[Solved] Need Some opinions on new Rig

Approximate Purchase Date: Within 2 months

Budget Range: around 1000 or cheaper if possible

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Multi Tasking, Gaming, Movies, skype, internet browsing with 15+ tabs open

Parts Not Required: Case - Haf 922
HSF - CM 212+ will consider a new one if I can get significant improvement for under $50
Speakers/Headset -PC 330D and logitech 2.1
Keyboard/Mouse - Microsoft
CD/DVD Drive

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Canada Computers, (anything in Canada, I like to go to the actual store though)

Country: Canada

Parts Preferences: Intel but will consider AMD I just dont know much about them, Any good bang for buck items is what I am looking for no brands in particular

Overclocking: Yes, not right away though

SLI or Crossfire: Depending on GPU

Monitor Resolution:1920x1080

Parts:

PSU - Don't know a ton about these but I want a modular one any recommendations would be appreciated - This one seems decent to me

Corsair Enthusiast Series Modular TX850M 80PLUS Bronze Certified 850W PSU (CP-9020004-NA)
http://www.canadacomputers.com/pro [...] _id=040600

or

Corsair Professional Series Gold AX750 Fully-Modular 750 Watt 80 PLUS Gold Certified Power Supply (CMPSU-750AX)
http://www.canadacomputers.com/pro [...] _id=031934

CPU - Either i5 or i7 or an AMD recommendations and thoughts on these would be great really in the air leaning towards i7 though

Ram - I would like 16gb is 4x4 or 2x8 any different in performance?

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series DDR3 1333MHz (PC3-10666) 16GB (2x8GB) Dual Channel Kit (F3-10666CL9D-16GBXL)
http://www.canadacomputers.com/pro [...] _id=042844

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series DDR3 1333MHz (PC3-10666) 16GB (4x4GB) Quad Channel Kit (F3-10666CL9Q-16GBXL)
http://www.canadacomputers.com/pro [...] _id=035773

GPU - This is a tough decision with GTX 6XX on the horizon, Would it be best to wait for the new ones and buy a middle of the road ie 650 or 660, or wait until the 6XX series comes out and buy a reduced price 570 or 580? or even look at Radeon. As well is it more efficient to go with two 100-150 dollar cards in SLI or buy a nice 560ti? Sorry for all the questions but this is really where I need the most input.

Mobo - Open to any suggestions, really depends on the CPU that I go with, and I want to spend around 150 -300 on the mobo

Drives - Hopefully a 120GB or 240GB SSD and eventually a 1TB Velociraptor or 2 500GB in Raid, Doesnt have to be immediately as I have a 500GB drive currently

Mobo + CPUs im Looking at:
Option 1: -$440
Intel Core i5-2500K Quad-Core Socket LGA1155, 3.30Ghz, 6MB L3 Cache, 32nm (Retail Boxed) (BX80623I52500K) - 240
http://www.canadacomputers.com/pro [...] _id=035530

Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z/GEN3 Socket 1155 Intel Z68 Chipset - 200
http://www.canadacomputers.com/pro [...] _id=044440

Option 2: - $540
Intel Core i7-2600K Quad-Core Socket LGA1155, 3.40Ghz, 8MB L3 Cache, 32nm (Retail Boxed) (BX80623I72600K) - 320
http://www.canadacomputers.com/pro [...] _id=035532

Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z/GEN3 Socket 1155 Intel Z68 Chipset - 200
http://www.canadacomputers.com/pro [...] _id=044440

Option 3: - $590
Intel Core i7-2700K Quad-Core Socket LGA1155, 3.50Ghz, 8MB L3 Cache, 32nm (Retail Boxed) (BX80623i72700K) - 390
http://www.canadacomputers.com/pro [...] _id=042998

Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z/GEN3 Socket 1155 Intel Z68 Chipset - 200
http://www.canadacomputers.com/pro [...] _id=044440

Option 4: $610
Intel Core i7 960 Quad-Core Socket LGA1366, 3.2Ghz, 4.8GT/s QPI, 8MB L3 Cache, 45nm (Retail Boxed) (BX80601960) - 280
http://www.canadacomputers.com/pro [...] _id=028690

Asus Rampage III Extreme Socket 1366 Intel X58 + ICH10R Chipset - 330
http://www.canadacomputers.com/pro [...] _id=031520

Any other Mobo + CPU suggestions or comments on these options would be great.

Build Price would be any of the above 4 options plus:
130 or 160 for PSU
Roughly 100 for RAM
And Around 220 for GPU

Bringing the Build Price to 900 - 1060 plus taxes
The PSU and RAM may not be needed immedietely as I have 6gb of DDR2 Ram and a 550w Thermaltake PSU in my current rig so if there is a better option for the CPU, Mobo or GPU I will hold off on buying those parts.

Sorry for the messy post but hopefully I will be able to narrow it done with some help.
Thanks,
Chris

Sorry, One more question, That 200 asus board is Micro-ATX does that make a big difference in performance/cooling? I barely have any experience with Mico-ATX and all my builds in the past have been ATX boards

As well these two boards seem worth a look:

GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] vgznbi50ky

ASUS P8Z68-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] lnulrzlot3

And this GPU With 2GB of memory for half the price, I know it wont be the same performance but it will be a step up from the 8600GT I Currently have.
EVGA 02G-P3-1559-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6814130652

The 2600k is generally not worth the extra $100 unless you were going to make use of the hyperthreading feature of that cpu.
The difference between the psu I listed and the one you did is the company that makes it , Seasonic is a power supply making company and they actually make the guts of the psu's for other companies yhat turn around and put thier name on it. That's not to say that Corsair is not good it's just that Seasonic is better.
The Fatal1ty board is a p67 chipset and the one I suggested is a z-68 chipset which is newer and better. What features were you refering to? I do think that the Fatal1ty board is a good board and it matches the red/bnlack theme but is it worth more than double the price and it doesn't have the pci-e 3.0 slots like the one I listed.
I would not get the 550Ti video card , you will not be happy with the performance and there is a reason for it being half the price.
Bottom line is when it come to building your Pc you can put in what you want for components since you are the one paying for it but the parts that I listed are very good and you would have a solid gaming , multitasking and web surfing Pc.

Best answer selected by chris2341.