My new (1st) gaming / music&media cpu build

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e_thorpe88

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Alright just looking for some recomendations on my system if i should change anything or if theres any spots i could save a few bucks but not lose any performance.

Items i have

Full version of Windows 7 Pro (sometimes it does pay to be a student lol)

Cooler master storm scout case

Cooler master V8 cpu cooler

An Lg optical drive

Items i plan to buy for the build

could i get away with the 600 or should i go with a 700
COOLER MASTER Silent Pro 600 RS-600-AMBA-D3 600W ATX12V V2.3 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171036&Tpk=silent pro 600

GIGABYTE GA-790XTA-UD4 AM3 AMD 790X SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128416

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

Need help choosing ram (want to stay around the $90- $140 range

2x Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB (in raid 0)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319

SAPPHIRE 100283L Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102858&cm_re=5770-_-14-102-858-_-Product

Also looking for a good 19"-23" Moniter might run dual moniters preferably and add a blu ray drive and anothre gpu in xfire

Thank you.
 
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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming and music/movies eventualy blu-ray
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$800-$1200
3) Where do you live?
Reno, NV
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
I need a mobo cpu ram hard drive & power supply
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
N/A
6) Will you be overclocking?
Maybe a little
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
I need a good recomendation like i said before and might run dual moniters (not included in my budget)
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within the next month but not crucial
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
RAID and maybe crossfire
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Yes windows 7 pro full version
 
 
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