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$1600 Gaming Rig -- i7 and gtx 295

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I'm about to hit the checkout button on this:

CPU: Intel i7 920 ($290)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Mobo: EVGA x58 ($760 with video card)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Video: EVGA GTX 295
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

RAM: G. Skill (3x2GB) DDR3 1600 ($165)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

HDD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache ($94)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Optical: LG dvd+rw sata($25)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 ($150)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
(I was going to get the antec 1200 but newegg just


PSU: Corsair 750W ($100 with mir)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Comes out to $1585 before tax and shipping.

I'm just going to go with stock cooling until newegg restocks the CM v8s.

good point on the psu. I'm not sure about the two WDs in raid though, I'm already spending about $100 more than I'd like to. Maybe in about a year I'll raid 0 some SSDs and change the samsung to auxiliary storage. For the time being though, I'm fine with waiting more than 10 seconds for my computer to boot up :) 
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