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If I had $1,600 this is what I would do. A hundred people here will tell you 100 different ways to spend $1,600.

For me and my needs...this is the one

It will leave you about $400 for a graphics card and CPU cooler. It really depends if you want ATI or Nvidia. The motherboard I selected is best for an Nvidia card. If you want an ATI card, you might want to look into another motherboard.

Case: LIAN LI Lancool PC-K62 for $120
Here

Case Fans: XIGMATEK White LED 140mm x 3 & 120mm x 1 = $50
120mm
140mm

Fan controller: ZALMAN MFC1 for $37
Here

PSU: CORSAIR 750HX for $170
Here

Motherboard: EVGA X58 for $230 (Nvidia Card)
Here

Motherboard: Not really sure what is the best for ATI card setup? One of the guys above picked some nice motherboards that would be good with an ATI card setup.

CPU: Intel Core i7-920 for $290
Here

RAM: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 6GB for $155
Here

Hard drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB for $75
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Just my 2 cents

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This is the System I just got minus the Monitor and keyboard and other peripherals:

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail - $144.98 free shipping ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119160 )

MOBO: ASUS M4A78T-E AM3 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail- $129.99 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131366 )

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor - Retail -$175.99 free shiping ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103674 )

PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-850HX 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail - $199.99 free shipping ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139011 )

RAM: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 996657 - Retail X 2 for a total of 8 GB- $99.99 ea free shipping ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146871 )

HDD: Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - $229.99 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136322 )

VGC: ASUS EAH5750/2DIS/1GD5 Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail - $144.99 ea. X2 in crossfire ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121351 )

CPU Cooling(for overclocking): ZALMAN CNPS9900LED 120mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler - Retail -$52.99 free shipping ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118046 )

I think that's it. Oh, also right now on newegg you get $22.00 off on the CPU and CPU cooler with combo deal.
Also you'll need to get an internal DVD reader at least, if not burner to install your OS, as I just recently discovered. I did not list my choice because the options and prices are endless and cheap.

That should easily be within your range.

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