Ok, I took some advice from here and other places and ordered a new system from ibuypower.com
NZXT Phantom Full Tower Gaming Case - White
Intel® Core™ i7 960 Processor (4x 3.20GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
[6-Port] NZXT Internal USB Expansion System + Bluetooth Module
12 GB [2 GB X6] DDR3-1600 - Corsair or Major Brand
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 - 3GB - Single Card
[3-Way SLI] ASUS Rampage III Extreme w/ 4x PCI-E 2.0 x16
1000 Watt -- Extreme Gaming Series
120 GB Intel X25-M MLC SSD - Single Drive
1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 64M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive
[10X Blu-Ray] LG BLU-RAY Reader, DVD±R/±RW Burner Combo Drive - Black
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 - 64-Bit
ASUS USB-N13 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 300Mbps Wireless USB Adapter
Some other little stuff also included but that pretty much sums it up. That came in a decent bit under my budget and from all I could tell it should be able to run this game if not on the highest settings then pretty close, particularly if/when the game is better optimized. I also figure with the SLI capability I can always add another GPU card (dual 580's with 6GB VRAM would have to rock) later when prices come down. I also think the motherboard can allow later upgrades (though not positive on this). The new system should be here within a week or so.
Anyhow, thanks again for all the the help!
Fang
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