[Solved] My first thread some question?? :/

hi and greetings to all the members of toms hardware this is my first thread at this website.....this is also my first gaming build i am building a 1000 $ rig....as i dont live in the US i am having one of my relatives ship the products...so i want to ask i came across this website www.microcenter.com they are selling intel CPU"S at a price which is cheaper than newegg and amazon ...i want to ask are they legit?and they also mention something about a 18 minute pickup and in store saving anyone having experience in dealing with microcenter please help me??also i want to ask which build is more suited to gaming and medium load multi-tasking like matlab,photoshop:

OPTION 1:

1-core i7 950 216 $

http://www.microcenter.com/single_ [...] id=0346210

2-Asus Saber-tooth X58 200 $

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131665

3-6GB XMS 3 triple channel 75 $

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145258

4-AMD radeon 6970 2 GB 370 $

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814127554

5-CM SCOUT casing 90 $

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119196

6-western digital carvair black 640 GB 60 $

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136544

7-antec EA 650 watt 75 $


TOTAL:1085 $

OPTION 2:

1-core i5 2500k

2-Asus p8p67 M-PRO

3-4 GB corsair Vengence

4-Antec EA 750 watt

5-CM scout

6-radeon 6970 2GB

7-Western digital carvair black 1 TB

all i want to do is gaming and medium multitasking which build would be more appropriate they cost almost the same:

Firstly, Microcentre is indeed legit and they do fantastic CPU deals - makes me jealous I am not in US.

Secondly, the i5 2500k outperforms the old tech and tends to be cheaper, so definately go with 2nd build

Best answer selected by jarraramjad.