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+1 for the EVGA GTX 780 Classified http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E8PAAUS. It's the best performing, most reliable, and best overclocking model of 780. EVGA also has the best support and warranty in the market.

Here is a link to a list of parts. I will mention that you probably want three HDD's so you can create a ZFS partition. I actually have almost this same exact build and really thought a modular PSU was going to be necessary but they are larger and don't fit as nicely. FreeNAS Build

Go with the Crucial M500 120GB http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BQ4F9ZA if you value performance and price or go with the Intel if you want the more reliable option. Personally, I'd go with the M500.

In that price range your best option is the Acer Aspire V3-772G-5413 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K2O4S0W which should do a pretty good job of playing all of the games you mentioned. You won't be able to play those games beyond medium settings and maintain great performance but unless you...

I agree, you're forced to move on from Windows 7 unless you want to buy another copy to install on whichever laptop you go with. I will also throw a vote to the Lenovo Y50 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K6ZIO2K. It has the GTX 860M and an i5 CPU which should be able to handle any moderately...

Definitely go with the MSI R9 290X Gaming http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00HQJBWIM. It's definitely the fastest card in that price range.

I would get the ASUS GTX 780Ti DCUII http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HSY1RVC. The costs of 780Ti have dropped quite a bit lately and if you choose to upgrade later to the 900 series you should be able to sell the 780Ti for almost what you paid for it.

Go with the Sapphire R9 280X TOXIC http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FLMKR78 if you want the faster all around card. It will also give bigger gains at higher resolutions as Gam3r01 mentioned.

Assuming this is for gaming at 1080p, get the ASUS R9 280X DCUII http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FT2S4BG if you want the most for your money and get the ASUS GTX 770 DCUII http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D3F7CFK if you want the more reliable card with more features and better driver support.

+1 for the i5-3570 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0083U94D8. Excellent CPU that will not bottleneck your your GPU. You could even make a hefty upgrade and still not be bottlenecked.

What Karsten said. You need to remove the CPU cooler, clean it, reapply thermal paste and re-install the cooler.

+1 for the Acer Aspire V3-772G-5413 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K2O4S0W! Great choice!