400 dollar cpu mobo ram upgrade

[alvine]

hey guys

so today my good ol lga 775 mobo decided to die on me so i thought about upgrading my pc
i want to re use all of my components except the bad mobo, cpu and ram.. i have two gtx 280 with a 750w psu..i want to re use the cards for now and upgrade when the nvidia kepler will come out
my budget is 400 dollars so i have come up with this

$95 ASRock A75 EXTREME6 FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157257

$60 G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231460

$200 AMD FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8120FRGUBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103961

Subtotal: $354.97

so i was thinking i will re use my cooler master v8 and oc this cpu to 4 ghz xD
im looking for a gamer cpu with a mobo that will support dual graphics cards, should i look into intel?
im not a fanboy i want something that will play my games nicely

 

[geofelt]

The AMD FX series was a disappointment for gamers.
They may be good value for multi threaded apps, but not for gamers who use only two or three fast cores.
Check out this article, there are others:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-fx-pentium-apu-benchmark,3120-6.html

As a starting point:
2500K cpu $225 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

8gb ram kit $37 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231424
Note that sandybridge is insensitive to ram speeds, and 1.5v ram does not need fancy heat spreaders
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4503/sandy-bridge-memory-scaling-choosing-the-best-ddr3

Any number of Z68 based motherboards will do. Here is a popular one for $130
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271

Total $392.
If you live near a microcenter, check them out. Last I heard, they would sell a 2500K to walk-ins for $180.

 

[alvine]

hi
i have went with the 2550k and some asrock mobo + 8gb ram

4.5ghz here i come