Help with Components for New Gaming Rig

[hawtfrank]

Hello, I am trying to decide components on a new rig I am building. My end goal is to play games like Crysis and Supreme Commander at maxed in-game settings, with 16xAF 4xAA. Currently I am using a laptop and it can barley run C&C3 and WoW, so I need a gaming rig. My budget for this rig is $1100 and 3-6 months down the line $300-$400 for Upgrades.

OS:Vista Home Premium 64bit
MOBO: Asus P5N-D
PROC:E8400/E3110(Whichever I find first) OC'd to 4GHZ
RAM:4GB G.Skill DDR2 800 5-5-5-15 timings
GPU:EVGA 8800GT 512MB Superclocked
PSU:750w Silencer
HD:Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATA2
Case:Apevia X Jupiter

Newegg total: $1149

Any Changes I should make?

 

[rook]

If you want to SLI eventually, you'll need an nVidia chipset. And even with 2 8800GTs Crysis well not run max.

 

[freols]

I don't think you can play Crysis on full with mainstream hardware yet... I may be wrong.

 

[chuckm]

Good luck finding the E8400, I haven't had time to check all my links today, but there were none on Tues. Here's a good deal on ram;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122
A better deal that has a rebate;
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16820145184
Maybe this board for SLI;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188013

 

[hawtfrank]

Yeah both the Xenon e3110 and E8400 are hard to find. Thx for the Ram that G.Skill ram will work great. As for Nvidia chipset requirement for SLI I had no idea, I just knew that the P38 and X38 were awesome chipsets.

 

[ImajorI]

For very little more money consider more HD space.

 

[jay2tall]

I'd spring for DDR2 8500 memory instead of 6400.