Just wondering if this build is worth the money..

Hey. I'm new to the forums and I'm seeking advice on a new home built system which I'm planning to build @ around January time.
I'll listen to any advice you guys are willing to give me because I'm no expert ;p

Here are my suggestions for a new build.

1x Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x1GB)
1x Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
1x OCZ GameXStream 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
1x Asus P5K-E WiFi Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
1x PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT Extreme Silent 512MB GDDR4 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail

I'm currently running an Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 2.33GHz but I'm looking to upgrade that to a Q6600 about a month after this bulk buy. I'm also looking @ running crossfire with another HD 3870 XT.

The main thing I'm looking at is the motherboard. I've read some reviews on the one I'm thinking on buying and it sound's ok, I was just wondering if anyone could back me up on that theory ;p

Thanks for your time.

I could have sworn it said that the mobo was crossfire compatible, lol. But I'll have a look at the X38 chipsets.

Cheers

The P35 should support Crossfire but not SLI, check the ASUS website to confirm though

P35 is crossfire no sli support on intel boards, one slot is 16x while the other is only 4x
the x38 is 16x in both slots with a third at 4x i believe

Deathbybubba is correct.

If you want Crossfire, pick a board that has two 8x slots - otherwise performance will suffer.

you will have no need for q6600.

I've not had good luck with Dominator ram. Get pc6400 Ballistix

Might also check out this power supply;

http://www.buy.com/prod/corsair-tx [...] 78324.html

don't do crossfire get on sli 2x8800gt it should last you ages for gaming especially when more and more games will benefit from sli

No way! 1 8800 GT is faster then 1 3870. But, 2 3870's are faster then 2 8800GT's. This is because crossfire scales much, much better then SLI. A bonus is that 2 3870's end up being much cheaper and energy efficient.

This is the compelling argument which I still need to agree on, SLI or Crossfire and which would benefit me alot more. As babybudha said, I'm aware that Xfire scales a s*** load better than SLI does. I'm still trying to decide what to go for tbh, I have the money, just need to make my mind up ;p

Cheers for the input guys