Okay so this is what i have so far.

CPU - Intel 1366pin Core i7-950 $285
GPU - NVIDIA 1536M GTX580 Asus $539
MOBO - Intel Socket 1366pin ddr3 Asus Sabertooth $215
RAM - 6G Kit 16000 KingstonT1 $139
HDD - Seagate SATA3 1T $58
PSU - Silverstone Strider Plus 850W $169

Suggestions? Most likely will not be Over Clocking. Worth extra money for SSD? Price cap is around $1500 - $1700 for the box. Also could anybody suggest a good case and monitor?

Cheers.

Get a i5 2500 if you wont be overclocking, depending on your resolution get a gtx 560 or 6950....or 570 or 6950 if you want to spend a bit extra... still saving money and good performance compared to gtx 580. Get an SSD for boot drive definitely worth the money. I'll let someone else recommend the mobo and the rest.

you could buy this

CASE: Zalman Z9 Black
PSU: Silvertone Strider 750w (full modular)
MOBO: Asus P8P67 PRO
CPU: Intel i7-2600 3.4 GHz Quad Core, 8 Thread
RAM: Corsair 4GB (1x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz
HDD1: Corsair Force Series 60GB SSD
HDD2: Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3 7200rpm
ODD: Samsung SH-S223C Black Internal 22x DVD±RW
GPU: Galaxy GF GTX 570 PCI-E 2.0 1280MB
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with SP1

$1,749 delivered ready to run

nooooo dont take the sabertooth, its very bad for high overclocking you can't go over 4.2 MHz
gtx 580 is great

wonder how i got my cpu to 4.6ghz on a sabretooth then

what cpu? stable? 24/7? i can take my i7 970 to 4.7 but never stable and prime95 crashes

my 980x did it no probs, always stable

i was testing the board

even used the IDENTICAL settings from my E762 for a 4.5ghz and it was perfect

i tried that same setting on UD3r etc, and failed

ummm, do u think if I bought the Asus Rampage III Extreme would that help stability?

probably not, very nice board, but youll find its just ur chip

i hope so !

That should be good.

Get some good headphones too. Assuming you already have kb/mouse/pad.