First time building a gaming rig seek advice.

[Coolbreeze1]

This is my first time building a system and have acquired some of the following parts, I would appreciate any advice or comments regarding this setup Thanks...
Zalman GT 1000 case, Zalman 850wPSu, Zalman Cnps9700led CPU heat sink fan, Evga 790i ultra SLI Mobo, 4gigs of OCZ nvida sli ddr3 1800MHz memory, One,Evga gtx 280 ftw, WD 300Gb Velociraptor x2, Intel Q9650, Windows vista 32bit and I have'nt decide between a 22 or 24 inch monitor. Again any advice or comments on this setup would be greatly appreciated new builder

 

[Coolbreeze1]

Figured I'd edit so its easier to read...



Case: Zalman GT1000 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811235006

PSU: Zalman 850wPSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817379007

Mobo: EVGA 790i Ultra SLI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188025

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 9650 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115130

RAM: 4 gigs OCZ Nvida SLI 1800mhz 240 pin ddr3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227326 (on Amazon for $300)

Video Card GTX 280 FTW http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130366

Hard Drive: Western Digital 300GB Velociraptor X2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136260

OS: Windows vista 32 bit

 

[shortstuff_mt]

Go with 64-bit Vista. 32-bit Vista won't be able to use all 4GB of RAM.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488

I personally think DDR3 is not worth the money. I would stick with a X48 chipset board and 4GB of good DDR2 800 RAM. The X48 chipset would allow the option for full speed crossfire in the future, and the DDR2 800 RAM would allow you to OC the Q9650 to 3.6GHz.

GA-X48-DS4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128336 $225

Mushkin 2x2GB kit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146731 $75 - $20 MIR


Use the money saved to get a 4870x2.

VisionTek Radeon HD 4870 X2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129114 $550

 

[mexpedip]

I would recommend dropping to 1 velociraptor and 2 x 1TB HDD's. The velociraptor is fast enough that running in raid 0 is not going to give you $300 worth of performance increases.
Velociraptor for OS and frequently used apps. 1TB HDD #1 for data/general use apps and 1TB HDD #2 partition and use as backup for both primary HDD's.
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31000340AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148274

Another option would be to use two 640gb HDD's (more then enough storage for most users) instead of the 1TB one listed above and use the extra cash for a blueray player or larger monitor.

 

[Coolbreeze1]

Thank You all great suggestions, definitively opened my eyes to other options.