Doing the unthinkable and switching over!!!!!

[ajrm]

Hi Everyone,

For as long as I can remember I have had AMD rigs .. at home and office ... Frankly I am right now so disappointed with the current crop of AMD hardware, that I am planning on doing the Unthinkable and switching over to "EVIL" Intel!! that's what I called em' in early 00's.I still remember owning a Athlon1900+ and it kicked the p4's to hell and back i loved it so much.Then moved onto the dual core 3800+..! was probably the first kid in the neighborhood to have a dual core!!!
2006 i think...
Fried the chip trying my hand at overclocking .. then followed the 4200+....4600+....5200+.....
And finally got my hands on the 555BE !!! and have been using it ever since..
these are my current specs

Phenom555BE @3.4 GHZ.
ASUS M3N78-EM.
Corsair CMX2 2*1GB DDR2.
Zotac GTS 450 1GB DDR5.
Gigabyte 400 Watt PSU.
About 2 TB of HDD storage.

And this is probably going to be my last AMD setup for some time.
The Sadness...

Planning on switching over to Intel and the i3 2100 .But here is where I am kind of stuck. there are so many LGA1155 chipsets out there at the moment and I cant quite get my head around what is right for me... my budget is arnd $250(12,500 INR) . I will be retaining everything from my old system except the processor.. MOBO and the RAM . Please advice on what motherboard to buy as the i3 Sandybrige retails for arnd 140$(7000 INR). Planning to buy most of the stuff online.

I will be retaining the ZotacGTS450

Board
http://www.flipkart.com/computers/components/motherboard/asus/itmd4g9hxpygkhhk?pid=mbdd4g9gfr2thf43&_l=s+YD8DR_ocqjZ_fnsAlfZg--&_r=jvI+l70go2QmnCchbiYdOA--&ref=82b66906-4f57-4bc6-9238-f2bfaf6af9fb

Processor
http://www.flipkart.com/computers/components/processor/intel/itmd2ryschekqky6?pid=psrd2ryrgyyhhn4c&_l=uoyWwhm0xHZ1y5h+Jg57ow--&_r=Z3JnWgVY70wSGtZ5oHr1ag--&ref=5e65fda4-8130-4a1b-a52c-428732544524

RAM
http://www.flipkart.com/computers/components/ram/corsair/itmd2ryprvhxjqcu?pid=ramd2rypy7mhhhuv&_l=De0+HXBm3lIzOWeS+QgNGw--&_r=KjLbZarYRurWTQ_qew9MRw--&ref=a0a4633a-3eab-45f3-816c-ca4ac47d6950

Planning on Buying from Flipkart only since I live in India and most other sites I dont trust

Srry for the NOOBY posts and errors

Thanks in advance
Aditya

 

[psycho sykes]

Delete your last post and edit the main. I'll delete this once you do.

 

[Raiddinn]

This motherboard is $77

ASUS P8H61-M LX

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131793

This ram is $40 ($117)

Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model CT2KIT51264BA1339

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148347&Tpk=ct2kit51264ba1339

Those two things should combine with the i3-2120 for a $250 budget and perform well.

 

[ajrm]

Not able to find the 2120 in India , or at least online on any of the sites .. so gotta go with the 2100.. might upgrade to a 2500 sometime in December .Thanks