Any Feedback On My New System??

Hi All,
Just joined this forum. Been coming to Toms since day 1 or 2 I think lol. Anyway I just bought this system and am waiting for it to be delivered. I know I should have probably asked this BEFORE I bought it all but does anyone have any feedback or experience on this setup, mobo, mem, vga etc? The most I spent before this was about $500 to $600 on my home builds but this time I said F it. I think out the door it's costing $1000 including CPU.

Here it is:

EVGA 512-P3-N841-AR GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI
$214.99

ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler
$26.99

CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop $117.00

ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard
$289.99

Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
$109.99

INTEL CORE 2 QUAD Q9450 PROCESSOR CPU Retail
$330.00

Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

- Joe

I think you did pretty darn good.
Pretty much exactly what I would get if I were building today.
I think the X48 motherboards are a little spendy for what they are, IMHO a X38 would have been good, but nothing wrong with what you have at all.

Now, there is going about 20 posts recommending that you should have waited 2 weeks for the new GPU's to come out. But I prefer to stick to the tried and tested, let the other people work the bugs out of new hardware.

So until the new GPU's are proven fast, stable drivers, and decent prices, I think you made an excellent choice on the GPU. Besides, it probably can be stepped up since it's an EVGA, if the new cards turn out to be "golden".

Should have gone with a XIGMATEK S1283, providing your case will fit it.

^Vendatta 2 is only 0.75-2C better than the S1283. Not worth the extra $20 over the XIGMATEK.

Do you plan to SLi? Why do you have a CF capable board with a Nvidia GPU? A P35 or P45 motherboard is good.

Hi all. Thanks for all the feedback. I got all me parts today. I was reading the ram packaging and it said it was only warrantied on 64 bit systems. I haden't even though of changing to 64 bit. I have Vista Ultimate with both 32 and 64 bit install disks. Should I install the 64? Will Office 2003, Radmin etc work on this? I guess I'm asking if 64 is just going to be a huge headache or will it be mostly transparent?? Thanks in advance, I'm a learning as quick as I can.

Here is my setup:

INTEL CORE 2 QUAD Q9450
ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard
EVGA 512-P3-N841-AR GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive