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Just as a followup I went ahead with some of this forum's suggestions:
Corsair 550D Case (based on this forum and the post on the case forum, which was really helpful)
i5 3570K + GB UD3H MB (microcenter bundle; I can't believe how cheap this combo was-big thanks for the heads up)
Corsair RAM...
Thanks for the comments, all. I'll plan on grabbing the Gigabyte board bundle. The displayport and esata are nice to haves, not required, so at this point I'll just save the money with the cheaper board.
I'll check out the other recommended cases and will possibly budget in buying some...
I'm retiring a 2006 Mac Pro (dual xeon 5150) that's gone through about 4 video card upgrades (currently have a HD5770) and is currently rather CPU bound. All my day to day work has long since moved to an i7 Macbook Pro, but I've still been gaming on the MP. Needless to say it's time for an...