hi boys. 6 months ago i wanted to buy a new pc but that didn't happen. since my laptop has become worse and worse, i'm going to do it now.

Best Mainstream Gaming PC | Hardware Revolution is pretty sexy. i pretty much followed it closely for tier 4 but added a few things. i assume this build will be fine but if jack/pascal/whomever has any advice, or anywhere i could save some $$ without affecting quality too much, holla. i wanted to stay under $1000 but i think that's pretty hard with a monitor. i already have a copy of win7 64 bit i can use.

GPU: AX7850 2GBD5-2DHPP Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 [$214.99]

CPU: Intel Core i5-3550 Ivy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core [$209.99]

Monitor: ASUS VH232H Glossy Black 23" 5ms Widescreen Full HD 1080p LCD [$159.99]

SDD: SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB SATA [$98.95]

MB: ASRock Z75 Pro3 LGA 1155 Intel Z75 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 [$84.99]

HDD: Western Digital 1 TB WD Blue SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache [$81.99]

PS: Rosewill HIVE Series HIVE-550 550W [$69.99]

Case: Corsair Carbide Series Black 300R Mid-Tower [$66.71]

RAM: CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) [$39.99]

HS: Corsair Air Series A50 Performance [$31.24]

SC: ASUS XONAR_DG 5.1 Channels PCI Interface Xonar DG Sound Card [$26.00]

Total: [$1,198.31]