alright sounds good. thx for the help.

To be honest. motherboards are the only things that confuse the crap out of me. lol and yeah down the line, i would like to sli, how much power would i need? 1000W?

thanks, and for the ssd, would it be possible to just put one game on there, being skyrim, and then just holding out until HDD price drop?

Case - Rosewill THOR V2 Gaming ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Mobo - ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

GPU - MSI N570GTX Twin Frozr III PE/OC GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

PSU - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750M 750W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular High Performance Power Supply

CPU - Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K

SSD - Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

RAM - CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R

Drive - ASUS 24X DVD Burner

Cpu Cooler - COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R1 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 1366/1155 and AMD FM1/AM3+

Ill probably wait on a hard drive until their cheaper. I want to be able to play skyrim and battlefield mostly, hopefully on max settings. Dont need a monitor or keyboard. This is gonna be the first time a build a computer. Any advice would be appreciated. thx.

good luck finding that laptop though. If your lucky to have them at your bestbuy, lucky you, but ive been calling every bestbuy around me, at least twelve and can't find one. Bestbuy has been getting rid of there stock of he Asus. No idea why since its so great for the price.I'm hoping Asus is coming out with another budget gaming laptop soon....

yeah, but the key board is terrible and slides around. That laptopfeels like its going to break in a week.

alright i'm a bit confused cause the gateway says that it has a 9800M gts, so i must be missing something. lol o well, thx for that link. and damn, this asus is no where to be found. i called so many bestbuys.... does anyone know if asus is coming out with a new line of laptops or something because there not being restocked i guess.

Your right, i guess it isnt that far, but i just wanted to know how big the difference was between the two so thanks for lookin it up.

Well if anybody wants to help me figure out which is better and by how much, the link for the two computers are right here.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9366615&st=asus&type=product&id=1218092150740

http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668292.php

or to suggest one thats at the same level in the same price range would help too. thanks.

oh true, so just go with the bigger number. lol