1700$ Gaming system

[Tbrown37]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: September 20th~

BUDGET RANGE: Up to $1700 lets try for less

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming and web.

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Mouse

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg.com, tigerdirect.com, Best buy and Circuit city are local I can most likely get everything except the GPU and RAM locally.

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: U.S.

PARTS PREFERENCES: No brand preferences; just want a solid build.

OVERCLOCKING:No

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Single GPU. Single moniter.

MONITOR RESOLUTION:The moniter I have had is 1440x900 and I want to upgrade to either a 1680x1050 or 1600x900.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: What is the upside to a SSD boot drive with SATA III? In comparison to just a single HD. And I want an 80-PLUS Gold certified PSU.The previous "custom built" pc I bought via newegg is an Ibuypower with a 16 dollar psu. This was 2 years ago didn't know what I was getting myself into

Case : I have it narrowed to three but I am beginning to think I should get the one with a PSU mounted on top so it's further away from the HD and it would seem more heat efficient than a bottom mount.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119150&cm_re=COOLER_MASTER_COSMOS-_-11-119-150-_-Product Case 1; COOLER MASTER COSMOS (179.99$)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811815007 Case 2; Xigmatek Utgard Window CPC-T90DB-U02 (69.99$)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133062 Case 3 ; Thermaltake Armor+MX VH8000BWS (129.99$)


Motherboard: MSI 870A-G54 (99.99$)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130275&cm_re=msi_870a-g54-_-13-130-275-_-Product

Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (165.99$)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727&cm_re=965-_-19-103-727-_-Product


Heatsink:Scythe SCKTN-3000 92mm (28.69$)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185096

Fans: Any suggestions what fans I should get? Don't want my comp to sound like a jet engine but I want to add more than stock airflow.

RAM: A-DATA 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211364


GPU: SAPPHIRE TOXIC 100282TXSR Radeon HD 5850 1GB (319.99$)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102881&cm_re=5850-_-14-102-881-_-Product

PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX(89.99$)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005

Hard Drive:Western Digital Caviar Black 1tb 64m cache (89.99$)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533

Optical Drive: LITE-ON Black 24X DVD+R (25.99$)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106335

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OEM. $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754&cm_re=windows_7_home_premium_64_bit-_-32-116-754-_-Product

 

[gkay09]

^ Good selection of parts...
Some suggestions...
If going with a single card config, then try and get the fastest one there...Also this HIS HD 5870 would only cost ~$30 more and you would save even more with this combo if it still be available then...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.442792

CASE + PSU - IMO the PSU on the bottom is better also I doubt it would hinder with HDD cooling...
CM Advanced 690 + CM Real Power 600W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.473631

RAM - Same speed and timings from a better manufacturer
Mushkin 4GB DDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146740

Mobo - Why not with eSATA ?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.437524.13-128-443
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.437524.13-128-445

Also if you are OK with the price premium the SSDs command, then they do offer significant boost in boot times and app load times...

 

[Tbrown37]

The reason I chose the 5850 over the 5870 was just because looking at benchmarks on games like Crysis it gives about 10-15~ fps increase so I didn't think it was worth the 5870 for SW:ToR but hey might as well upgrade anyway. The combo deals I didn't check because you can never count on how long those are going to last but hopefully those two are still around when I begin my build. What's the difference with eSATA? That and im not too big of a fan of Gigabyte mobos. But i'm open minded.

 

[gkay09]

^ eSATA generally benefits external storage...If both the external storage device and the mobo are connected via eSATA(should be present on both), then the data transfer would be very fast...

As for the combos, even though combos wont stay long, but you can certainly expect a price cut from ATI in a month...