Uhh, incompatible mobo?
The processor in question would be a 975, and that needs to be
paired up with a Socket 1366 X58 mobo.
Get a 920 instead, and a nice X58 mobo, like the Gigabyte
EX58-UD3R or the ASUS P6T. 975s are not worth it, since they cost
more than 1k for the chip alone. 920+good mobo is about $800?
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium = $279?
CPU+mobo: i7 920 +, say, ASUS P6T-SE is about $760
RAM: Team Elite DDR3-1333 CL9 6GB (3x2GB kit) = $186 (3GB
kit $118)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda HDD 2TB (Unsure if Barracuda XT) =
$319
GPU: I would suggest the Radeon HD5870 instead. Cheaper, and
about the same performance. HD5870 = ~ $600, GTX295 = ~$800?
And there is no tangible benefit from the Barracuda XT's SATA
6GBit interface right now. Better performance is achieved via a
SATA 3GBit interface. It doesn't even saturate the 3GBit interface.
You might as well get 2 hard drives and stripe them, a.k.a AID 0
them.