Thoughts on this PC build?

[burvowski]

I haven't built a PC in years so I'm worried I'm not going with the best build. Some background info: I will be doing mostly gaming and torrenting and general tasks on it for the next year and then I'll be moving. Next year, I'll be starting law school and will probably not have that much time to do much gaming beside the occasional L4D or something. Also, I will have a crappy monitor (19", low resolution) for this year and won't be able to buy a new one until next year. With this in mind, I'm worried the build might be a bit overkill. So far, the build has come out to be around $700 and I wouldn't mind getting it cheaper, but if I have to sacrifice something that I know I will be upgrading in the future (<2 years) anyway, then I might as well splurge now, right? I've marked the one's I'm worried about over-kill for with a *. Also, let me know if I am unknowingly buying something incompatible with the rest of the build. Thanks in advance for any advice!

edit: This will be a Windows build, btw. Still love Linux!


*CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Quad-core: $189 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103674

(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103674)
*Mobo: Gigabyte MICRO atx: $89.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128397
OR
Asus ATX for also $89.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131397

(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131397)
*Memory: G.Skill 4 GB (2 x 2) DDR3: $85 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193 (should I just go with DDR2? only 2 gigs?)


*Video card: Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 - 1 gig, DX11, crossfire support: $159 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102858 (I chose this because it's a DX11 card for under $200 and I can always get a second down the line, but I'm also thinking I could get away with a much cheaper 512 meg card...thoughts?)


Harddrive: WD 1 TB, $85 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136317

(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136317)
*Still trying to decide between these three for the case, could really use some input on this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811156062
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146058
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066

(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066)
and a $30 Samsung DVD writer, and a $20 Microsoft ergonomic keyboard

[LowSky]

Get the Antec case, you wont be disapointed.

those boards need DDR3, I would recommend this MB so you can go crossfire in the future
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128384

I know its out of stock but this hard drive is faster, the one you picked is only 5400RPM, which will be annoying slow for loading, or even caching 1TB size drive.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

Video card is fine,

memory is good if not a bit expensive (it was almost $20 less a month ago)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

Also there is some good combo deals with that processor, take a look, and save uup to $45
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductCombos.aspx?Item=N82E16819103674&SubCategory=343&SortField=0&PageSize=10&page=1


Here is my next set up

Lian Li Case (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112194)
Mushkin 4GB DDR3-1600 RAM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146871)
AMD Phenom 2 955 BE and GIGABYTE GA-MA790FXT-UD5P AM3 DDR3 AMD 790FX ATX (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.272110)
Lite-On DVD Burner (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106335)
Logitech Illuminated Keyboard -- which I got for like 1/2 price a month ago (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126043)
RAZER Lachesis Mouse (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826153020)
And Im going to wait on the graphics card and reuse a Nvidia 8600Gt until more DX11 cards are out