Need ideas

CPU - i7-930 - $289.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115225

MOBO - GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R - $209.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128423
one of the best 1366 mobos, gives very high overclocks, and is one of the cheaper 1366 boards - alot better than EVGA atm

CASE - HAF 922 - $89.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119197

HDD - Samsung F3 1TB - $69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152185
Currently the best drives on the market

SSD - OCZ Vertex 2 120GB - $354.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227551
Essential for a build of this amount, you will really really notice the speed boost. Use it to load the OS and main programs, keep all the rest of the data on the hdds. Obviously you can get bigger drives, but the price really goes up. OCZ atm imo make the best drives
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/s [...] -review/11

RAM - OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 - $169.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227365
Triple channel ram gets the best out of i7 systems,

GPU - XFX HD-587X-ZNFV Radeon HD 5870 - $389.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150490
The best gpu on the market, rips through all the games, better than a 470, uses les power, runs cooler etc, atm ati has the upper hand

CPU COOLER - Prolimatech Megahalems Rev.B - $62.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835242001
Pretty much still the best air cooler on the market, pricey, but performs great, dont forget to add these 2 fans

FANS - Scythe SY1225SL12SH 120mm "Slipstream" - $8.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835185060

OPTICAL - Sony DVD burner - $20.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827118039

PSU - XFX Black Edition XPS-850W - $149.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817207001
Really good PSUs, same internal as corsair units (as they are all maufactured by seasonic), 850W will be enough if you want to heavily overclock your CPU and crossfire 5870s if you wish

$1876!!

I blew ya budget by $21 .... wuda easily made it but newegg dropped a lot of their "combo deals".
Goal here was to provide for a system capable of a 4.0 - 4.2 GHz Overclock w/ little effort.

$150 Antec 1200 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
$120 Antec CP-850 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

newegg usually has a combo on the two above for $220 - $240

Alternate ($60 more) would be:

$ 140 HAF 932 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
$ 190 HX850 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

$ 240 ASUS P6X58D-E MoBo (know you wanted EVGA but this is a great MoBo)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

$ 290 i7-930
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

$190 Mushkin DDR3-1600 CAS 6 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

$80 Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Check out the performance charts and pick whatever 500 GB per platter drive performs best under your usage patterns. The 2 TB WD Black and XT from Seagate are good choice but at smaller capacities, you are limited to the Seagate 7200.12 or the Spinpoint F3. The 7200.12 excels in gaming, multimedia and pictures whereas the F3 wins at music and movie maker. See the comparisons here (copy past link in manually, link won't work in forum):

(http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009-3.5-desktop-har...[2371]=on&prod[2770]=on)

Look at the tests that reflect your usage and choose accordingly.

$101 Prolimatech Megahalems w/ twin PWM fans and IC Diamond TIM w/ PWM Cable splitter.
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/8807/cpu-pro-01/Proli...
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/7038/thr-41/Innovatio...
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/10026/fan-639/Scythe_...
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/8418/cab-150/FrozenCP...

$700 2 x ASUS ENGTX470/2DI/1280MD5 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Here's why http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-r...

$25 Any DVD Writer

$225 SSD - Intel X25M
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Total $2021

Loads of reviews praise the XFX power supplies, they are rebranded seasonic units, who manufacture corsair units too, i can think of many worse PSUs on the market

Samsung drives are the best in terms of performance, which is easily measurable, reliability is harder to measure
Review here - http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storage/2009/10/06/sam...

I've never had a problem with OCZ ram, i've used it 3 times, and all the machines have been running strong for ages. Reliability is again hard to gauge, but ultimately its down to personal preference

The only thing I can conclude from those charts is that the f3 gets a serious ass kicking from the 2tb black.

let me clarify since I will probably be flamed. The 2tb black is far more responsive than the f3. Which means it will do small tasks faster whereas the f3 will do large tasks faster. I myself prefer having a more responsive system than one that copies a bit faster. Therefor I went with the black.