Placing Order @ Midnight. A Final Look. Please Advise

Very similar to a previous post I made. However, there are a few changes.

I am placing this order tonight at midnight most likely. Just waiting on some funds to show up in my bank account.

At first, I thought I could get a couple of these components cheaper from other sites. Now it appears that everything is coming from Newegg.com

Look it over and tell me what you think.

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ASUS P5E Deluxe LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131317

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Yorkfield
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115042

Antec Quattro 1000-Watt Power Supply / ATX / SATA-Ready / PCI-E Ready (TPQ-1000)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371012

CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145184

ASUS Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827135156

Western Digital 3.5" 640GB 7200RPM (16MB) SATA Serial ATA Hard Drive, OEM Drive only
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136218

Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811133154

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit English for System Builders 1pk DSP OEI DVD - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6832116488

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Using an old video card, monitor, etc, until I get some more money. However, this will get my new PC up and running.

I decided to go with this 1000W PSU instead of a 1200W. I think this will be plenty of power for $100 less. Also, I went for the WD Hard Drive with 2 of the 320Gb Platters instead of a single 250Gb platter.

What do you guys think?

- Witt

PS - Finished build will have a second DVD-ROM, several more Hard Drives, dual HD4870's, 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor, etc, etc...

Well, if by "several" more, you actually do mean seven hard drives, the PSU calculator shows 732W, so 1000W does give a nice margin. Otherwise, that system with a couple of crossfired HD4870s and 4 hard drives shows 641W, so an 800W PSU should be sufficient.

The Processor is a retail box. That means it comes with the standard heatsink on it already, correct?

I'm not planning on Overclocking this beast until I get the build completed...

I understand that I will need to better cool the CPU before I overclock it. But I should be okay with these parts until then, yes?

- Witt

PS - This single new egg order is going to cost me $1248.59! That includes shipping. NOT BAD!

PPS - Later I will be adding about $1500 - $1750 worth of other parts. Dual HD4870's, drives, LCD monitor etc.

would it be better to buy a corsair 1000w psu? this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139007

whats the best psu for powering a trifire setup with a 4870x2 and a 4870??

Eventually this PC is going to have a lot more gear in it. I just need to allow my bank account to recover. Then I will start ordering... More Hard Drives, Dual HD4870's, Ageia PhysX Card, etc, etc...

On top of that I am going to Overclock it when I can afford some more cooling supplies.

As for the Vista 64-Bit... I plan on doubling the ram asap. And I don't see why I would get the 32-Bit version of Vista if it's running on a Quad Core.

- Witt