Need help building a small gaming pc

alright so my current setup blows, its old, i was planning on ocing but i blew my other hd so decided not to mess with it,
Case: 102$
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no link but its an antec 900

Processor: 194$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6819115005

Video Card: 165$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6814102022

RAM: 239$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6820145015

Motherboard: 77$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6813130059

[COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]LCD [COLOR=blue ! important]MONITOR[/color][/color][/color]: 185$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6824009100

PSU: 105$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6817153042

HDRIVE: 75$x2=150$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6822144701

Keyboard: 23.75$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6823126178

DVD Burner: 35$
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http://www.newegg.com/product/prod [...] 6827106050

most of the links prolly wont work because apparently most of my stuff are outdated or discontinued


but thats besides the point, after spending a year lugging my huge case from my house to my dorm and back during breaks, i want to make a gaming pc thats in a small case like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811144140 but im not sure if i can make a good gaming pc with such a small case, like would quad core, or w/e is the new hip cpu (i thought i7 was an operating system ) any way if you guys know if small cases like those are capable of holding good parts?

i dont want to ask you guys to build me a whole setup but if you feel the need to , please do
my price range is ~$1000 but if its more let me see and ill see if i can afford it, getting a job for the summer

i did see that but i dont know how big it is, from the newegg pictures it seems like any other tower? or is it much smaller then it looks?

would microatx be simply too small for what i want to use it for?

well i dont need an i7,i feel a good core 2 or quad core would be fine,
what are the differences btwn microatx and atx? is it just size?

My buddy builts custom gamers for people on occasion and has used this case twice. It's REALLY solid and just awesome. I highly recommend it over the Apevia case.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811133035

Also, none of your links above work. Can you fix them?

i guess since i wont be overclocking , or if i do it would be at a later time, microATX should be fine?
hey batuchka, that looks real good, and best of all cheap, could i swap the case with jay2tall's suggestion and would it still fit?

also ive never gone amd and im a bit skeptical, how good is that phenom II?
and whats the difference between the gtx260 you have shown, and this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 814150330?

and do you guys feel like this is a good ranking of gpus? http://www.overclock.net/graphics- [...] charm.html

ah i didnt evne notice

Well depending on games/settings the GTX 260 is doable for 1920 x 1080 gaming so depends on how hardcore a gamer u are hehe Thats a bit steep for a case but if it really catches your fancy go for it! PSU also seems overpriced when for single GPU set up a Corsair VX550 is plenty ^^ All in all if i want to pump $8xx for a Phenom 2 SFF/mATX gamer i'd be pretty disappointed if i didn't at least hit a GTX 275/HD 4890

Gaming rig = 75 % GPU dependent...for now ^_^

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