First Computer Build, suggestions more than welcome!

[Fat.Clown]

I'd suggest you keep to the 960T vs the X4 970.
while the X970 is clocked higher, 3.5 vs 3.0 for 960T, the 960T has better memory controller. and it'll be very easy to increase the clock speed on the 960T to 3.5 Ghz since it is an unlocked processor. not only that, the 960 will run cooler as well.

 

[HeyItsRon]

Hello Hello Hello, I have taken everyone's suggestions and have come up with my final build (I think) as long as everything is compatible haha, so please look over it, feel free to call me an idiot if something isn't compatible (don't worry, I wont take too much offense to it lol)

Case - COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced Blue Edition $160 - $140(after rebate)

RAM - CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B $42.00

PSU - SILVERSTONE ST75F-P 750W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply $130 - $120(after rebate)

Motherboard - ASUS P8P67 DELUXE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS $210

CPU - Intel Core i5-2500 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I52500 $210

Graphics - EVGA 01G-P3-1561-KR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $230 - $210(after rebate)

Hard Drive - Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $140

CD/DVD - ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM $20

Grand Total - $1142 (I am okay with not reaching $1500, more money saved, the better)
Grand Total after rebates - $882

I want to thank everyone for their time in helping me decide on the components for my first build, as long as nothing is incompatible or a very poor decision on parts because I am not as knowledgeable, this is probably the setup I am going to go with. Like I said before, please feel free to call me an idiot if I screwed up on something, otherwise leaves your comments on how well you think it'll turn out

Thanks again!

Once the list is finalized, FINALIZED, I will begin my journey to getting all the components and going from there, I'll make sure to keep everyone informed!