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Hi..just saw your message...See if these help 
Few suggestions...
1. Case -
Both are very good cases...
NZXT if you want to break the code...
Another alternative for the case - CM 690...
2. Save some money on the mobo...Get the Gigabyte UD4P, has nearly all those features for less...
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-EX58U4P $219.99 | $204.99 after rebate | Free Ground Shipping
GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P Core i7/ Intel X58/ DDR3/ CorssFireX & 3-Way SLI/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard
3. CPU - Nice
4. RAM - Nice
5. HDD- WD Black 1TB is faster and reliable but is about $20 more...though the F1 is not bad...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136284
6. Dont waste money on factory overclocked graphic cards...you would get the o/c s/w bundled with most of the cards, that would allow for slight overclock in WIN itself...
So get the 1st option...
7. As for the monitor,
All those monitors are different from one another...
Sam Toc has inbuilt DTV tuner
Sam 23 has very high resolution - actually an odd one, and a GTX 275 would not be able to play all games with highest settings at that...
ASUS - Some what nice...
Get preferrably a 1080p resolution or 1920x1200 resolution monitor...
Other options...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824236033
8. OS - Vista has become better...
But save some money by going with WIN 7
they have valid licence till 2010 and they are as stable as Vista in the RC stage itself...
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us [...] ID=mscomsc
9. DVD - Always get a SATA drive...Thinner cable less clutter...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827151173
10. CPU Cooling -
For that price range, I would suggest TRUE
http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/the [...] 66-rt.html
If you want some thing cheaper -
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Message edited by gkay09 on 06-05-2009 at 09:18:38 AM
Message edited by gkay09 on 06-05-2009 at 09:18:38 AM
| gkay09 wrote : Hi..just saw your message...See if these help |
Christ gkay, you must have been posting your build while I was adding mine up. 
Message edited by Why_Me on 06-05-2009 at 09:32:00 AM
@Why_Me 
I misssed out on the PSU totally...
+1 for Why_Me's suggestion...
That Corsair 750TX is suffice for 2x GTX 275 in SLI...
Get the 850TX if you are planning for tri-sli (But you wont need that much power for a 1920x1200 resolution monitor)...
You would only need a 1000W+ for running 2 GTX 295 in SLI...
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