That MSI would be great, you shouldn't have to worry too much about cooling in a single card set up so that extra money for that gigabyte would be wasted.

Any of those have MIR?

what is MIR?

Mail in Rebate

oh yeah msi is 159.99 with 30.00 mailin rebate to 129.99
gigabyte is 159.99 with 10.00 mailin rebate to 149.99
sapphire is 164.99 without mailin rebate

Oh ok, ya you should get that MSI then.

But MIR take a while to get there and actually use, so keep that in mind because the gigabyte might be a better value for you.

yeah it'll be the same price before mailin rebate so wouldn't make any difference financially
what about the power supply?

Also some intel motherboards to go along with my intel processor
can anybody recommend me one from here
http://www.canadacomputers.com/search_result.php?manu=0&search=1&ccid=26&cPath=26&pagePos=0&pricerange=%2450.00-%2499.99%20%2884%29&sort=3a&&page=2
must be available for online purchase

id keep the antec psu that i posted on page 1

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=26_722&item_id=047788

this mobo was the exact same one I was looking at ^^

should I pay $10 for intel core i5-2500 quad core 3.3ghz?
on sale right now for 189.99

I currently have intel core i5-2400 quad core 3.1ghz for 179.99