first build!!

[tbonehmb]

alright so i've finally seen the light, and it is time to ditch my crappy macbook pro. i've gotten a lot of great info so far from this website and just want to clarify my parts before i go into building process. my main reason for building is gaming, i play on a 27 inch monitor. this is the mac led display and i have an adapter for it, but if you know whether or not that would be problematic please let me know. I want to hopefully run 30+ fps at 1920x1080 i guess. anyways here are the parts i've chosen, prettty sure they're all compatible i just want to make sure that they will perform up to standards im looking for as i am not very tech savvy. thanks in advance

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3 LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-128-412&SortField=0&SummaryType=2&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=4&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&SelectedRating4=4&Keywords=%28keywords%29#scrollFullInfo

Processor: Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield 2.93GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80605I7870
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115213&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-Processors%20-%20Desktops-_-Intel-_-19115213&AID=10440897&PID=862686&SID=

RAM: 4x2gb Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-12800 memory module
http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.aspx?imodule=bl25664bn1608&pid=862686

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 3.5 Inch, 32 MB Cache, 7200 RPM SATA II WD1001FALS
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001C271MA/mysuperpc-20

OS Windows 64bit

Case: Antec Sonata III 500 Quiet Super Mid Tower ATX Case
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000QAVVAM/mysuperpc-20

Video Card: EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130610&nm_mc=OTC-C173T&cm_mmc=OTC-C173T-_-Video+Cards-_-EVGA-_-14130610

[RickyTick]

Looks to be a solid build that should play all games at very high (or max) settings. I don't know about using a Mac display though.

Have you considered the new Sandy Bridge platform?

[tbonehmb]

Awesome, thats just what I wanted to hear! :D
And Yeah, that's been a nagging factor from when I started looking into this a couple of weeks ago. It seems to me though that if I can build this system it should run pretty darn fast, the only issue I can foresee is whether or not I would be able to upgrade to a SandyBridge platform in the future. Would that be compatible with the components that I listed above, or is it going to require a whole new mobo and the works? And yes, the Mac display will be a bit iffy, but if worst comes to worst I have an old monitor I could use. Does anyone have a good recommendation for a monitor that would be compatible though?

[RickyTick]

Upgrading to SB would require a new motherboard and probably ram too, as well as a new windows license.

There's a lot of good monitors out there. Samsung, Asus, and Dell are all good.