Wow thanks for the reply's guys. I have been at work the last two days and just got back to the thread.
My budget right now is about $850-900, so I have some flexibility to build a pretty beefy computer. I considered buying a pre-built, but I want to know how to build my own PC, so as time goes on and I need to upgrade myself, I won't feel intimidated in doing so.
Oh 1 thing regarding the construction of you PC,. and maby the most important thing of all!!!
HEATPASTE!!!!!! and the use of it.
LESS IS MORE! trust me on this, a very very common thing i see is people slapping on too much thinking it will help, where infact is only buffers the heat exchange and causes a lot of over heating problems.
Noted, thank you!
I don't even know if they make the damn things anymore, but avoid a cpu heatsink that uses push pins. They're very intimidating for a first-time builder (like I was). Almost broke my motherboard, and I did break the heatsink eventually. Backplates are sooo much easier.
If I could go back and tell myself one thing, it would be pay more attention to the size of the case and the size of the components. The gpu I ended up with barely fit in it, and there was no room for hiding cords.
Good to know, i'll keep that in mind.
Okay, so step one, get a components list together, doing some research right now.
I actually bought a computer about 7 months ago for ~450$. It uses AMDs trinity APU processors, and its set up to easily run crossfire with another card, so on one hand I could just upgrade the PSU and install my other GPU, but my concern is that I wont have room to upgrade it further, and won't get the results that I want from my current setup.