sandy bridge for sure, better in gaming cheaper in price

i7-2600k rocks man :-)

take a look at this

link

also i have seen sandy bridge comparison is amazing

i5 2500 beats i7 950

for cpu coolers see

frostytech.com

also 12gb ram is overkill.

get 4or 6gb of ram and spend the saved money in better gpu

and cpu if u can.

580 is far better than 5970 when it comes to direct x 11

ur gpu is weak try considering atleast 6850 or gtx 460

see this link

intel i5 760 beats phenomIIx6 in gaming

at that price u can easily get intel with better performance

why not consider intel sandy bridge series of cpus

also i5 2500k is a good cpu if available there

yes it is differnt in india

in india phenomIIx4 940 is 7500

955 is 8200rs

965 is 9000rs

while i3 is less than 6000rs(i get it for 5800)

i5 760 is 10000rs

here 1$ is roughly equal to 50rs

its not the mater of board , it is the matter of cpu

see this

see how i3 beats anthlon IIX4 645

and the above mentioned is 640 which is slower than 645

from my view get the i3 with asus h55

and see also zebronics fantasy cabinet

cool and price friendly

i got it for only 2300rs with 2 120mm green led fans and 1 80mm green led fan

search for fantasy images in google. its green nvidia cabinet

and in india the prices of the hardware is 20-30% costlier than usa, thats why i have not given him newegg links.

as of prices in india , 6850 1gb may not fit in ur budget