Approximately $1000 i5-750 pc

[volt01]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming, and running engineering programs like AutoCAD

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Preferably under $1000 I think I could get him to go higher

3) Where do you live?
Pittsburgh PA

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
Everything except Monitor, keyboard and mouse

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Monitor

6) Will you be overclocking?
Yes

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
1920x1080

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Soon

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI
support? etc.
He doesn't really need anything fancy with the motherboard just one that is overclock friendly

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
Yep windows 7 64bit. Go being a college student.

Here is what I have built, Plan on ordering this very soon maybe tonight. Just checking if anyone sees any problems and or better deals.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289 DVD $24

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136283 750GB WD Caviar Black 65 after rebate

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277 4GB DDR3 $100 after rebate

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131620 ASUS Motherboard $130

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065 212 HSF $35

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.335362 125 Case and PSU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.339394 i5-750 and 5850.

Mainly is the powercooler gpu any good?
Also how is the psu is it good enough?

 

[volt01]

After reading reviews I don't really like that mobo could someone recommend me a better mobo. We definitely want one that will OC well.

 

[Corban227]

Antec makes good products that are reliable. also 650 watts is plenty. i have a 650 watt PSU on my 5870 with no issues. i haven't heard anything about power cooler but they only have a 2 year warranty unlike xfx's double lifetime warranty. why not spend just a tad bit more and get this graphics card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150455&cm_re=5850-_-14-150-455-_-Product

and if you live near microcenter get this processor
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0317379

only ends up being 20 dollars more and you get a better warenty on the card plus the factory over clocked card

there is a microcenter in philadelphia

Personaly, i like the way gigabytes boards are set up. for a better OC'ing board your gonna have to buy one that s about 160 but my Gigabyte UD2 over clocks fine and only cost 105

 

[Shadowssong]

PSU is good. The GPU itself is exactly the same as the others, that being said, what really seperates brands is their customer support, and from what I have read XFX is the only really good ATI manufacturer when it comes to warranty and replacement (as well as double lifetime warranty). Powercolor support is meh, I havent' really heard too many horror stories or too many praises.

 

[tspinning]

I just finished a $1k build for my buddy based off the i5-750 check my other thread in Gen Hardware for details, I'm really happy w/ the outcome (obv. would need a after market cooler if you're going to OC it- but you knew that anyway).