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#1 catasaurus
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Unless you're a graphic designer, drop down to:

Intel Core i5 2500K - The only different between 2600K and 2500K is the amount of threads per core. Essentially, the 2600k can handle more tasks at once, but the processing power is the same.

4-8 GB - any more than 8GB is a complete waste and can actually slow your system down

Hyper 212+ CPU Cooler - Don't go cheap on liquid cooling. If you're going to use a closed loop system, I'd recommend the H100 ($120) otherwise stick to air coolers.

HD6970 or GTX 570 - If you're going to go highend you either get one of these, and if you want more power, you put them in SLI/Crossfire.

The GTX 580 scales horribly in SLI and the 590 is inferior and costs more than the HD6990.

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#2 catasaurus
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You can drop down to a 2500k,8gb of ram is plenty(specialy it'd cost like 60$),drop the ssd to 128gb and the psu to a ~800\900wMonsieurX
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CPU: i7-2600K $314 GPU: gtx 590 (or should i go with a 570 or 580) 590 ($729.99) 570 superclocked ($334) 580 ($469) RAM: 16GB Kingston DDR3 HyperX 1600MHz $264 SSD: Intel 510 Series 250GB $564 HDD 1: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB $149 SSD: Intel 510 Series 250GB $564 HDD1: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB $149 Case: Cooler Master HAF X $189 PSU: Corsair HX 1050W $119 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7 $349 Liquid Cooling: $69 OS: Windows 7 Professional 64bit $79 i want to get this down to about $1600. right now it stands at $2710. Im sure $500 can easily be hacked off somewhere. Goal is to play games with awesome graphics and speed. also, please recommend me a good case. thanks much in advance.