[JayCat]

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

[cucubelu]

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

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

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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-

[Masterful1]

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?

[Hamaerox]

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.

[Matt]

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?