Is this build compatible with Mountain Lion? I'm also wondering what the best course of action for dual-booting with windows for gaming would be. If he sets up a partition on the SSD and uses that for booting the respective OS's, would he also have to partition the 1TB hard drive?

TypeItemPrice
CPU Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor $149.99 @ Microcenter
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler $29.99 @ NCIX US
Motherboard MSI Z77A-G41 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard $85.98 @ SuperBiiz
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $109.99 @ Newegg
Storage Sandisk 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk $69.99 @ Microcenter
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card HIS Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card $203.98 @ Newegg
Case Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case $69.99 @ NCIX US
Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $64.99 @ NCIX US
Optical Drive Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer $16.98 @ OutletPC
Monitor QNIX Perfect Pixel QX2710 Matte 60Hz 27.0" Monitor $373.49 @ Newegg
Mouse Logitech G500 Wired Laser Mouse $52.99 @ Amazon
Total
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.$1283.35
Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-30 21:28 EST-0500

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