well then you would be better with intell soz i cannot really tell you which cpu to go for in that respect but at least a 4 core minimum and a beefy video card ..nvida vs ati/radeon...its a matter of $$ there as well the mad gamers use nvidia as there been around for a long time and suit intell better in my op..but as you have set your goal to 1500$$ max ..in what dollars ?? aud American i dont know that either ...if you want to over clock get an asus mobo..rog series"republic of gamers"..i think that speaks for it`s self ..if you intend on using 2 video cards at some point get a 1000 watt gold series power supply to start off with.corsair,,or similar . then your prolly going to be set no mater what you put in your case ..as for cases i have an antec "df-85" an excellent choice for a gamer..its around 150 aud..but you will be glad that you got one...i hope this has been of some help to you.. .