Gaming build for $1900, inexperienced 'customer'

I'm new to all this and I'm having a friend of a friend (who runs an IT business) put this system together form me. I wanted a high performance gaming rig, and my price range was $1500-2000; the below specs came out to around $1900.

I don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth, since hes taking the time to put it all together, but I showed another more build-savy friend the list and he seemed to think it was 'silly' and a bit overkill. That said, my last machine (which this other friend built, but on a MUCH lower budget, I think it was around $800) was always below where I wanted it to be, even for the time, so i'd rather have extra than not enough...the cost is not an issue for me, and seemed to be a good part of his reasoning of why it was too much-- I'm not worried about being conservative if it's going to give me an extra boost, but I want to make sure that itt actually will.

Can I get some input on the build overall? I haven't said yes or no, but I'd like to give him the go-ahead later today if possible and I'd like some thoughts.

Resolution is 1680x1050 and I run dual monitors.


AMD Phenom II X4 955 Quad Core 3.2 Ghz

MSI Socket AM3 Motherboard

8GB DDR3 1600 Corsair Memory

Antec Case with 850W PSU

2 Samsung SATA DVD Burners

2 Western Digital 150GB VelociRaptor 10,000 RPM SATA drives in RAID1 mirror

HIS 1GB GDDR5 PCI-Express 2.0 x16 Video Card (screaming ATI chipset video card)

your friend is stealing you these can never come to 1900 $ unless there is a monitor included and also what it the model of the graphic card is it HIS 4850,4850x2,4870,4870x2 or 4890??? and this build isn't good for your budget for your budget i would get these parts

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119160 $129.99
COOLER MASTER HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP Black Steel + Plastic and Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
New Arrival

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139009 $139.99 ($119.99 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate) Free Shipping*
CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply - Retail

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-EX58U4P $222.99 | $207.99 after rebate
GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD4P Core i7/ Intel X58/ DDR3/ CorssFireX & 3-Way SLI/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard

https://www.antaresdigital.com/cust [...] ge=1" $ 280.00
Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz LGA 1366 Socket 8MB Cache CPU D0 Stepping

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835233029 $39.99
XIGMATEK Dark Knight-S1283V 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835154003 $4.99
Tuniq TX-2 Cooling Thermal Compound - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130475 $339.99 ($319.99 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate) Free Shipping*
EVGA 01G-P3-1180-AR GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Free Cryostasis game w/ registration at manufacturer website

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130475 $339.99 ($319.99 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate) Free Shipping*
EVGA 01G-P3-1180-AR GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Free Cryostasis game w/ registration at manufacturer website

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231247 $94.99 Free Shipping*
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136284 $99.99 Free Shipping*
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drives - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827136133 $109.99 Free Shipping*
LG Black 6X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Model GGC-H20L - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827136152 $23.99
LG Black 22X (CAV) DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X (CAV) DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD±R DVD Burner - OEM

Total: $1,826.89 | $1,751.89 w/mail in rebates

Originally posted by Why_me

note:if you don't need a Blu-ray remove LG Black 6X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Model GGC-H20L - Retail

Wow, glad I came here. Like I said, I really no nothing about all of this. I'm just a third party trying to get my moneys worth. I will definitely be holding off and taking this in.

Saving money is good too.

Thank you. Further build suggestions are also appreciated within the $1500-2000 range.