Saved you a bit of money, and you could always go with an i5, but if you have the budget the i7 will serve you well: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3Inig
I do Music producing on the side and have video editing software. I dont mind the extra cpu power for those. I guess I could save on the power supply. It will be primarily business and gaming on the computer. Back in MLG days viewsonic was a great screen too... is the screen still a good deal? and thanks for all the reply!