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iokke

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I was leaning towards HAF 932 as well because I read tons of good stuff about it (also the reviews on new egg). That's what ill shoot for. I think ill try to revise the build based on all other ones in here and post it soon.
 

iokke

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I actually did a coin toss on 920 vs AMD, and 920 won:) was leaning towards it as well so all good.

After your suggestions and given my love affair with 295 this is what i decided to try to get, if you could plz tell me if you think this is good.

Also Can you tell me if 900W Cooler Master PSU would be enough for eventual 2x GTX 295? Theres a -50 combo with the case;).

Also theres an even nice combo for i7 and this PSU, but never heard of the brand:
ABS DARK BERET series DB1000-M-BRZ Continuous 1000W@50°C ATX12V v2.3/ EPS12V v2.92 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817814017

Sorry for 1001 questions:)
Well, here's the build:

Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920
$279.99

XIGMATEK Dark Knight-S1283V 120mm Long Life CPU Cooler
$44.98

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
$139.99

COOLER MASTER Real Power Pro1000 RS-A00-EMBA 1000W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
$199.99

OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop
$99.99

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
$84.99

Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B
$31.99

EVGA 017-P3-1295-AR CO-OP Edition GeForce GTX 295 1792MB 896 (448 x 2)-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
$519.99

EVGA 141-BL-E757-TR LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX X58 SLI LE Intel Motherboard
$240

Total - 1641 + shipping = 1658.
I did not use any combos in this setup, my guess is i might be able to knock off about $50, bringing me to $100 over 1500 which is not a big deal.

A month later I will buy one of the SSDs you guys recommended. I want one but i think i can wait a month cause im at my limit atm (knock on wood, if i dont lose my job shouldnt be a problem). And another month later ill add a better monitor.

Still want to go with GTX 295, i know its overpriced and prolly bad call (as far as ratio of $ per what you get) but i dont mind paying $100 over 2x 4890 and losing a bit of performance at the moment, while having an option to upgrade to 2x 295 in a year or when is needed and having a lot more. One reason i thought of buying a different v. card is to upgrade it later to next generation or to wait till 295 drops.

One more thing, still im not sure about is the mobo. Im really thinking bout switching to:

ASRock X58 Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813157163
$170

its $70 cheaper and seems to be very similar to the evga board. Also do all x58 boards support sli and crossfire? or does the EVGA board only support SLI? Or does the Asus P6T SE Motherboard support SLI also? (only saw crossfire in specs thats why i changed it)
-70 will move me to almost my goal, but if the board at 250 is worth the extra money i dont mind paying.
hope i didnt forget any parts lol

p.s. although i stole most of the parts from different suggestions, think i learned a bunch about building pcs, so thanks for all the help and explanations why!:)