TheActualFunkMan

GTX 770 (This one is the DCUii flavor)

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550bbefx Thats not a PSU... Talking about the picture I know what it links to

RAID 1 Drive one Storage Drive Two Redundancy ----------------------------------- RAID 0 Drive one Storage Drive two Storage

I would say to get a Chromebook, but you need office. Are you OK with using Google Drive instead?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Qr3N

Nope

Ducky Shine III MX Brown White LED ($150)

I used to use a Note 3 and I had no issue reaching any of the corners.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($149.99 @ Newegg) CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler ($79.99 @ Newegg) Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.99 @ Amazon) Memory: Corsair XMS 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg) Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.66 @ OutletPC) Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($489.99 @ NCIX US) Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg) Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($97.98 @ OutletPC) Total: $1252.56 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) (Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-09 21:04 EST-0500)

From the joint, ~3.0-3.5" (6'4" male)

Get whichever is the cheapest.

The only difference is that the Xeon cant be OC'd, nor has it onboard graphics.

True.

Well technically you dont need one to boot.