Deja Vu all over again ... just had similar question:
i7-950 based system
Goal here was to provide for a system capable of a 4.0 - 4.2 GHz Overclock w/ little effort and provide enough oomph for adding a 2nd card in SLI at a later date.
$220 Antec 1200 w/ Antec CP-850 Top notch case and the PSU is incredible. Suitable for twin GFX cards and heavy OC's.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.492315
Alternate ($80 more) would be:
$ 140 HAF 932
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119160
$ 160 HX850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139011
$504 ASUS P6X58D-E w/ Intel i7-950 provides SATA III and USB 3 support
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.495225
or
$485 ASUS P6X58D-E w/ Intel i7-930
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.495222
$180 CAS 6 DDR3-1600 Mushkin Enhanced Redline 6GB (3 x 2GB) Model 998805
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820226121
or
$140 CAS 7 DDR3-1600 Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 6GB (3 x 2GB) Model 998679
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820226030
$300 ASUS ENGTX470/2DI/1280MD5 w/ CUDA Support ... also comes w/ free Mafia 2 Game
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814121372
$79 Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB w/ Nippon Internal card Reader ($69 w/o card reader)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.409854
or
$74 Samsung Spinpoint F3 1 TB (no card reader)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152185
$101 Prolimatech Megahalems w/ twin PWM fans and IC Diamond TIM w/ PWM Cable splitter.
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/ [...] _Item.html
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http://www.frozencpu.com/products/ [...] 36c365s936
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/ [...] Cable.html
$19 Asus DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827135204
Total $1,363
Personally, I'd go with the CAS 6 and spend the extra $40
Options if ya can't spend the extra $63
A factory OC'd EVGA GTX 460 1 MB will save ya $70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130571
A Svythe 2100 CPU Cooler will save ya $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835185142
Dropping to an Antec 900 / HAF 922 would appear to save you money but combining it with an SLI /X-fire capable PSU suitable for OC'ing puts you above the cost of the better case / PSU combo already in the build.
Dropping to the i7-930 would save you $20
CAS 8 / 9 memory just isn't worth the minute savings.
Dropping to 500GB or smaller again just isn't worth the savings.
You could drop down to an 1156 based system but that would put you in the $1100 range.