Build me a great 1000$ DX9 build

processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115015 $170

video card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130082 $280

motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128012 $130

ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820340029 $85

windows vista http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116196 $90

dvd drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136083 $18

power supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817101021 $55

total= $828 and i didn't include a hardrive because i didn't know if you had a good one and i didn't include a case because thats really something you have to pick out 

You want micro-ATX for cooling reasons? Those are almost always hotter than standard ATX boards. That being said, there aren't any decent Micro-ATX boards for a Core 2 Duo processor anyway, at least not compared to what you can get in the standard ATX format.

That being said, you can get a good 965P/650i board, an E6420, X1950XT (which is faster than the 7950GT), 2x1GB DDR2 800 RAM, Lite-On SATA DVD RW drive, Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB drive, Cooler Master Centurion 5 case, and Silverstone ST50EF-Plus power supply for $915 shipped. Throw in a copy of Windows XP, and that'll make your grand - if you already have it, you can upgrade the processor, get a bigger hard drive, add some lights, get an aftermarket CPU cooler, new case fans, or whatever you want.

Get a HX620, 100watt more than the HX520, so there's even more power.acidburn2

No kidding? Why would he need that much power right off the bat though? The HX520 can handle two 8800GTS cards in SLI if he gets the setup I recommended, or any of the others I've seen here.

Umm.. you would be stupid to get the 7950gt. Yes, the 8800 supports dx10, but it still crushes the 7950gt in dx9.Baselerd

well you can consider this

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/ultraxlc.asp?v=d#configurator_top

chose the cheapest case the Xion i think, downgrade ram to 512mb, take out both GPU, get a single 500GB HD, get rid of the dvd/rom, get rid of speaker, mouth and keyboard, and take out Vista Premium

=$479. -20 MIR=459

buy this ram http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/ultraxlc.asp?v=d#configurator_top $108

8800GTS 320mb

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116196 $260

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116196 Vista $90

sell that stupid 512mb ram on ebay for like 20

X2 6000+, 2gb DDR2-800, 8800GTS 320MB, 500GB HD

$897

Link

Look through these benchies. 60% faster is pretty significant. They don't have the 320MB version though, so this only really applies for 1280x1024 and below.