New PC; Thoughts/Recommendations? V 2.0

[Trokar]

Im looking into building a new PC and with my $1250 budget this is what ive come up with, let me know what you think, if youve seen better prices, better product, just anything you see that could be improved upon.

i had another pc in the works but i downgraded my video card in order to get more ram, an i7 processor and a different motherboard to use the processor

im building this to play not only wow, but the upcoming SC2 and D3 when they come out. as well as graphic intensive games such as crysis, farcry 2, UT3

Case - Coolermaster Mid Size
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119197

Processor - Intel i7 2.8GHZ Quad Core (buying at Microcenter for 220)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115225

Motherboard - EVGA X58 SLI Ready
1) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813188049
2) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813188039

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im having trouble decide between the two of these. 1 looks like it has enough room to fit my cpu heatsink but the northbridge and southbridge have terrible cooling due to no fan. 2 has great northbrige and southbrdige cooling, but it looks as though there is no room for my heatsink, that thing is a monster. give me suggestions

Memory - Corsair Dominator (3x2G)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145224

Video - EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130433

DVD Player - LG DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136168

HDD - 500GB Western Digital
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136320

Power Supply - Corsair 650W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139012

Heatsink/Fan - Coolermaster V8
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835106123

[Cilraaz]

As far as the motherboard goes, you don't need much in the way of northbridge cooling anymore, since the memory controller is on the CPU now, and you never needed great southbridge cooling. On the other hand, if you can't get your heatsink to fit properly, you're screwed. I'd go with motherboard option 1.

The only odd thing I see is that you're building a pretty beefy system and then putting a GTX 260 in it. It will work fine for WoW, since WoW barely pushes the video card. It just looks odd. So does the triple SLI plus PhysX card capable motherboard with a single video card.

[Trokar]

As far as the motherboard goes, you don't need much in the way of northbridge cooling anymore, since the memory controller is on the CPU now, and you never needed great southbridge cooling. On the other hand, if you can't get your heatsink to fit properly, you're screwed. I'd go with motherboard option 1.

The only odd thing I see is that you're building a pretty beefy system and then putting a GTX 260 in it. It will work fine for WoW, since WoW barely pushes the video card. It just looks odd. So does the triple SLI plus PhysX card capable motherboard with a single video card.

to stay within my budget i went with a lesser video card for now, once the nvida 400 series comes out i plan on buying one of thoese and using the 260 as a physx card or something

[Izzeren]

Most of the stuff looks ok except for the motherboard as Cilraaz mentioned. Why pay for an expensive board like that unless you plan on going SLI/Crossfire? If you know that you will not be going SLI/Crossfire then go with an mAtx style board instead for alot less money then if you can step up to a better video card. I personally would go with an ATI brand video card though they are as of right now much better and cheaper for what you get.

[Cilraaz]

to stay within my budget i went with a lesser video card for now, once the nvida 400 series comes out i plan on buying one of thoese and using the 260 as a physx card or something

That's what I assumed, which is why I didn't say more on it than I did. I'm still a bit dubious about the whole PhysX card thing though. I don't see it being a big boost. But I'm also a grumpy old guy who wants the new technology to get off his lawn.

[Iokau]

Most of the stuff looks ok except for the motherboard as Cilraaz mentioned. Why pay for an expensive board like that unless you plan on going SLI/Crossfire? If you know that you will not be going SLI/Crossfire then go with an mAtx style board instead for alot less money then if you can step up to a better video card. I personally would go with an ATI brand video card though they are as of right now much better and cheaper for what you get.

So, if you don't plan on using two video cards, you are better off getting a micro ATX mobo?

Edit: @OP (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ech-_-14102878) Would be the video card with an similar price to the one you are getting.

[Izzeren]

I am not gonna say your better off with an mATX but alot of the mATX boards will do what the ATX boards will they just have few card slots. It all depends on what you plan on doing with your computer. If you are talking trying to majorly overclock and watercool etc... then you will want to get a good performance board which are mostly ATX, but I find most people I know are not into that and the mATX boards suit the bill just fine and are cheaper.

[Iokau]

Awesome, good to know. I'll prolly OC a lil when I build my comp, but nothing big since I probably won't need it.