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I have an assignment from School to build a Budget PC and a Dream PC. I selected some of the parts for these PCs from a thread by "DeusAres" .

So please I need someone to verify these parts or suggest other parts I could add or remove with reasons while I should choose or remove any part? Thanks.

Dream PC for Gaming ($2000)

Antec Eleven Hundred ATX Full- Tower Case
ASRock X79 Extreme3 ATX LGA2011- Motherboard
Corsair Enthusiast 850W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V- Power Supply
Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor- CPU
G.Skill Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Main Memory
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM- Hard Drive
Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB- Video Card
Noctua NH-D14 SE2011- CPU Cooler
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5"- Solid State Disk
Corsair Air Series SP120 - Case fan

Budget PC ($400)

Ultra Xblaster Mid Tower V2 - Case
Biostar AM3+ 760G MoBo - Motherboard
Kingwin 650W Power Supply
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T 2.70GHz AM3 - CPU
ADATA 4GB DDR3 Desktop - Memory Module
Seagate 500GB HDD Hard Drive
AMD Radeon HD 3650 512MB PCIe Video Card
DYNAMODE 6-Channel PCI Soundcard
D-Link® DFE-530TX+ PCI - Network Card
Samsung 24x DVDRW - DVD drive
Microsoft 35H-00006 Optical Mouse 200
104 Standard Black USB Keyboard
HannsG HL161ABB 16" Class Widescreen LED Backlit Monitor
Kingwin CF-12LB 120mm

Software
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64bit
Mcafee Total protection

 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Q7fv
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Q7fv/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Q7fv/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Performance ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($112.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($91.87 @ NCIX US)
Storage: A-Data XPG SX900 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($96.86 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7990 6GB Video Card ($899.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 922 ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Cooler Master Megaflow 110.0 CFM 200mm Fan ($11.93 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-S4S-10AK-GP 60.9 CFM 140mm Fan ($4.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 950W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($109.98 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($93.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1902.52
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-11 23:23 EDT-0400)

You don't need mcafee total protection just use windows 8 defender, or windows 7/vista MSE and their firewall.
 
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Assasin has a good start. Only a couple of things I would change:
8gb of ram is good enough for gaming.
You could get a 850w modular 80+plat for the same price as the 950w.
Grab a standard 128gb SSD.
Don't think you need a blu-ray optical drive for gaming.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Performance ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($112.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.98 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($96.86 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7990 6GB Video Card ($899.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 922 ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Case Fan: Cooler Master Megaflow 110.0 CFM 200mm Fan ($11.93 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-S4S-10AK-GP 60.9 CFM 140mm Fan ($4.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Kingwin Lazer Platinum 850W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($93.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1843.64
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-12 18:53 EDT-0400)

 
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