Some help with a new system.. componet Advice please

[paniccode]

Hello,

First let me thank you for looking at my post.

I am building a new system and have been out of the loop for a while.

This is what I am thinking tell me if I am off base.

ASUS P5E LGA 775 Intel X38 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor
NZXT HUSH Black SECC Steel/ Aluminum/ Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI 600W ATX12V Power Supply
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
Pioneer 20X DVD±R DVD Burner
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

I am looking for a rock solid system , for some gaming, and movie editing, buring, and a little bit of CAD work. The MOBO seems a litttle steep but I had good luck with Asus in the past. I will notbe overclocking use there is a large gain with minimal system stablity.

I will throw my video card from my Shuttle SLI sysem in the box, I dont recall what they are but if needed I will look.


I am looking for a great system that will hold up.

Thanks for your time

 

[krnmastersgt]

Most of those parts look nice Not sure on that case though, never seen anyone that used the NZXT cases. If you aren't overclocking, there's no need for that ram that you chose, PC6400 should be more than enough and in the worst case you can overclock it a little. Might I ask why an X38 board? Seems you have 2 nVidia cards, so you won't be able to use the SLI, and I don't think the Shuttles used any GF8 cards, not sure on that, would be helpful if you could check. Otherwise those are all nice choices.

Edit: Fixed up some grammar/spelling.

 

[paniccode]

Thanks for your input, I would most likely want to use my current cards now, unless they are outdated. Do you have any alternatives on the Motherboard?

 

[krnmastersgt]

Well if you want to keep SLI and have a stable-ish board, dunno what Asus offers in terms of nVidia chipsets but the 750i FTW from EVGA is pretty good from what I hear. Stable, cool, overclocks well if you need it to, SLI, etc. And if you're fine with the performance you get on whatever cards it is you have, then those should be fine right?

 

[paniccode]

My card are nVIDIA Geforce 7800 GTX in SLi , are these things dog by todays standards?