New somewhat expensive build

[chili]

hey guys... thinking of buying/assembling a new pc. Btw I live in Lebanon, so prices are really expensive here, heh.

The specs (nb: prices are in US $)

CPU: Intel C2D E8400 ($198)
mobo: Asus P5Q P45 ($201)
RAM: 2 x 1GB DDR3-1333 ($128)
VGA: Diamond ATI Radeon HD4850 512MB ($259) OR EVGA Geforce 9800GTX+ 512MB ($300)
DVD: Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20X DVDRW - Dual Layer SATA Black ($37)
HDD: Seagate-Maxtor 1TB 7200RPM S-ATA II ($160)
PSU: Thermaltake W0134RE TR2-RX 550W ($151)

total cost: $1,134 with the ATI vga OR $1,175 with the Nvidia vga.

what do you guys think of the build in general? and do you think the Nvidia 9800GTX+ is worth the $40 extra over the ATI? I'm open for suggestions...

thanks in advance

 

[auscanzukus]

Unless you're an engineer, you can't run DDR3 on P5Q which takes DDR2. The psu is questionable. It will work for a while. Pick out a tier 1/2/3 if you want the psu to last:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108088

 

[chili]

hmm I thought the P5Q supported DDR3... my bad then