1920 x 1080. I'm not much into overclocking yet but I'd like to leave the option open in the near future. I would prefer crossfire/sli capable mobos if I can get one in that price range but if not I would willingly go with a single, really good graphics card. Your build does pretty much cover what I'm looking for but can I ask why you recommended the ATI Radeon HD 5770 over the evga gtx 260 core 216 if I can get the latter at $150? Thanks.

yeah.. and since with evga's step up program I can upgrade easily without worrying about purchasing a brand new dx11 card. But can anybody tell me what you think about the barebones build on the tigerdirect page?

Follow Niklas_13 exactly except here:

RAM+Mobo Combo(if you don't care about sata,usb 3.0): Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2+G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB)DDR3 1333 Model F3-10666CL7D-4GBRH
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.287671
OR
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD4P (if you care about usb,sata 3.0)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB)DDR3 1333 Model F3-10666CL7D-4GBRH
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231276

Graphics: Gigabyte HD 5770 (This model is cheaper beacause only 3 years warranty compared to XFX version)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

Case: If you want to save some cash look here for some budget cases:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] rder=PRICE

You can save a little like this. BTW, the Intel motherboard you suggested is half crap if you compare it with the GA-P55M-UD2. My suggestion although buying a computer from newegg is more, its worth every extra $ more you spend.

BTW, Ultra PSUs are super crap from what I have heard, blowing up, etc.

EDIT: Its fine if you want the GTX 260 and willing to step up, but I had bad experiences with Nvidia cards from 7 series to 9 series desktop and laptop GC failing. But maybe GTX 200 series fixed it up? I don't know. But if you really want to do the step-up, get ready to pay some cash coz Nvidia DX 11(once it releases) will only be high-end for some time.

+1

intel boards are epic failures

by the way, tigerdirect is a rip off, not even funny..

get a 5850 or 5870 and use their eyefinity technology, gaming with 3 monitors rape. you will need a displayport

nvidia 3d vision is what nvidia has to compete with eyefinity
when nvidia cards are released they are going to be so expensive, because nvidia is favored by fan boys