yeah has to have a 1155 socket with the chipset of either z68 or z77. personally id get an msi motherboard. other good brands are asrock, gigabyte and asus.

im pretty sure you could buy all the parts i listed in the first page at canadacomputers. they have a large selection, just bad prices. you should use their pricematch system

This post was edited by NewKID on Jul 12 2012 08:34pm

You pretty much don't need to be buying the 2011 Socket, socket 1155 is what you want, unless you have an unlimited budget.

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=26_722&item_id=047274 Was an option I was told would be good if I went with an i5

i wouldn't get anything in-store honestly unless you don't mind paying provincial taxes and canada taxes at the same time.

also a waste of money lol. this is what i would get
http://www6.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=26_722&item_id=047783

Woah looks like I could save a fair bit of money.. http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=4_65&item_id=035530 Was what was suggested to me aswell for the cpu. And with whats listed I could play anything out at max settings without any issues or problems?

yeah thats a great cpu. if you dont plan on overclocking too much you could get the i5 3570k. its the current generation.

I dont really think ill be overclocking to be honest I know very little about it and dont want to screw things up. Im almost thinking I may be able to just upgrade my current pc though its a store bought if that matters.

the i5 3570k would be perfect for you then. yeah those tend to be difficult to upgrade.

Yeah im having a hard time even finding specs on this thing lol. It has a intel(R) Core(tm)2 quad cpu q8400 @2.66ghz 2670mhz 4 cores 4 logical processors, 8GB ram, ATI Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series