New PC for $800, including monitor

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Approximate Purchase Date: This week

Budget Range: 800, before rebates

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, surfing the web

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, os, speakers

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: new egg

Country of Origin: USA

Parts Preferences: by brand or type: I don't know

Overclocking: Doubt it

SLI or Crossfire: Possibly in the future, but probably not

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200
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Additional Comments: Help me pick out some parts for my new PC!
 
Just a question, do you have a local microcenter? Also are you in the state of California? Newegg taxes CA residents and a few others so you may want to stray from the Egg if you are in CA.

Check out my $550 build here!
http://www.squidoo.com/electronicandmore
Then change the i3 2100 to the i5 2400 (+70)
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i5-2400-Processor-3-10GHz-LGA1155/dp/B004EBUXIA%3FSubscriptionId%3D19BAZMZQFZJ6G2QYGCG2%26tag%3Dsquid1240995-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB004EBUXIA
Then change the GTX 560 for the 6950 2GB/1GB or the 560 Ti.
Sapphire 6950 2GB Dirt3 (+100)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102945&Tpk=6950%202GB%20Dirt3
HIS 6950 1GB IceQ Turbo (+80)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161373&Tpk=6950%201gb%20his
MSI Twin Frozr 560 Ti OC (+80)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127565&Tpk=msi%20560%20ti%20oc
Should total you at $700. Now that's a rough estimate it could be less or more. But in any matter, it should allow you to get this monitor.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009306
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153 $49.99 FREE SHIPPING
Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm Fan, 1x Rear 120mm Fan, option Fans-2x Side 120mm Fan

http://www.buy.com/prod/xfx-pro-xps-550w-sew-atx12v-eps12v-power-supply-85-efficiency-550-w/q/loc/101/220520762.html $60.24 + FREE SHIPPING
XFX Core Edition PRO550W (P1-550S-XXB9) 550W ATX12V 2.2 & ESP12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

http://www.amazon.com/ASRock-H61M-VS-Intel-Micro-Motherboard/dp/B004S9JXPW/ref=sr_1_5?m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1313371950&sr=1-5 $59.99 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping
ASRock H61M-VS Intel H61 Micro ATX DDR3 1333 Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.695773 $221.98 FREE SHIPPING
Intel Core i5-2300 Sandy Bridge 2.8GHz (3.1GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52300
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model 996770

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Spinpoint-Cache-Desktop-HD103SJ/dp/B001U3S5S0/ref=sr_1_1?m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1313196236&sr=1-1 $59.79 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping
Samsung 1 TB Spinpoint 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.5 inch Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive HD103SJ

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-SATA-Internal-Drive-AD-7260S-0B/dp/B003MRHOQG/ref=dp_cp_ob_pc_title_2 $19.99 Free Standard Shipping (3-5 days)
Sony 24X SATA Internal DVD+/-RW Drive AD-7260S-0B - Bulk (Black)

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-PCI-Express-Graphics-01G-P3-1460-KR/dp/B0050I1PHO $184.88 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 1024 MB GDDR5 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card 01G-P3-1460-KR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254058 $139.99 FREE SHIPPING Save $20 w/ promo code EMCKBKA24, ends 8/15
Hanns-G HL227DBB Black 21.5" 5ms Full HD LED BackLight LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 X-Contrast 15,000,000:1

Total: $796.96 *not including promo codes