New Mid-Level Gaming/OC Rig

[TaylorTech]

Here is what I'm looking at getting. Any suggestions / changes?

--NZXT LEXA BlackLine Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

--BIOSTAR TForce TP45HP LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

--DIAMOND 4870PE5512 Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

--OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI 600W ATX12V Power Supply - Retail

--Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail

--OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2RPR800C44GK - Retail

--Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

--LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model LH-20A1L-06 - Retail

--Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit English for System Builders 1pk DSP OEI DVD - OEM

--ZALMAN CNPS8700 2 Ball CPU Cooler - Retail

Literally comes out to $1,200 even.

What do you think?

 

[TaylorTech]

Any suggestions, at all?

 

[modoheo]

You'll get more responses if you post links to newegg or elsewhere so people can see the pricing on the parts you chose - it helps with making suggestions, which are often based on getting equal or better quality part at a lower price.

Also helps to answer the questions in this thread:
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2090214&enterthread=y

I'll take a stab though:

Case is personal preference - looks fine to me.

Q6600 is a great choice if you do a lot of video editing/multi-tasking, but for gaming a dual-core like the E8400 will perform as well or better (especially when overclocked).

I like your GPU and HD choices.

I prefer G.Skill or mushkin RAM currently - great timings, voltages, reviews, and pricing.

The P45 is a nice chipset, but most feel Gigabyte/Asus quality > Biostar. Probably fine, but personally I'd go with the Asus P5Q or Gigabyte DS3R P45 board.

I believe Corsair and Antec make CPU's of at least equal quality to the OCZ, and may be cheaper - what are you paying for that one?

A good read:
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2194271&enterthread=y

 

[Comdrpopnfresh]

You might be able to save some dough with different ram. If you want something to overclock with- you can get 2gigs of 1066 for ~50, so i'd assume you could get 4gigs for ~100-110. Any reason for the 64-bit vista? I'm not sure, but don't think it performs any better- the ram is obviously reasoning...