First time building PC with $1200 budget

[iCory4Ever]

Hey guys, I'm new to the forum and well I'm going to build my first custom PC, well here's the specs -

Case - COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UB Black /Blue Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Motherboard - XFX MBN790IUL9 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI ATX Intel Motherboard

CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor

PSU - KINGWIN Mach 1 ABT-1220MA1S 1220W ATX / BTX SLI Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply ( Incase I need to upgrade )

Graphic Card - BFG Geforce GTX 285

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM

RAM - OCZ Intel Extreme Edition Dual Channel 4096MB PC12800 DDR3 1600MHz Memory (2 x 2048MB)

DVD Burner - Lite On IHES206-08 Blu-ray Disc Reader with DVD Writer Combo - 6x BD-ROM, 16X DVD+R, 8X DVD+RW, 16X DVD-R, 6x DVD-RW, SATA, Lightscribe

Will this work? Anything I need to improve? Also I'm somewhat concern about the motherboard, I've heard it's unstable and have many problems. Im new to this so if it is unstable, is there a other good motherboard out there that's similar to it. Also I haven't bought any of this yet so feel free to suggest other parts. Thx

 

[Hefemeister]

With that budget I would go for an i7 build.

 

[Yami]

That power supply is way overkill, you could triple-SLI some 285s with that. Go for something like the Corsair 750TX like I have, or 850TX if you want 8 more amps of power than 72A.

Also, I have the XFX 780i which is a great motherboard, good overclocker and does triple-SLI. the 790i is really just overkill, again.

And finally DDR3 just isn't worth it when you're working with LGA775, general rule of thumb is only to get DDR3 with an i7 system, that way the system can effectually use the extra speed.

Otherwise, good choices.

P.S. With that budget you might be able to go with an i7 build, I'm sure somewhere here can piece something together.

 

[Hefemeister]

mb and cpu: $504
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ram and Hard drive: $169 with $10 mir
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psu: $120 with $20 mir
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Your vid card: $320 with $20 mir

Your case: $45

Your blue ray reader dvd writer if you need that: $90

Total: $1248 with $50 in mir.

You could save some cash by just getting a dvd burner. You could save some cash by getting an ati 4890 gpu.