Doing a lot of research with my friend, whose also building a similar set up, we revised our list of components tell me what ya think.

-AMD PHENOM II X4 955 Black Edition (purchased)
-MSI 790FX
-XFX HD 4890 (purchased)
-Corsair 750w PSU (purchased)
-Western Digital Caviar Black 750gb (purchased)
-SteelSeries iKari mouse  (purchased)


-(RAM UNDECIDED) - looking into 1333 rams since from what we hear 1333 vs 1600 shows negligible real world performance differences.
- (DISPLAY UNDECIDED) looking into 24" 1920X1080 display.

Looking good so far, wish I could have some stuff like that, but I'm ok with my 8800gt and 6600 quad core for now.

If cash isn't too much of an issue I would strongly recommend a Samsung Touch of Color series LCD monitor. I have the T260HD model, which is a 26" 1920x1200 LCD with cable, HDMI and component inputs. If you don't want/need anything other than VGA/DVI there's the T260.

If you're set on a 24" the model line has different sizes too.

The whole series is kind of expensive but I absolutely adore mine. Would definitely buy it again.

I would have went with intel, but thats only because im a sellout.

I have this apprehension against ATI / AMD (I know they're the same now).  From back a long time ago when buying a AMD CPU was asking for trouble, and the time I bought an ATI 9800 and it worked like total crap.

 and has zero input lag just like a CRT monitor

" @Agnogenic said:

 and has zero input lag just like a CRT monitor

Is there timing tests to prove that or are you just making that up?  You know the tests where people take a photo of a CRT and the LCD with that timing software running? "

Looks pretty good, Jman522.

I think all AM3 motherboards have the SB750 southbridge which eliminates some of the Phenom overclocking problems from earlier chipsets (mainly over-voltage, heat issues, and stability when overclocking).  Sometimes it is beneficial to add some heatsinks to the mosfets on your chipset.  Your board doesn't need it, though.

I just looked at the DDR3 2133Mhz RAM at the egg and saw that the following will be arriving in early July:

• G.SKILL Perfect Storm 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17066): $279.99 (approximately $47/GB)

Wow!  That's expensive RAM!  LOL

The timing and voltage would have to be taken into consideration, since the motherboard default detection settings may not be configured properly.  You do have to worry about bottleneck which caps the performance of your other components if the frequencies aren't matched up (Slower RAM might bottleneck the performance of that killer video card you have listed).

Everyone has opinions on building computers and I must admit  I'm no expert, but I would do some research to find out how to match up the frequencies of video cards and RAM so that you do not end up capping your system's potential (without breaking the bank, of course).  Also, you might want to invest in an after-market CPU heatsink/fan or look into a water-cooling kit, especially if you are going to overclock.

Cheers and good luck!

Good call on the ASUS monitor, my friend has one and it's wonderful for the price.

" also debating between 1920x1080 vs 1920x1200. i'll be mainly using it for gaming, and I'm a big fan of width over height of a screen. Just a personal preference.
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