Phillips head screw driver

Sledge hammer

Have one of your friends hold the screw driver on the hard drive while you hit it with a sledge hammer. Record yourself doing this and post it online if an accident happens.

I personally love the Antec LanBoy cases.

They got it in Blue/Black and Yellow/Black.

You will need a crossover cable, but I've never done that before, so I'm not sure how you go about it. You may just be able to map to the drive once you have your crossover cable, not sure.C_Rule

Run FallOut 3 with several mods as well fine on Win 7 x64 without a problem.

Not really, sure your starting off late, but it's not like Eve Online where the longer you've played the more skills you have.

Blizzard has made it so that it's faster to get from 1 to 80.

It's not really "spending more on this PC" as much as it is investing on a CPU cooler that will work on future computers.

Is your rear case fan a 120mm fan or capable of holding a 120mm fan? It may be worth it, if your budget allows, to pick up a Corsair H50 self-contained water cooling system.

Are you limited in height in your case or what?

SeaSonic 520w PSU- $60

ASRock 870 EXTREME3 Motherboard - $90

MSI Hawk GeForce GTX 460 1GB - $230

Price is the same, performance is better. You can redeem a $20 MIR on the video card, so it'ls slightly cheaper AFTER purchase.

Looks good to me. You'll be able to upgrade to a hexa core CPU if you ever want to. No option for CrossFire though, so if you want to ever to to increase your graphic performance you'll need to get a new mobo or a higher end video card.

I would suggest possibly upgrading your motherboard to this Gigabyte 890GX GA-890GPA-UD3H motherboard for better future upgradability.