Need advice for (i5750 + GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD2) combo...

ZeroSleep

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My last several gaming rigs were all wrapped neatly in full-tower ATX cases. It's been a few years, so I'm a little out of the loop on what can be put into micro-ATX cases as far as powerful video cards and psu are concerned. Here is what I'm starting with:

1 x Intel Core i5 750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz
1 x GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD2

My goal is to be able to build something that can play the following games at 1900x1200, max settings and above 60 fps: Fallout 3, Call of Duty 4 and World of Warcraft.

I prefer quality over price. I want this to last awhile. I'm *NOT* into over clocking.

So, I'm looking for a high quality micro-atx case that can fit this board and a single high end video card. I don't really care if it's ATI or nVidia, but I'd prefer something from their more recent product lineups (my last card was a 9800gtx).

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
 

faxon

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for the video card, wait 2 weeks to a month for ATI to finish up with their launch so there is retail avalability on those. as for the case, are you looking for a lanbox or a mini tower? do you plan on installing an aftermarket cooler to aid the CPU in pushing its turbo mode better as well? frys had that board and cpu combo on sale for $289 today and a few people came in to get em, sold a ton of $20 coolermaster low profile coolers with em cause of the awesomeness that is turbo mode, trying to get a feel for if you're in the same boat.
 

ZeroSleep

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I'd probably say lanbox to start. Something that's easy to haul around. As for fan -- I typically upgrade away from the retail stock -- so whatever you recommend. You mentioned a new ATI line -- can you provide some details on that? (links are fine). I was looking at the ATI 4890, but again -- I don't know if it'll fit in the smaller cases.