Finally The Ivy Build

You could cut cost

HDD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

MOBO http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Sound Card are not really needed ( less you have another reason to use it ) on board sound is fine

RAM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

CASE ( really what you like ( Some to look at )

550D http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

600T http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

500R http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

CM HAF XM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

CM HAF 922 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

The list goes on and on

Drop that motherboard and get a Asus Z77 Sabertooth.
$629 for a GTX 670??? Drop that and get a 7970
Drop that crappy PSU in favor get a Corsair HX850!
You don't have a case? Get the Corsair 500R
Drop that SSD for A Mushkin Chronos 120GB
Drop that HDD for a WD Black 1TB 7200
Grab an H100 for cooling
Grab a plain old Razer Deathadder mouse black edition
Grab the Sidewinder X4 keyboard

Now with all the money I saved you grab a nice monitor or 3 of them

A gtx 670 is not $629, i think you have mistaken it for a 680 lul

gtx 670 > 7970

Plus the gtx 670 is cheaper than the 7970

Instead of the H100 get a Noctua NH-D14, it performs better and is cheaper.

Not true anymore with the new driver the 7970 now beat the 680gtx shame on me.

It doesn't beat it. It now matches its performance.

Monitor: 27" rez 2560x1440p IPS panel 310$: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?LH_ItemCondition=3&_saca...

loving link: http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?&m=1549711&mpage=1

case Aerocool strike x 180$: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...
feature link: http://www.aerocool.us/strikex/strikex_st_black.html
Would have been my choice if I didn't wanted a clear side panel. Awsome case really.

CPU: Either an i5-3570k 230$ for gaming http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
or i7-3770k 350$ for heavy video editing and professional need (won,t do anything for gaming): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Mobo: So many good mobo I'd say its depend you can go extream with the p8z77-WS at 340$: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... (it feature 4x PCIe 3.0 if you ever want to go 4x sli, its ubber for extream overclocking).
But the average gamer will be happy with a 200$ or or so mobo from asus or gigabyte like: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Even a 140$ may make you happy

GPU: one or two 680gtx goes from 520$ to 600$ or 1000$+ for a 690gtx. Go for the hd7970 if you prefer AMD over Nvidia. If you go Nvidia I personaly love the EVGA product a lots.

Ram: Corsaire vengence or Gskill at 1600Hz go for 2x4g or 4x4g or 2x8g (32gb only if you do a ton of video editing or 3d rendering) 50$ to 100$ depend what you want at 1600Hz: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

CPU cooler ()you'll need one if you ever overclock): For 35$ thats an awsome one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... You can just buy an extra fan to make it even bether.
Also that one is awsome and silente for 65$: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
You can search around their is a ton of good ones that come with 2fan (so you don,t have to manuly buy an extra one) for 50$+ antec, thermalteke and coolermaster are all good brands

PSU: 750w or so for 110$ ish (go for a lower one if you wont ever go crossfire/sli but don,t mess with a cheap one). Corsaire, Antec and seasonic are good ones: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Mouse 80$ + if your an MMO player that one is awsome: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Razer and logitech make awsome mouse:

Keyboard 50$ to 100$. The sidewinder is really awsome two of my friend own it and I can,t belive its just a 50$ keyboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

The g510 is a sure value at 95$:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
g19 if you want a bether screen at 150$: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=23-126-...

So depend on your choice its between 1745$ to 2325$.
Add 500-600$ if your going sli/CF GPUs
Add the price of extra monitor (2 monitor is awsome when you must follow step for tweaking your program and 3 is for extream gaming).
Change the air CPU cooler for an hybrid solution (+ 100$ or so)
Go watercooling (500$ to several thousands)
Add the speaker price (from 20$ + several thousands).

Take in note that you won't see much difference betwin the 1745$ and the 2325$ if your not using the extra features (But going sli/CF would have a huge impact).

Case = HAF 922 or 932 if you can afford. Bloody lovely cases.

Best answer selected by dhcollegedude715.

Or HAF XM.