Tomshardware has many best ____ for the dollar lists that are my go to lists for this. Here's some direct links.
I don't spend much on cases. I like mundane Chevy styling but jet power under the hood.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-intel-amd-motherboard,3902.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html
As to your essential comment, I'm sure you read this:
"Our tests demonstrate fairly little difference between a $225 LGA 1155 Core i5-2500K and a $1000 LGA 2011 Core i7-3960X, even when three-way graphics card configurations are involved. It turns out that memory bandwidth and PCIe throughput don't hold back the performance of existing Sandy Bridge-based machines. "
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-4.html
With that out of the way, I really like a SSD (as long as folk backup what they can't lose)
Read -> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-recommendation-benchmark,3269.html
Bob
I'm a novice when it comes to configuring a gaming computer and am looking for some advice. I want to have the nvidia 980 graphic card in a new configured system as i hear it is the latest and greatest. What other components. ie motherboard, processor etc would be essential to get the most out of the video card and system?
Any advice would be appreciated
Mike

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