Advice on New Gaming Rig [:[]

Budget:
$1700 max
I already have a 1152x864 monitor, a mouse, and a keyboard.

Expectations:
Be able to play games on high settings and record them.

Usage:
gaming (bad company 2, battlefield 3, crysis 2), recording gameplay,
editing (adobe premiere cs5)

Special Needs:
I'd like to be able to have my cpu and video card overclocked.

Saved Ticket #: 565007

Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master 942 HAF X
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition (3.3GHz) (6 Core) (6 MB Cache) AM3 Socket
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-890XA-UD3 (AMD 790X Chipset) (USB 3.0) (Socket AM3)
System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 500W Digital Storm Certified
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (16MB Cache) (Model: Blue Edition)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Hitachi/Seagate (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: Wireless-USB N 300Mbps (Supports 802.11n/g/b)
Video Card(s): 1x ATI Radeon HD 6950 2GB
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: Corsair A50 120mm Fan High Performance Cooler
H20 Tube Color: - Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Upgrade Chassis With LED Performance Fans (Blue) (Up to 6 Fans)
Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Blue)
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
CPU Boost: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Cooling Upgrade Recommended)
Graphics Boost: FREE: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability
Memory Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
OS Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Pre-Install Game: - No Thanks
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Grey (Large)
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty

Is getting this particular video card a good idea?

Cards with higher memory really only help with higher resolutions and higher AA settings. The GTX 570 will be able to handle the games that are out now without much problem. But I can't speak towards Battlefield 3 and the other games coming out this fall. I might be a stretch on your budget but you might want to look at the ODE computers, for $1999 you cant get the Stage 2 ODE which has 2 GTX 560s in SLI, which will blow a single GTX 570 away and give you better performance in the future. BUT if you can't spend that much I would suggest getting a lesser processor and then getting better graphics. Graphics cards go out of date much quicker then CPUs in the gaming world.

Wireless gaming is so sketchy.. when gaming you should always have a ethernet cord. You'll need a bigger PSU if you plan on upgrading your video card anytime soon. Should go with atleast 750. Upgrading the fans on the 942 case is a waste. The 942 comes with 1 230mm front fan, 1 200mm side fan, 1 200mm top fan. If you upgrade it to the zalman fans, they are louder and smaller (obviously). So they wont have the same CFM rating of the 200mm fan which is about 110.

How does DST's build match up to ODE level 1?

@Joe S, other then cpu cooling, ode is on top.

@NeonStorms, Our pleasure and good luck