My First Build. Please critique and give advise

[OlympusHAXXX]

This is my first build and I need to make sure this would work.

Motherboard- ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard -$299.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131284

Processor- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor - Retail -$239.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017

Memory- G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory-$144.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166

GPU- ASUS EN9800GX2/G/2DI/1G GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) 512-bit (256-bit per GPU) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported-$559.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121239

Hard drive- Western Digital Caviar SE WD5000JBRTL 500GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive-$99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136185

power supply-XION Supernova XON-800R14N ATX12V / EPS12V 800W Power Supply 115/ 230 V CUL, FCC, TUV, CE, C-tick, CB, BSMI-$189.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817190016

case- XCLIO A380BK Fully Black High Gloss Finish SECC 1.0mm thickness ATX Full Tower Computer Case -$129.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811103010

OS- Going to use Vista 64 bit

This is going to be my first build and this is what I came up with so far. Any advice or recomendations for extra cooling would help.

 

[oushi]

The Xclio is an overpriced, inferior PSU. Swap it for this PC P&C 750W Silencer:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703009

This Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 is faster and uses SATA for the same price:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288

In my opinion, the X48 motherboard might be overkill depending on how far you're planning to OC the machine (and you should only be considering it if you're going to OC). With a 9X multiplier you won't have to push the FSB too hard to get satisfactory speeds, so you might even consider a P35 board for a fraction of the cost. Also look into getting an aftermarket cooler.

 

[Andrius]

Buy this harddrive instead :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218

X48 is overkill unless you get a Q9xxx! GA-X38-DS4 is $207.

EVGA's/BFG's 9800GX2 is $10 less and has better warranty.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130338
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143128

 

[dakayus]

X48 is basically a little updated version of the X38 that's been officially certified to run at 1600 fsb although everyone knows that they could run that fast a while ago.