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Here is what I have in my newegg basket. It is $886 delivered. Trying to keep it under $1000. Tell me your thoughts.

I already have an HD 7770 graphics card.

Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6811147153

ASUS 24X DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6827135204

Rosewill RDRD-11003 2.5" SSD / HDD Mounting Kit for 3.5" Drive Bay w/60mm Fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6817997035

Cooler Master GX - 650W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6817171052

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820231468

SAMSUNG P3 500GB USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6822152407

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6835103099

Seagate 600 Series ST240HM000 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820248016

AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8350FRHKBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819113284

ASRock 970 EXTREME4 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813157262

Honestly... stay away from Radeon. Their gpu's have fallen behind significantly when comparing to Nvidia. Check out some of their latest bench marks.


Best SSD on the market for a decent price: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820147193


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...2TY1416063

This baby has a better life time than the one you posted. Although you probably should get a normal HD for software installations and what not. Cheaper and easier in the end-

I am going to have to agree with Cucu on the graphics. NVIDIA > ATI. The only other thing I would add is that I don't think that PSU is going to be good enough for this build. Probably closer to a 800W should be good. Other than that, looks like a solid system. What kind of plans do you have for it?

Voting for NVIDIA as well. What about the monitor, mouse, and keyboard? If you have an awesome computer, you should have an awesome set up as well.

The SSD mounting kit seems a bit excessive, why do you need one with a fan?

+1 on the Samsung SSD too. I only use Samsung or Intel SSD's.

Why not go with a Blu-Ray Burner/Reader rather than DVD?