This is $1751
Case - $155 - Antec DF-85
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129087
Case Fan - $15 - Antec Red 120 mm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835209013
PSU - $110 - Antec CP-850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371024
MoBo - $395 - ASUS P8P67 Pro
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.622007
CPU - incl above - Intel Core i5-2500K
Cooler - $40 - Scythe SCMG 2100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185142
TIM - $5 - Shin Etsu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835150080
RAM - $84 - (2 x 4GB) Corsair CAS 9
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145324
GFX - $230 - Gigabyte GTX 560 Factory Overclocked
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125363
GFX - $230 - Same
HD - $65 - Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200 rpm
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185
SSD - $300 - OCZ Vertex 3 2.5" 120GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227706
DVD Writer - $22 - Asus 24X DRW-24B3L w/ LS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135221
OS - $100 - Win 7-64 Home Premium OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754
Alternate Case / PSU Combo .... the extra $45 would still be under ya budget
HAF -X ($180) w/ XFX Black Edition 850 ($130)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119225
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207001
Case / PSU - Case selection is most often a matter of aesthetics. Both cases are super performers with respect to cooling and ease of assembly. I give the edge to the DF for ease of air filter removal / replacement, hot swap storage bay and ability to take the super quiet CPX form factor PSU's. I also don't like the HAF's tooless features which I find flimsy and on occasion difficult to "push home". Both PSU's get a 10.0 performance rating on jonnnyguru.com Read more:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story4&reid=142
[The CP-850] is completely unmatched by any ATX unit on the market I can think of. You'd have to spend twice as much as this thing costs to find the next best thing, performance wise.
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=165
the XFX 850W Black Edition came looking to make a splash, and ended up doing a cannonball big enough to just about drown the competition. Voltage regulation is nothing short of fantastic, efficiency is excellent, and ripple and noise is just about nonexistent.
MoBo / CPU - The best overclocking P67 board w/ a newegg combo discount for the best bang for the buck CPU. what more could ya ask for ?
RAM - Low profile (no useless tall fingered heat sinks) so won't interfere w/ CPU coolers.
Cooler / TIM - Shin Etsu ties for the best thermal performance ever measured but doesn't have the 200 hour curing time issue of the other TIM ...easy choice. Cooler outperforms the Hyper 212 by 7C and topped the venerable Megahlems in the last test but its half the price of the Mega. Alternates would include the top performing air coolers Themalright Silver Arrow / Collermaster V6 GT and the top performing self contained water units, the Antec Kuhler 620 and 920. The V6 GT and 920 are extremely loud though.....The other two are whisper quiet.
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=674&Itemid=62&limit=1&limitstart=5
I think the Silver Arrow represents the ultimate air cooler than can be built and still fit within the constraints of an ATX motherboard and a standard computer case. .... It's almost ironic that coolers like this are becoming available just as processors transition to designs that may ultimately render them unnecessary; even overclocked to 5GHz, an Intel Sandy Bridge 2600K doesn't need anywhere near this level of cooling. Still, it wouldn't hurt, and as I noted earlier, there are still CPUs out there that can benefit from it.
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=694&Itemid=62&limit=1&limitstart=5
Priced to compete with high-end air coolers, the Kühler offers similar performance and a lower noise level. It's the first compact liquid cooler I've tested that can honestly be considered as competition for the likes of the Cooler Master V6 GT, Prolimatech Megahalems, and Thermalright Venomous X..... The performance of the Antec Kühler H20 620 was excellent, exceeding that of every other water cooler I've tested and encroaching on the performance range of the very best air coolers.
GFX - Nothing comes close to competing with the 560 Ti (900Mhz) on a price / performance basis at 1920 x 1200 ... 862 fps in SLI in Guru3D's testing to the 6970's 825 fps in CF....and cheaper than a 6950 flashed to a 6970. And the 560 To easily overclockable to 1000 MHz At 2560 x 1600, I'd get a 6970.
SSD - Nothing else even comes close.
HD - Unless you wanna spend another $100 for the Barracuda XT series, in the 1TB size, among the the WD Black, Seagate 7200.12 and Samsung F3 none is an overall winner and each all top their competitors in specific applications. Compare here and pick which does best in the apps you use:
=on&prod[3016]=on&prod[2365]=on]http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009-3.5-desktop-hard-drive-charts/compare,1016.html?prod[2777]=on&prod[3016]=on&prod[2365]=on
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