Suggestions for a <$1500 rig

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Blandnuts

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Any suggestions about this line up? This will be used for gaming (1920 x 1080) and office work (two screens for work). Work programs are nothing too intense. I went with some of the parts being more capable of OC if necessary. OS will be windows 7 professional. Not including the 2 monitors at the bottom I'm at $1,214.93.

Thanks,
Fred

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

MOBO: MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9

GPU: EVGA SuperClocked 012-P3-1572-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support

PSU: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC

Hard drive:SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

CASE: Antec Twelve Hundred V3 Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

Monitor: Acer G215HAbd-1 Black 21.5" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 ACM 50,000:1
 
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daisymtc

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PSU - Would you consider SLi in future? If yes, consider 750W/ 850W
case - Do you really need full tower?
 
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Blandnuts

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I want a system that can grow, so it's possible in the future if the GPU becomes inadequate.

PSU: CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-750HX 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

I don't need a full tower, and after some thought I switched back to my original pick.

CASE: Antec Nine Hundred Two V3 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower

Any more suggestions?
 
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Compequip

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Blandnuts said:
I want a system that can grow, so it's possible in the future if the GPU becomes inadequate.

PSU: CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-750HX 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

I don't need a full tower, and after some thought I switched back to my original pick.

CASE: Antec Nine Hundred Two V3 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower

Any more suggestions?
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Build looks good. There are other mobo's to consider, but this MSI board gets good reviews and I can see why you picked it. Looks like you did your homework. I like this build, now build it =-)....:D Take some picks and post when your all done.
 
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Blandnuts

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Yeah, I was leaning towards the Gigabyte but after a little research the MSI MOBO seemed the the better fit. Hopefully pictures will be the next post and not "error."
 
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