1600 Game system requesting comments

[veryloco]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within the Week; ~$1600 Budget

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Speakers, Mouse, OS, Keyboard

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg

PARTS PREFERENCES: None

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Down the road

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 922
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R
Processor: Intel Core i7-920
Heatsink: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus
RAM: G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
HDD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-850HX 850W
Video: XFX HD-585A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5850
DVD-RW: LITE-ON Black 24X DVD Writer
Monitor: ASUS VW246H Glossy Black 24" 2ms

Cost looks to be about 1642 + shipping on newegg, perhaps can shave off a little with combo deals.

Comments:
1) Was also looking at the Antec 900 case, any thoughts between the two?
2) Thoughts regarding the RAM above versus G.SKILL 6GBDDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) when examining the speed (1600 vs 1333) and the CL (9 vs 7)?
3) Thoughts about i7-920 vs i5-750? I read several articles talking about the 750 performing nearly as well and being $100 cheaper. However, what about the fact that it uses the 1156 socket and the long term view of that versus the 1366 socket?

Thanks.

 

[blackjellognomes]

1. HAF 922 = A902 > A900. Are you open to suggestions?
2. Get the CL 7 RAM.
3. At $1600, don't even consider the i5-750. If you want to save the $150-250, go with a PII X4 build; it will perform and cost the same as an i5 build and the AM3 socket has a much longer life expectancy. LGA 1156 will most likely reach its EOL within 2-3 years.

 

[veryloco]

1. HAF 922 = A902 > A900. Are you open to suggestions?
2. Get the CL 7 RAM.
3. At $1600, don't even consider the i5-750. If you want to save the $150-250, go with a PII X4 build; it will perform and cost the same as an i5 build and the AM3 socket has a much longer life expectancy. LGA 1156 will most likely reach its EOL within 2-3 years.

Thank you for your comments and yes, I am open to suggestions regarding any of the aforementioned components.

 

[veryloco]

As a quick aside, I can find most of the expensive parts on tigerdirect.com which is nice since you can get 10% cashback if you go to them through bing shopping. I was curious if anyone has any significant reason to not use tigerdirect.com?

Thanks