Planning new build... Please comment.

[Chronozon]

This is the new machine I'm planning on putting together within the next month or two. Nothing here is final, so I'd like to hear what you guys think or if there are any problems with these parts working together. I will not be overclocking, but I am going to use it for gaming (hopefully running at 1600x1200 at least, with some AA/AF enabled). Also, if possible I'd like it to be somewhat cool and quiet.

Case: Antec P182
Power Supply: Corsair CMPSU-620HXEU 620W
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 Ver 2.0
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3,0GHz
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme + Noctua NF-P12 120mm
RAM: Corsair XMS2 Xtreme DDR2 800MHz CL4 2x1GB
Video Card: Asus GeForce Extreme 8800GTS 512MB
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
Hard Drives: 2x Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 16MB 320GB
DVD-Writer: Samsung SH-S203D SATA
Keyboard: Razer Lycosa
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder

For the moment I will be keeping my Dell 2001FP monitor. I'm also not ready to go Vista yet, so I'll be running XP Pro on this machine. I'm planning on upgrading some of these parts within a year or so, specifically the video card (after GT200/RV770 have been released) and the CPU/motherboard (after Nehalem has been released). I want most of the other parts to last me a while. The 620W PSU is in preparation for whatever monster video cards they'll be coming up with later.

A couple other points... I'm not interested in running SLI/Crossfire. And I'm probably not going to get Vista until it's necessary to have more than 2GB RAM while playing games, at which point I'll get 4GB and 64-bit Vista. I know I could get 64-bit XP, but at that time it will probably feel more natural to just take the step to Vista anyway.

So... Comments? Questions?

 

[MarcVenice]

Why are you buying high-end now, if you are going to upgrade again in about a years time ? This rig 'should' last you longer then a year. A videocard upgrade could be warranted though.

Anyways, I'd still get 4gb of ram, it's very cheap, so what you only see 3.25gb of it ? When you upgrade to Vista you'll see all 4gb. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820145184

I'd drop down to a 8800gt, at 1600*1200 the difference between the 8800gt and the 8800gts is minimal, and since your upgrading it fairly soon anyways ? http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814127329 perhaps ?

Soundcard, no real need, onboard sound is plenty good, if you want to save some money, try without a soundcard first and see if you like it.

HDD's: Get this instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822152100 it has more space then 2x320gb, is faster, cheaper, runs cooler as well.

Last but not least, shop around for good deals. I know the p182 can be had for 70$ AR http://microcenter.com/single_...tml?product_id=0257446

The 520hx can be had for 80$ AR at buy.com. Good luck with your build.