Seeking a new Desktop

Sorry guys! I did not see the format requested before. it follows.

Approximate Purchase Date: Within 3 weeks. If it's a custom order maybe a little sooner so it can be built.

Budget Range: I'd like to spend less than $1750 including shipping. There are no taxes where I live, NH FTW!

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (Skyrim, Sims 3, Anno, AOE, maybe Bioshock, mostly RTS games though)

Are you buying a monitor: I have a 22" touch with 1080p. It's average at best (cheap screen quality). I'd adore a new 27" WQXGA screen, and will buy one if not included in the tower in the months after buying it. but an AIO gets a bonus from me for including one.

Parts to Upgrade: I'll only be reusing a laptop HDD that's in an external case. I haven't used a desktop since 2004 and don't think the DDR ram from that will be helpful at all. I'd like to have 2133 MHz RAM, as I imagine the faster the RAM the faster the whole thing can be. I also want it to use an SSD for the OS and applications, so I'd need at least 500GB or so (Sims 3 takes up around 50GB) and then my music and photos and video can be stores on my external HDD.

Do you need to buy OS: Well I hope not. It needs to have windows 8 on it already, I do not have a copy to install myself.
Please note that if you're using an OEM license of Windows, you will need a new one when buying a new motherboard.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, Best Buy, CyberPower, TigerDirect. What's recommended?

Location: New Hampshire. I'm in Korea right now moving back to NH in 2 weeks.

Parts Preferences: For one reason or another I tend to prefer AMD / ATI (It should still be called that!) over Intel and Nvidia. I know AMD's processor are generally slower and hotter though. So an i7 or i5 would be fine. So would Nvidia. I really don't care much, just a minor preference.

Overclocking: I won't do it myself, I don't know how. But if Cyberpower or somebody else has the option for it, maybe mildly. I don't want to risk damaging it from it running too hot.

SLI or Crossfire: No, seems like there's more headache involved in that than it's worth.

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 going to 2650x1440. I'll only consider 27" AIOs. Maybe like the 27" MSI gaming one, Asus's 27" (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220371) or Lenovo's A730 / A740. The A740 isn't out yet, probably in the next couple weeks.

Additional Comments: I know that my games are pretty minor. It's actually bothersome because really only Skyrim needs a graphics card, although maybe the others do at the high resolution. But mostly I won't be gaming too much, but I want the ability to do so well when I do. I don't generally notice much over 30 FPS though. If you folks think that the GT745M or the GTX850M (what is expected in the A740) can handle Skyrim at the high resolutions while looking good then I'll get it and up it's RAM and give it an SSD. I don't think I really need an i7-4770k, and the i7-4700MQ should be plenty for what I generally do. My old Toshiba (first gen i7 Nvidia GTS360M) played almost all of my games fine before it derpped out.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My Vaio E14 started restarting every 5 mintes and Sony decided that I didn't deserve my warranty. So I started using my old Toshiba X505 Qosmio, which is now using it's HDD 100% almost all the time and is being so slow. It can't run any games anymore and is having a difficult time with iTunes or browsing the web. I'm using my wife's i3 ULV and my Surface RT now as my main computers. They have hard times with basic tasks...

I'm just worried about building my own for finding all the drivers for every part and I'm sure I'd forget some. Plus, I'm not sure about all the various connectors.

What processor / graphics card do you recommend for my games? I'm just really not sure what is needed for them..