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Newegg.com - NZXT Phantom PHAN-001BK Black Steel / Plastic Enthusiast ATX Full Tower Computer Case
looking at that case now. Its a cheap, top-rated, full ATX tower with supposedly good cooling, good cable routing, and it has 2.5" compatibility on all the 3.5" slots incase i get the SSD.
i can get it in a combo with the corsair 750W PSU and get $20 off for a $230 total.
They make good cases. Even better if you can save some cash on a combo.
also though, would the OS being OEM put me at a disadvantage? is SP1 currently the highest version of win7?
No. They are identical. Save the money and get OEM. We all do (unless there's someone here who is braindead that I don't know about )
Newegg.com - EVGA 012-P3-1571-KR GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Newegg.com - ASUS ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
which one? the EVGA one comes with a 10 year warranty, the ASUS comes with a 3 year warranty. I have enough room for either one. If i do end up getting a second one for SLI later on, i'm not sure if my mobo will fit the 2 ASUS GPUs.
i'll probably not SLI though and just buy another single card later on, what do you recommend?
Either will work. I prefer the good warranty that EVGA has. It's a pretty popular GPU brand. In terms of SLI, I'm not up on that in the current market. But both cards look to be identical so you shouldn't see a difference between the two if you SLI either.