Suggest a good motherboard for my G.Skill Ripjaws

I have selected this Memory and this Motherboard for a new computer i'm building:

Memory: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231429
Motherboard:http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157198

However the G.SKILL Ripjaws are intended for the Intel P67 motherboard, so I was wondering if someone could suggest me different RAM sticks or a different motherboard, and for reference here is the video card I plan to get:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908

Feel free to suggest me a different video card as well, if you think the one I picked out isn't good enough. Please note that I don't plan to spend over $200 dollars on one specific item.

I use this 16GB memory on my T5 XE from Biostar. Why are you going with AMD? I'm running an Intel i5 CPU

So sorry, you use the G.SKILL on your T5 XE (motherboard, I assume) and an Intel i5 CPU? What video card? Here is the CPU I picked btw:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103851

Could you give a Newegg link of your CPU?

Well, Newegg lists 50 different sets of memory running @ DDR-3 1600: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...0006127&IsNodeId=1&name=DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Surely one of them will work. Besides, I think the plot is to choose the board, then buy memory to match it, not the other way around.

This is my CPU:
Intel i5 CPU

My video card is in my "specs"... and yes, it is customary to pick the motherboard/CPU first and then the memory

So here's a full list of what I plan to buy atm, nothing is final but I'm wondering if some of the pro's can help me picking a choosing what DOESN'T work well, not what could work better if I spend an extra $600. Especially unsure about my video card, but don't wanna go over $200 on it. Also, anything i'm missing?

Memory: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231429
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115220
PSU: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139019
Hard Disk: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138162&Tpk=t5 xe
Video Card: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908
Case: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119225
Card Reader: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...e=card_reader_internal-_-20-223-108-_-Product
Heat/Sink Fan: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103055
Optical Drive: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151192

This came up in another thread recently. The Corsair "builder's series", such as you've chosen" are probably not the best they offer. People have been complaining about reduction in quality of their smaller 400 Watt PSUs also. "Allegedly" Corsair's "HX" series is still very good.

PSUs are a item that is frequently on sale. So, it might be a good idea to have several in mind to choose from, and wait for the best deal.

In example, I probably wouldn't buy the Corsair you have linked, and absolutely not at its everyday asking price.

The rest of the items you've picked are fairly high performance. You may have to bite the bullet and pay more than you have budgeted to get a PSU commensurate in performance with the rest of the system.

Thanks for the advice captaincranky, I added up all the totals and with shipping it should cost around only $900-$1000 so I sprung a little extra and went with this PSU:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011

That's a good choice, and leaves you a little room

Well thanks for all the help guys, I think i'm finally ready to order all the parts

Well, if you haven't pulled the trigger on your parts order yet, I like to suggest you look at this case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

Its still a Cooler Master "HAF, t's still a full tower, but it is 30 bucks less, has USB 3.0,. and it's got a "black out" interior, which makes a really spiffy build.

Am I showing my age by using "spiffy" as an adjective?

Also, do you have a Microcenter; http://www.microcenter.com/index.html anywhere near your location?

I built a system for a friend recently and I used this HAF series case... I liked it. I still lean toward ANTEC's 300 series though. My power supply is a Corsair 650 watt. And I see DrekSilver went Intel. Sweet!

I have an Antec 900, which is the smallest I'd want to recommend for maximum gaming. The 300 series are nice cases indeed also, but here I always suggest waiting for the sale on the "Illusion" model. If you can grab it for 55 to 60 bucks it becomes a great buy. If you have to buy fans for the 300 standard, the value factor drops a great deal.

The best buy, (when at sale, mine cost $75.00) is the 900, but only the original model. That top fan moves a bunch of air, and very quietly. Really, the whole case does.

I have a CM Storm "Scout" also. It's the same size as my 900, but (IMHO) the 900 moves a lot more air, and it's also bigger inside than the Scout.That said, the Scout does have the black out interior and a handle working for it.

I know about the 900's great airflow, since I have 2 cats, and they have 2 litter boxes. The air inlets on the 900 turn a dusty clay gray, a lot quicker that the Scout's

If a person was going with multiple or oversize video cards, I'd lean toward the recommending the Antec 900.

With that out of the way, any of the Cooler Masters being considered in this build are full towers, and are notorious for good air flow.

Full tower for full tower though, it would be a good idea to drag the Antec 1200 into the mix. I know that they're sort of yesterday's news, but that's a really great case as well.

My Antec 300 has 4 120mm fans. 2 blue LED in the front, 1 in the top, and 1 in the back. Dust collects on the front fan grills, but a quick pass with a vacuum cleaner once a month cleans well. My Intel i5 never reaches 30C... I don't use a stock CPU cooler though

I swapped up the case to the one you guys suggested, also I changed the CPU to this one, just because I feel like I cut corners with the RAM so I should get a Quad-Core to make up in power:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

YO...........! Hold UP.........!

That CPU won't work it the motherboard you picked....! It's a different. socket!

Moving to the Sandy Bridge quad CPU is a solid if not stellar idea! However, you're going to have to adjust your choice of motherboard, or break out the old ball peen.

Here you need to select one of these socket 1155 boards http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...=100007627 600093976&IsNodeId=1&name=LGA 1155

Your former CPU choice was intended for socket 1156 boards.

Yeah I know, the one silly less connecting pin, makes such a big difference.

And I can still use the same RAM?

First, look through the list of mobo's I provided. See if you can find one with approximately the same features as the 1156 board you first considered.

You original choice has two(2) PCI-e x 16 lanes. This is for twin graphics cards, either "Crossfire" (AMD) or "SLI" (Nvidia cards). If you are indeed going to use multiple video cards, either now or in the future, then that needs to be factored into your decision....NOW

Once you've finalized the choice of board, we can solve the memory issue, (same or different), in just a couple of posts.

I don't think i'll be using multiple video cards, and I think one of there two would be good they seem fairly similiar to my first choice.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138296
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138298

OK. The 90 dollar board is Matx form factor and allows you to use the CPU onboard video. (You can stuff a video card in later).

The 130 dollar board is ATX (larger) form factor but must be used with an add in Video card. It has more expansion slots.

I absolutely think I'd spring for the more expensive board, it doesn't lock you out of "Crossfire" in the future.

You never did answer me, "are you near a "Microcenter" store? They're linked above. Sometimes you can beat Newegg's prices on certain items by going there.