How Does my Build Look?

Let me help you out a bit:

Your build

COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

ASUS VH238H Black 23" Full HD HDMI LED Backlight LCD Monitor w/Speakers

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

SAPPHIRE 100314SR Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

ASUS XONAR_DG 5.1 Channels PCI Interface Xonar DG Sound Card

NZXT HALE90-750-M 750W ATX 12V v2.2, EPS 12V v2.91 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

Logitech X-540 70 watts 5.1 Speakers

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7D-8GBRH

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX
TOTAL: $1,113.90

That seems like a poor buy right off, because you should be able to get more for $1200.

The PSU, while a nice one, is overkill. Generally I'll recommend a 650W if you want a lot of expandability.
The sound card is not needed, and if you are going to get one it needs to be stronger. That one isn't going to be much better than onboard, really.

The stock heatsink is sufficient and it comes with thermal material. Do not add your own.

No keyboard? Mouse? Optical drive? Operating system?

if your not crossfiring or overclocking i'd recommend

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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Just an fyi optical drive, mouse, keyboard and OS are already taken care of.

Yeah I forgot to mention that the mouse, optical drive and OS are already taken care of. Any recommendations for the 650W PSU? As for the sound card I'm not getting expensive speakers so I figured if I got one it might as well be cheap. I know opinions are varied on them so I may dump it and stick with onboard. You say I'm not getting much for the price, but outside of ditching the sound card and getting a cheaper PSU it isn't clear to me how I can be getting much more as both of those aren't going to save THAT much money.

If I choose to ditch the sound card is the onboard audio on that mobo sufficient? I'm not really clear on what to think with regards to sounds cards/onboard audio.

As for that HD it's the same price as the one I had (the promo wasn't being offered when I originally specced this out and since I was getting mobo that could handle 6.0 I figured I'd just get it. Thanks for the input though.

Wow that's great. Thanks for bearing with me.

Is your mind set on an AMD build? I'm building a Sandy Bridge rig this weekend based on these parts that will be here tomorrow or Friday.

Mobo: ASUS P8P67 LE
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500k
Cooler: CM Hyper 212+
GPU: MSI HD 6950 2GB
RAM: Corsair XMS 2x4GB DDR3 1600 (CMX8GXM2A1600C9)
Case: HAF 912
Fan: CM Megaflow 200mm (Red)
PSU: XFX 650W Black Edition
HDD: Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3
Optical: Lite-On LightScribe 24x SATA DVD+/-RW
Keyboard: Logitech G110
Mouse: Logitech MX518

My total for this was $1115.74 before rebates ($55) and everything but the motherboard shipped for free. Take out the keyboard, mouse and optical drive ($120 savings) and add in this ASUS LCD monitor (1080p, 2ms response, 23.6") and your total is $1121 after rebates. Knock the 2GB HD 6950 down to this Sapphire HD 6850 for roughly $80 more in savings after rebate and your total is down to ~$1040.

Hope this helps. If you are intersted, I will edit the list with links.

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