$1300 Photoshop / Web Design / Gaming PC

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Im interested in building a Photoshop / Web Design / Gaming (less impt) PC.

Including Monitor.

Here's a build I've gotten so far from another forum:


CPU: i7-930 - $200 (Microcenter)
Video Card + Motherboard: Gigabyte GTX460 + Gigabyte GAX58-UD3R - $399.98 + additional $20 "rebate card" (prepaid card, not cash)
Ram + PSU: XFX Black Edition 750 + 6GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 - $235 + addition 15 dollar rebate
Case: Coolermaster CM690II - $70 (You can be flexible here, cases can be more personal. Find something that works for you. That said this case is easy to work in, provided pretty good airflow, and is rather affordable.)
DVD Burner: Samsung 22X - $20
HDD: Samsung F3 1TB - $75
Monitor: NEC EA231WMI - $340
OS: Get whatever windows you can get for cheap as a student.


= $1340 before shipping, tax, OS with 35 dollars in rebates.

Any build you can recommend thats better?

BTW, I'm looking forward to playing things like Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 on this machine, but I don't need it specifically for that.