I rounded up the prices. What do you think of this system? Motherboard - $410 ASUS P9X79 DELUXE LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131799 CPU - $360 Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501 64GB MEMORY - $480 CORSAIR Vengeance 64GB (8 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233331 Video Card - $600 GIGABYTE GV-N680OC-4GD GeForce GTX 680 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125448 Soundcard - $200 ASUS Xonar Essence STX Virtual 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Express x1 Interface 124 dB SNR / Headphone AMP Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829132010 Drives - $60 2 - LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer Internal http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106352 Hard Drive - $200 Seagate SV35 Series ST3000VX000 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148901 Total comes to about $2310
I would recommend www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Core/P67/C7P67.cfm as a motherboard and definitely use OCZ Vertex 4 or Intel 520 Series SSD for OS Have a look at super quiet chassis too http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/tower/?chs=732
when you going to buy new PC, mostly i think about the motherboard and CPU and dell provide best range of all accessories make a good PC
It's a good idea to consult Toms Hardware's recommendation for the best processor and graphics card for the money...they update these lists every few months
Man ! To be honest this is wicked stuff you have named here ! If you've already got you, dunno about others but I seriously envy you !