Gaming PC Potential Build

[trollcoder]

Hi Anandtech!

I'm building a new gaming PC from scratch and I wanted some input on my selected configuration.

Your requested info:
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.
Gaming.
2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread
1500-1800

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.
United States

4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture.
Intel, Nvidia, Crucial

5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
2 Monitors, mouse, keyboard, speakers, printer, zalman aftermarket heatsink and 64 bit Vista/XP.

6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.
Been looking around.

7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.
Default speeds

8. WHEN do you plan to build it?
Within the next month.

Current configuration in new egg wish list form:
http://secure.newegg.com/NewVe...WishListNumber=8634806

The memory isn't on the list because I'm buying 4 gigs from Crucial.

Any input and criticism is welcome!

Thanks!

 

[DSF]

A $300 SLI motherboard and only one video card? Why?

The Raptor is also a poor buy these days. The Western Digital Caviar 640GB and similar drives are just about as fast and have much greater capacity. If you abolutely, positively must have a Raptor, this is the one you should get:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...36260&Tpk=velociraptor

Since you're running the CPU at stock speeds an E8400 will be more effective than a Q6600.