New build, Anyone have any advice / suggestions?

[battousai831]

I'm planning on doing a before college build. I've got a 4870 currently and a 24'' monitor (1920*1200)

Heres what i have for a system so far.

Antec 300 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042 69.95 Free ship

WD 320GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136074 64.99 free ship

Antec 650W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371015 64.99 free ship

Gskill 2*2 4gb ddr2 800 kit (times 2) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122 $158.00 free ship
8GB in total

Asus p5q p45 MOBO http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131295 $129.99 9.39 ship

Core 2 Quad 9300 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115043 $269.99 free ship

Vista Business http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116478 139.99 free ship

Reused Parts - SATA CD-RW/DVD, SATA DVD-RW, Seagate 320gb, HD4870

Total price
897.90 without shipping
$907.29 With

Oh yeah, old system. AMD x2 3600+ @2.5
HD 4870
2GB ram
320GB HDD

Edit for Prices

 

[dirtmountain]

Looks solid. I'd seen some sub $300 Q9450s posted a week or so ago, but now looking they're all out of stock, best i could find was a $312 one.

 

[blerb]

That is great! Great call on everything, though the power supply may actually be overkill. I have a a P5qPro, q9450 oc'd, Radeon 4850, 2x 500GB drives, 2 optical drives and 4gb ram, (plus 6 fans), and my computer only draws about 350W at load.

Good call on the mobo, Asus mobos ROCK! Go for the P5Q Pro, I think it is the sweet spot. P5Q deluxe is overkill.

 

[orangegator]

Looks very good. I'd get the Q9450 if you can afford it. Also, get a good heatsink so you can overclock it.

 

[PsyKhiqZero]

i'd get the q6600 much cheaper and barely any performance difference. also it's a really good overclocker.

Also vista ultimate is like 20 bucks more and will give you the media center functionality and a few other extra goodies. worth it IMO for media center alone.

 

[battousai831]

That is great! Great call on everything, though the power supply may actually be overkill. I have a a P5qPro, q9450 oc'd, Radeon 4850, 2x 500GB drives, 2 optical drives and 4gb ram, (plus 6 fans), and my computer only draws about 350W at load.

Good call on the mobo, Asus mobos ROCK! Go for the P5Q Pro, I think it is the sweet spot. P5Q deluxe is overkill.

I agree, the PSU is overkill. but for that price, I couldn't find too much quality PSUs aside from this antec one and a bunch of lower watt / 12v so i figured I'd stay with the more powerful Antec.

Hows that q9450 OC?