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You may as well build a cheaper AMD system that will match the i7 920 - the Phenom x4 965 has dropped in price. Match it to a 790GX board such as a Gigabyte MA 790 GPT UD3H.
Incidentally, that card is too weak for gaming at high resolutions.
As I said, is this for gaming? The GPU is weak.
Yes, but this is the PC I built for myself:
Excellent gaming performance in 7
The only thing you could change is the CPU to a 965 - I went dual-core just for gaming as quad is just starting. Also, get an 80% efficient PSU. You will not regret it. The price for it was just right.
Come to terms with your socket choice first.
I have not looked at the Intel roadmap in several months.
The last I looked, the roadmap for 1366 was unclear over the longer term. I think there will be a 6 core processor (Gulftown) in the next few months, but beyond that it wasn't clear recentlly.
The roadmap may have been updated??
There is certainly no issue with 1366 being high performance as it stands now, but if you are the type to upgrade processors, you might be faced with a motherboard upgrade when you do change processors---depending on what Intel has up its sleeve for that socket.
The 1156 roadmap is clearer and not lacking in power either.
Pick your poison.
Nice:)
The PSU is 80% efficent:)
I had a look at the 3dmarks site on the bench test's the 4890 usally scores about 3000 more than the 5750, i could go for the 1GB 4870 GDDR5,theres only a deficit of 1400 in the scores and costs about €10 more than the 5750:)
I wouldnt be one for changing proccessor no,so that wouldnt be a problem:)
Then you are pretty much set, assuming you want Intel and the 1366 socket.
SSDs give a very obvious bang, the shortcoming being price per GB.
You might want to run with the stock cooler and fans in the beginning. After you familiarize yourself with the the PC, you can consider overclocking and experiment with it while monitoring temps.
If temps go beyond your comfort zone, replace heatsink. If they don't, continue at stock.