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APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Whenever the price is best BUDGET RANGE: Under $1000 before rebates, including shipping and CA taxes

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, watching movies, surfing the web, programming
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, mouse, OS, monitor, any peripheral (possible exception -- see comments)

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: amazon.com (no taxes) newegg.com COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: California, United States

PARTS PREFERENCES: No real preferences, I may prefer an Intel processor, but unsure

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920 x 1080 (LED if it matters)

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I need to be able to connect to a Wi-Fi network. Not sure if you guys would prefer a PCI card or using a peripheral, up to you. If possible, I would like to have over 500GB of HDD storage.

Thank you very much in advance.
 
X4 955 + HD 5850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.365663

ASUS 890GX + ADATA 4GB DDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.376029

CASE - HAF 922
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197

PSU - Corsair 750TX - Fr HD 58580 crossfire
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

Samsung F3 500GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152181

DVD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118030

Wireless-N internal card or even a USB card is fine...

CPU cooler - CM Hyper 212+
Cheaper at amazon...

Total - ~$1000 @ newegg...So check the prices @ amazon and get it where its cheaper...
 

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That gets to around $1100 with taxes. That's too much.
 
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Wireless N USB adapter
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833130066
$909 before tax
 
Here is a reworked build...

X4 955 + Powercolor HD 5850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.364939

or with Gigabyte HD 58580
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.365663
Stick with the C3 revision of the CPU as it is a better binned part and has various bugs fixed and requires comparatively less or no voltage increase for a decent overclock...

Mobo + RAM - Same
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.376029

HDD, DVD - Same

CASE -
NZXT M59 - This case was used at TOM's SBM Dec 2009...and it turned out to be a very good one and also the HDD bays face sideways for easy access...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146058&Tpk=NZXT%20m59

PSU - Antec TP 650 - This PSU has enough power for 2x HD 5850 and also the required cables...The Corsair and the TP series are better than the EA series...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371021

ASUS USB-N13 IEEE 802.11b/g/n
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320040

Total - ~$935
Except the graphics card, all other components have Free Shipping...
 
GPU : take the Gigabyte, believe me, you don't want to have powercolor in your system. I have plenty of bad experience with powercolor.
From not correctly mounted heatsink, memory overheat, broken only less than 1 year, broken caused by no reason, etc.
I know it happened 5-7 years ago, asI bought 3 GPUs form powercolor because they were cheap. Cheap...that is the problem...cheap quality too, 3 of them are broken on the same year.
3 times in a row? It is not a coincidence!
Powercolor has never been in my shopping list ever again.

Gigabyte is always on my shopping list. I am always satisfied with Gigabyte products.
 

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Looks good. Thanks!

And to the other poster, I've read some reviews of Powercolor where they break down in months. Plus their warranty is horrible from what I read.