new build help:

[SpANiSH]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? multiple adobe products will be open at the same time, maybe some light gaming.

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? 700-1000usd

3) Where do you live? ny (10 min for microcenter)

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
case,cpu,powersupply,mobo,vidcard,hdd,ram,dvd burner (1 or 2, depending on how close i am to the top of the budget). it will be a complete working system.

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model. none

6) Will you be overclocking? no

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have? i think its a 17in wide screen, not really sure... building this for a friend.

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

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? etc.
firewire, usb3.0(2.0 is sufficient aswell)

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit? i will be getting 64 windows 7 for the build.

id like to be able to purchase all parts at microcenter because time is of the essence. i would like it to be a core i7, but i am willing if necessary to go to an i5.
6gb of ram would be optimal.
and i was looking into a evga gtx260 or so for the vid card.

 

[SpANiSH]

Intel Core i7 860 Processor Boxed

01G-P3-1366-TR NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE 1024MB GDDR5 PCIe 2.0 x16 Video Card

131-GT-E767-TR X58 SLI 3 LGA 1366 X58 ATX Motherboard

Viper II Series, Sector 7 Edition 6GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9 Enhanced Latency Triple Channel Desktop Memory Kit (Three 2GB Memory Modules)

700W StealthXStream ATX Power Supply

NZXT BETA EVO CLASSIC ATX CASE (cheapest case i could find that supported atx)

LightScribe 24X Internal Triple Format SATA DVD Burner

Caviar Black 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive WD1002FAEX - OEM

how does that sound. i just want to make sure that everything will work together. ive never bought non compatible hardware, i dont want this time to be my first.

 

[tiraides]

Some of the parts that you've chosen are good, but others are bad. Here's a different build to consider, with all of the parts coming from Micro Center:

$170 - AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
$85 - Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H
$95 - Corsair XMS 2x4GB DDR3-1333
$60 - Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB HDD
$17 - LG GH22NS50 SATA DVD burner
$185 - Gigabyte GV-N460OC-1GI GeForce GTX 460 1GB PCI-E 2.0
$72 - Antec HCG-520 520W power supply
$36 - Thermaltake V3 Black Edition ATX mid-tower case
$110 - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OEM
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$830 - Subtotal (not including taxes, rebates, or any other fees or savings)

I went with an AMD-based build due to cost savings and Intel's recent Sandy Bridge mess. Though all of the Socket 1155 boards are bad (long story short, there's a flaw in the SATA 3.0Gbps controller) and it will take months to "fix" the issue, Sandy Bridge is still better performance-wise than any other Intel option available. Since Photoshop is the priority, I went with the six-core Phenom II X6 1055T and 8GB of DDR3 RAM. The board that I chose for you has two additional RAM slots if you wish to double the RAM capacity at some point in the future.

Though the HCG-520 is a relatively new model from Antec, it's based off an old friend of some of us in the [H]. OCZ power supplies like the StealthXtream 700W PSU you're considering are of generally inferior quality. Don't worry about the wattage level, as 520 watts is overkill for your needs.

Ideally, I'd recommend an SSD for the OS and your key programs and a large capacity drive for everything else. Since I didn't want to burst your budget, I went with a large capacity drive that is also pretty fast (though not faster than any SSD available) -- hence, the Samsung.

Micro Center supposedly has a 20% discount if you buy all of your components from the B&M store as well as a separate discount for an AMD processor and motherboard bundle. I don't know which discounts are available at your store or whether they can be combined with other "deals," so that may be something you'll have to research before you start shopping.

 

[Dangman]

I concur with tiraides' recommendations/post. But to further elaborate on your poor choices:

Intel Core i7 860 Processor Boxed

131-GT-E767-TR X58 SLI 3 LGA 1366 X58 ATX Motherboard

That CPU will not work with that motherboard as they use entirely different sockets.

01G-P3-1366-TR NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE 1024MB GDDR5 PCIe 2.0 x16 Video Card

Really overpriced for a gimped card.

Viper II Series, Sector 7 Edition 6GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL9 Enhanced Latency Triple Channel Desktop Memory Kit (Three 2GB Memory Modules)

Very very overpriced and too high voltage: You can get lower voltage and more RAM that provides the same real world performance for a little more than that Viper II RAM. I.e the Corsair RAM that tiraides picked out

700W StealthXStream ATX Power Supply

Both the StealthXStream 700W and StealthXStream 2 700W are low quality PSUs. The StealthXStream 700W is actually worse than the 2 version since it's only capable of 500W in real world conditions. The StealthXStream 2 700W is slightly better with it being capable of 600W safely. So yeah go with the Antec HCG-520. It's of far far better quality than most OCZ PSUs.

Caviar Black 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive WD1002FAEX - OEM

Despite the SATA 6.0Gb/s interface, that WD HDD performs roughly the same as the Samsung F3 1TB that tiraides recommended. So you can shave off $35 here by going with that Samsung drive.