First time game rig builder needs advice on parts

[zepfan_75]

MY BUDGET: is 900 to 1100 after tax and MIR (tax in texas is 8.25%)
PARTS PREFERENCE: none
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: if it saves me money Im all for it
PARTS NEEDED: all internal components and case, I have mouse keyboard and monitor
USES: gaming at 1920x1080
CURRENT PARTS FOR BUILD:

AMD Phenom II x4 955-144.99

Cooler Master 212+ CPU cooler-29.99

SAPPHIRE 100314-2SR Radeon HD 6870-239.99

ASRock 870 EXTREME3 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard-89.99

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333-49.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive-49.99

ASUS Black 24X DVD+R OEM-19.99

Cooler Master HAF 912-59.99

Antec Earthwatts 650-69.99

Win 7 Home 64 bit OEM-99.99

Total 925.43 USD

So if you guys can give me suggestions on improvements that I can make to improve performance per dollar that would be awesome

 

[sixthseven]

I don't have many experience with AMD, and have nothing with asrock. But, your system seems pretty good. You could find some benchtests about parts of your system. Perhaps you should make comparison of AMD 770 and 870 or anyting else. Good luck.

 

[zepfan_75]

cool I was wondering if these parts were worth the money Im about to spend, I've been reading reviews but suggestions of what else to do helps!

 

[sixthseven]

How about HD 6850? It's enough for gaming @1920x1080 and it's $60 cheaper.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908

 

[zepfan_75]

well how much would it hurt my performance? I was trying to stay as close to 60fps as possible for new and future games, eventhough crysis seems to be the most reputable game for benching but I really only care about newer titles....

but I could over clock......