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The main purpose of this build is gaming...
here are some parts I've been looking at:
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813188046
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819117213
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227365
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136284
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150443 Do you think they will have a good supply around Christmas?
Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827118030
Any suggestions for different parts are welcome 
What I need help on is:
A full tower case for around $200 with best performance
A Monitor for around $300-$350 preferred 16:10
and a cooler that can get my CPU to 4GHz easily for around $60 or $70
my budget for the whole system is around $2100 give or take a few bucks
Case is really a personal choice... there are plenty of great options at that price. I like the Antec 1200.
This monitor looks pretty good, you could still afford a larger one though: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824236047
If you were putting any more cash towards the monitor I'd say to look for an IPS panel monitor instead of the TN--better colors and viewing angle--but to get one for under $400 you'd have to sacrifice resolution and size.
As for heatsinks, look here: http://www.frostytech.com/top5heatsinks.cfm
The list is for 775 processors, but all of those heatsinks either have a 1366 mounting bracket or have a variant that does. Some might run a bit more than $70, but that's saved on the other parts here.
There may be better answers to these questions, but I think it's hard to go wrong with what you're spending... good luck
(Oh, and no idea on the 5870 availability, but given current nonexistent stocks I'd say you'd be lucky to get a hold of one.)
Okay, @other posters... Any particular reason the Xeon is a bad choice? It's the same processor as the 920, just a better piece of silicon. Xeons are just higher binned i7s. People who bought it on Newegg seemed to have good results.
Message edited by tortnotes on 11-15-2009 at 04:56:57 AM
@ Sonic-Boom and belial2k. Why is the Xeon I chose a bad choice? I heard the only difference between it and a regulate i7 is that it is higher binned and supposed to run cooler. Am I wrong? 
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