Originally Posted by SS_Firehawk

Build your gaming machine to your screen size, not e-peen size. For 1080P, stick with a 3570k-3770k cpu, 680 or 7970 (or similar combo), 8gb, a good 750w psu, and a good case. You could spend $1500-$2,000 and have a machine that will play everything and need minor updates as things progress. You don't need dual 680's unless you are running multi monitor or 2560x1600. I'll be updating my 560ti SLI combo when I get home in August, I've had it since Feb 2011. I'm finally running out of vram...