I just checked the local prices on the 7790 and they cost the same as the 7850 so that's an easy decision. The money saved on getting for example a Core i3 instead of a Core i5 is around 40$, so I think I'll still stick with the i5. Guess a lot of this comes down to price vs. performance and for som...

Thanks for the input :) To answer a few of your comments.... I will consider Asus for both motherboard and GPU. Bad luck with the brand in the past has kept me away from Asus on the last couple builds. I'm not set on Radeon. NVIDIA is definately an option. The cards listed were more an indication of...

My old system is due for an upgrade/replacement. I mainly use my machine for office work, but I do play the occasional game. Truth be told the reason I don't play more games is probably that they don't perform all that well on my old system :) Case: Corsair Carbide 200R CPU: Core i5 3570 Motherboard...