I just built myself a desktop almost a year ago. Here's the full specs: (I'd recommend going the intel route, though. I just got the vishera cpu due to my AMD fanboysim. 'slowly hides NVIDIA GPU'). FX 6300 - CM TX3 - EVGA ACX SC GTX 760 - CX500 - Gigabyte 970a-d3p - 256 GB SSD + 32 GB SSD - 750 GB HDD + 1 TB HDD - ASUS PB278Q 1440p IPS monitor - Lite On DVD drive - WinTV-HVR-1250 - ASUS Xonar DX - Rosewill Challenger - 2 module 8 GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600 MHz CL9 RAM - Sennheiser HD 280 Note that various parts of my current PC were scavenged from two laptops, an old oem dell desktop, and a Playstation 3 (long story). I do have some extra hdd's and monitors laying around. I also have a hexa-core i7 CPU without a motherboard. Never found a need to buy an expensive mobo for a better proc. Some pics of the 'clean' 'cable management'. The Franken Desktop. I admit the picture is terrible. I blame it on the terrible lighting.