help dont know if this is worth the$$$

[castro187]

CPUIntel Core i5-2500 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop ProcessorCPU CoolerIntel Origianl CPU Heat Sink and Fanhttp://vi.ebaydesc.ca/ws/eBayISAPI....category=179&bv=msie&nv=2&sd=3&caz.html#16773MotherboardMSI H61M-P31 Motherboard S.1155 INTEL H61 CSM M.ATX 2D.DDR3 PCIE X16/PCIE 1X DVI+ VGA LPT/COM PORT HEADER GBLANMemoryAMD 8GB(2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHZHard Drive 1Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500G 3.5 SATA 6GB/S 7200RPM 16MB CACHEOptical DriveLiteon 24X24 DVDRW SATA BULK, Dual, BLACK WITH S/WVideonVidia Geforce GTX560 TI Hawk 1GB DDR5 MSIAudioHigh Quality Multiple channel audio on boardhttp://vi.ebaydesc.ca/ws/eBayISAPI....category=179&bv=msie&nv=2&sd=3&caz.html#15780NetworkGigabit LAN controllershttp://vi.ebaydesc.ca/ws/eBayISAPI....&category=179&bv=msie&nv=2&sd=3&caz.html#6775Power SupplyThermaltake 600W Power Supply TR-600 TR2CaseApevia X-CRUISER2 Case

 

[castro187]

should i save $$$ by going with amd how about the mother board is it going to be ok with all the rest of the components also looking at this build need help picking CPU AMD FX-8120 8-Core Processor (3.1GHz 16MB AM3+ 125W) CPU Cooler AMD Original Heatsink and Fan Memory 1 KINGSTON HyperX Blu 8GB(1x8GB) DDR3 1600MHz Memory 2 None Motherboard MSI 760GM-E51 (fx) (AM3+ 760G VGA&DVI-D&HDMI,4DDR3,mATX) Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB WD5000AAKX SSD Drive Not Select Optical Drive LG 24X Dual Layer DVD-RW GH24NS90B Flash Media Card Reader Vantec 58 in 1 internal Card Reader for 3.5"/5.25" Bay Video EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 2048MB GDDR5 (02G-P3-1559-KR) Sound Card Onboard High Definition Audio Network Card Onboard Gigabit Lan Case APEVIA X-Cruiser2 Metal Case w/ Side Window-Black Power Supply 750$$$

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Yes it's worth an extra couple hundred. Although I am spoiled, so I would want a faster hard drive. WD Black. Blues are slow.

Or go with th less expensive system, add an ssd, a better video card, and dual channel ram kit.