Either the Panasonic P50ST30 or the Samsung PN51D550? just wanted to get some opinions as both seem to be the best option for my price range.

thanks, i 'll go with the superclocked 580 then.

sounds good, thanks for the advice.

i'll upgrade to the i-5 2500k and go with the gtx 580. is there much difference between the gtx 580 and the superclocked version?

i was under the impression that the i-5 2300 that i listed was quad-core. i originally had the i-7 2600k on there, but was told i didn't need that much for a gaming build.

here is the build so far:

Case - COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Compucase Case with USB 3.0 and Black Interior

Motherboard - ASUS P8Z68-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

SSD - Intel 320 Series SSDSA2CT040G3K5 2.5" 40GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

PSU - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

CPU - Intel Core i5-2300 Sandy Bridge 2.8GHz (3.1GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52300

Memory - CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Disk Drive - LITE-ON Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 8MB Cache SATA 12X Blu-ray Burner with Blu-ray 3D feature IHBS112-29 - Blu-Ray Burners

OS - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - Operating Systems

I use a 50 inch plasma (panasonic TC-P50ST30 1080p 3D) for gaming on my PS3, so I want to use it for the computer too. The computer is being built with the idea that Elder Scrolls: Skyrim will be played on the highest settings. I realize the highest resolutions are on the smaller computer monitors,I just like playing on the big screen HDTV from the couch. With that in mind, I've had two recommendations on video cards on a separate forum. One suggesting the GTX 590 and another suggesting 2 superclocked GTX 570's SLI. The reviews from tom's hardware seem to indicate that 2 570's is way to go. Any opinions would be helpful, as I am not very knowledgeable on the subject.

thanks

Dragon Age: Origins should be out in November.

Alpha Protocol also looks promising.

PS1 - FF VIII

PS2 - GTA: Vice City

PS3 - Oblivion (hoping Dragon Age will take its place)