Starting to get parts list together for another build and could use some advice/suggestions.

Hows the mobo look? Should I aim higher?

Also not sure on the CPU, does it have the stones needed or should I upgrade?

Case

MOBO

Video Cards (dual)

CPU

Power Supply

Memory

 

Hmm, Dual nVidia GTX 560 on an AMD motherboard ain't going to work. Everything else looks good. While you are putting it together fresh might I suggest you invest in a liquid cooler? A Corsair H80 or H100 will give you quite a bit of overclocking headroom (and quieter operation over an air cooler) and is much easier to install fresh since they require a backplate switch.

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Crosshair IV Formula, Phenom II x4 965 w/ Corsair H60, 8 GiB OCZ Platinum DDR3 1600, XFX HD 7970 Ghz, 512GB Vertex 4, 256GB Vector, 240GB Agility 3, Creative X-Fi Titanium w/ Creative Gigaworks S750, SeaSonic X750, HP ZR2440w, Win 7 Ultimate x64

This mobo features "Multi-display Support with 3-way SLI and 3-way CrossFireX"

Anyhow.. I'd be tempted to go with one GOOD vidcard rather than multiple.

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#1: Phenom II C2 955BE @ 3.6, Antec Kuhler 920, Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DS5, Asus 5870/V2, ASUS Xonar D2X, 4 x 1gig OCZ2N1066SR2GK @800, Antec Truepower New 750, Arc Midi, Win8pro x64 upgrade
#2: Athlon 64 X2 4200+, AGP 1950pro, Audigy 2, Asus A8V-D, 2gig ram,  Enermax 465P, Antec900. Now on Win8pro cat 10.2

And what would that one card be in your opinion?

I'm a biased AMD fan so a 7970, or if you can wait a bit, I suspect the 8970 will be even better.

 

And just curious.. looking at that case. What da heck is that big black blob at the bottom center of the case? Is that just a parts box? Is there a grommeted hole there for passing PSU wiring through?

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#1: Phenom II C2 955BE @ 3.6, Antec Kuhler 920, Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DS5, Asus 5870/V2, ASUS Xonar D2X, 4 x 1gig OCZ2N1066SR2GK @800, Antec Truepower New 750, Arc Midi, Win8pro x64 upgrade
#2: Athlon 64 X2 4200+, AGP 1950pro, Audigy 2, Asus A8V-D, 2gig ram,  Enermax 465P, Antec900. Now on Win8pro cat 10.2

And you'd trust nVidia and AMD drivers to play nice with each other without issue? I wouldn't. But I do agree with Hardwood that a single more powerful card trumps two cards of equal on paper performance, because you have drawbacks when you use multiple GPU's (microstuttering, non linear scaling, etc). I would say wait for the HD 8000 series as well, they're generation 2 Graphics Core Next which should boost game performance like gen 1 boosted GPGPU performance. The other components you can pick up now if you find them on a good holiday sale.

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Crosshair IV Formula, Phenom II x4 965 w/ Corsair H60, 8 GiB OCZ Platinum DDR3 1600, XFX HD 7970 Ghz, 512GB Vertex 4, 256GB Vector, 240GB Agility 3, Creative X-Fi Titanium w/ Creative Gigaworks S750, SeaSonic X750, HP ZR2440w, Win 7 Ultimate x64