Need system upgrading advice please.

[dezimieren]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming only.

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$500-800 CAD tax + shipping included.

3) Where do you live?
Ontario Canada

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
CPU, Motherboard and RAM

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
I will be reusing my case (thermaltake mid tower), PSU (600w OCZ gameXstream), 2x 500gb western digital drives, Evga gtx260 and optical drives.

6) Will you be overclocking?
Yes, but nothing major.

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Using 2x LG 19" LCD's at 1440x900 resolution.

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Looking to buy components within the coming week.

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
No special features, although I favour Asus mobo's.

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Yes



My question thus is which CPU, Mobo, and RAM to get. Specifically, should I choose an i5 or i7 CPU and how fast/how much RAM is recommended?

Any assistance is greatly appreciated!

 

[Shadowssong]

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.316056

will keep looking for better deals, you may want to consider upgrading your monitor and psu.

 

[obobski]

for gaming only, i5 vs i7 doesn't make a lot of difference, you could get Phenom II and save some considerable cash; quite honestly I'd go that route

memory wise, 4-6GB is fine (depends basically on if you end up with a dual or triple channel system), just match the speed with the processor and keep an eye on volts for i5/i7 builds