650w should be fine for now, I went with the 850w but I'm using a pretty hefty card, if you don't plan on going higher than the 550ti. Are you getting the 1gb or 2gb card? I'd personally recommend you get the Radeon HD 6870. For about 30$~ more you will be getting a card that out performs the 550ti by quite a bit.
The i7 2600k has excellent benchmarks and a really good price comparatively. Benchmarks here and here. I almost got the 2600k but i got the 2700k instead at the last second.
If you want a motherboard with plenty of room to expand to in the future I suggest the ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3. I got that one it has lots of room to upgrade. It also has PCI-e 3.0 slots so you can really do some upgrading later on.
Might want to ask over at toms hardware to make sure your final build seems okay they're more helpful. But that'd be my suggestion.
This is the place to ask questions about new computers, ask if your new computer will run Diablo 3 or another game, or to show off your rig to everyone.
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http://www.hwcompare.com/9710/geforce-gtx-550-ti-vs-radeon-hd-6870/
The i7 2600k has excellent benchmarks and a really good price comparatively. Benchmarks here and here. I almost got the 2600k but i got the 2700k instead at the last second.
If you want a motherboard with plenty of room to expand to in the future I suggest the ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3. I got that one it has lots of room to upgrade. It also has PCI-e 3.0 slots so you can really do some upgrading later on.
Might want to ask over at toms hardware to make sure your final build seems okay they're more helpful. But that'd be my suggestion.