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I don't know about Intel's middle end chips wiping out all AMD chips, if that were true, AMD wouldn't have much of a market. There really is nothing wrong with AMD. I've got a 6-core Thuban (1090T) clocked at just over 3.8GHz and it's going to be quite a while before I need to upgrade. I've tried a bunch of modern games and the CPU just laughs at them, maybe around 50-60% load at most. My GPU has always been my bottleneck and I think it would be for you as well.

You're welcome. I'll continue to work on it some more but I have a project that's taking priority now.

Skrewy always buys his computer stuff by sorting parts on that website by most expensive first.

Comparable. Everybody knows that Intel will usually always beat AMD clock per clock. But how about a 6-core AMD vs a quad Intel? Would he even notice the difference? Having 2 additional physical cores would help out a fair bit.

Is it wrong that i want this case just because it looks cool?

Not at all. As long as it fits your stuff, looks are the only thing that matters.

I still suggest you upgrade your RAM to a faster speed but it's fine as-is. You could always get faster stuff down the road.

I wouldn't touch an MSI motherboard. Also, I wonder why you wouldn't go AMD for cheaper:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103996
Less than half the price of the Intel, yet it's still a quad that's actually clocked faster than the Intel. It might perform slightly less but you could still get a 6-core for less than that quad Intel:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819106010

Power supply. Without a reliable quality power supply, the rest of your computer is useless. It's not uncommon for cheap power supplies to destroy other parts of a computer when they malfunction. The Antec NEO isn't bottom of the barrel but I would still call it low end. You don't need a $300 1200-Watt PSU, just a Corsair TX650V2, I think they're around $80-$90. Try and get it on a mail in rebate, I've had 100% success with Corsair's mail in rebates. They come back fast and are in the form of a Visa card that you can use anywhere, even Paypal.

Trust me, when you open the box for that PSU and feel the weight and solid build quality, you will know it was money well spent. You can rest easy knowing that if you have ANY problem with it in the next 5 years (long time for a computer) that you can return it under warranty from a company that's well-known for great customer service and fast RMA processes.

*EDIT*
Right now it's got a $20 mail in rebate. $65 when it's all done. Damn good deal, wish I had a customer lined up that wanted a build now.

Check out this review on JonnyGURU (pretty much THE go-to guy for solid and extensive reviews) for the TX750V2:
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story5&reid=230

You can use the server signatures I have. In the mean time, I'll work on getting the individual server page back, I seem to have lost my backup copy of before the merge...

Alright, I was able to dig up some of the old code, it's halfway working now:
http://s.aao25.com/64.126.161.69:1717/FFFFFF

I'll work on it some more later and get it prettyfied.