Best mobo/cpu/gpu for 1280X1024 resolution

[nieur]

hey guys i am going to buy new system in next 3-4 days

please help to build new budget gaming system

i am running at 1280X1024 resolution.
i am also not going for SLI and not for SSD

After some study on internet i came to conclusion for the following system
i am very tight on budget so i am going for H61 mohterboard

CPU: intel core i3 2400
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-D2-B3 or MSI H61M-E23 (B3)
Graphic card: MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II Golden Edition
RAM:4gb (8 gb if budget allows)

my questions are

1)will H61 motherboards hamper the performance of GTX 560 Ti?
2)can i go for core i3 2100 instead of core i5 2400 or will it bottleneck 560 Ti
3)is GTX 460 enough for that resolution? so i can go for i3 2100 and GTX 460 combo i am considering this because price of 460 is 60% of that of gtx 560 ti


PLEASE HELP ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

THANKS IN ADVANCE

 

[Onus]

That is a relatively low resolution for games, at which there is relatively a greater demand on the CPU than on the GPU. A GTX560Ti would be overkill. Even a 768MB GTX460 would be more than enough. Here's a HD4850 for $100: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150482 which would be great for that resolution. The weaker (but still enough for 1280x1024) HD6670 is also around that price. For a few dollars more, you can get a HD5/6750 or HD5/6770.
If this frees up more money for the CPU, get an i5. AFAIK, there is no i3-2400, but there is an i5-2400. If that's what you meant, it would be good. If you can afford it, the i5-2500K is the king of the hill these days.

 

[nieur]

sorry i meant to i5 2400.
i want this build for minimum of three years will GTX 460 will be good enough for this period?
if won't hesitate for going with i5-2500k but then i will have to get the P67 motherboard which costs three times the cost of H61 so i am bit a confused

so at 1280x1024 should i go for 460(it should work fine for atleast three years)
or there is any other ati card at that price point?

 

[Onus]

Well, a HD6850 would be fairly equivalent I think, but check the benchmarks for the titles that interest you in case one is notably stronger.
Three years is a long time for computer hardware, although a three year old HD4850 can still play today's games, especially at lower resolutions.
If you don't plan on overclocking your processor, an i5-2400 would do well enough. The difference in performance between the Sandy Bridge processors is a lot smaller than the difference between Sandy Bridge and everything else; Bulldozer is still a no-show.