Around a1250$ gaming rig

Hi, I've been out of computer building for a few years, and I haven't upgraded since 2004. Basically I was studying and had not much money to put into a gaming rig. Now that I'm done I was looking foward to building a gaming rig without destroying my budget.


Approximate Purchase Date: looking if I should buy in the next month or wait for price drops in december.


Budget Range: 1100 - 1300$

System Usage from Most to Least Important:Gaming, movie, work.

Parts Not Required: I already have a Xaser III case. I got mx500 and g11 logitech keyboard.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: canadian websites (newegg, tigerdirect, cpu canada, etc..)


Country of Origin: Canada


Parts Preferences: I'll be using a full tower with a 21-22 inch Dell LCD. I had a amd 2500+ (barton), ati 9800 pro, enermax 350W, soltek mobo (basically a decent overcloaking cpu but back in 2003).


Overclocking: Yes, would like to overcloack it, not anything crazy.


SLI or Crossfire: Yes

Monitor Resolution: 1680x1050


Additional Comments: basically trying to build a budget gaming computer but that won't ruin me as I'm a student. I want quality hardware as I don't want to deal with problems.



Here is what I've found so far, feel free to add comments or add better suggestions. I'm not that aware of bottlenecks:


[url= http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6813131621 ] ASUS P7P55D-E Pro LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard[/url]



2 X [url= http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 814130571] EVGA 01G-P3-1372-TR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card [/url]



[url= http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6819115067 ] Intel Core i5-760 Lynnfield 2.8GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W [/url]



[url= http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6817151100 ] Seasonic SS-850HT 850W ATX12V v2.31,EPS12V v2.92 80Plus Silver Certified, Active PFC Power Supply - OEM [/url]



[url= http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6822136533 ] Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive [/url]


[url= http://www1.canadacomputers.com/pr [...] _id=026142 ] G.SKILL Trident Series DDR3 2000MHz (PC3-16000) 4GB (2x2GB) Dual Channel Kit (F3-16000CL9D-4GBTD) [/url]



Thank you in advance,

Yeah I forgot to add a CPU cooler: that Coolmaster 212+ looks good. How much of a diference would it make to have a SATA 6.0Gb/s VS a spinpoint F3 which has SATA 3.0GB/s. Would it be better investing in a SSD and have a F3 from samsung or stick to what I have?

I also saw this PSU:

[url = http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 3938&SID=] XFX Black Edition P1-750B-CAG9 750W ATX12V v2.2 / ESP12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply [/url]

Don't know if it has enough power, it has good rating though.

With a mechanical HDD, SATA 6.0Gb/s will not help at all. The PSU looks good.