800 dollar gaming build

Well I've been doing a lot of research on what to get with a budget of about 800$ I'd like to get some opinions on what everyone thinks.

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/ [...] er=7244994

One of the things driving me crazy was whether to go with the NV9800GTX or the Radeon4850, from what I read they are both pretty much the same. I think overall though this is a solid setup for the price, the only thing I'm unsure of is the motherboard, but I can't get anything better for the price. So tell me, can I do any better with 800$?

Yeah I plan on going 64 to fully utilize the ram in the future, and I may end up going SLI. The resolutions will be relatively low for the time being until i get a new monitor, my current monitor goes up to 1280x1024 but that's locked at 60Hz. 1024x768 allows up to 85Hz.

Well if don't plan on going any higher than 22" resolution, a P45 board with a 4850 would probably be best. The Crossfire scaling at that resolution is decent, but you probably wouldn't encounter bandwidth issues in the 2 8x lanes should you choose to add another 4850 in the future. If you are worried about that bit, you could try to rearrange your build for a X38 motherboard. Correct me if I'm wrong, but would a Corsair TX650w be fine for two 4850 in CF?

Here are some suggestions for your build.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128344
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102770
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139005

Oh for sure, if you don't want to do multiple graphics cards, that board is good. You should change the graphics card and the power supply to the ones I listed though. Umm, the Centurion 5 was fine when I used to own it, I switched to a nicer Lian Li case, but eh, that's me. The Cent. 5 can be a little tight to work in, but it's not too bad by any means.

You could go with a different model that offers a better solution. Personally, I have a Zalman VF900 on my 8800GT, it runs at near 8V and is dead silent, not to mention the fact that highest load temp I saw with a high OC on the card was < 65C

Well I want to thank everyone again for the input it helped out a lot, I think I have everything set now. I switched to a crossfire board just in case, and went with the sapphire 4850. I've read it runs much cooler than most cards in it's class. Should be purchasing everything within the week, Hopefully I'll be posting from my new setup soon.

Pro: You can get better frames and more computing power at the same time with $800
Con: You have to be open to the 'other' chip maker

Benches, non TRI SLI set up
http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd- [...] ew-test/18

See some people act like 12 year olds and shoot their mouths off - they just do regardless of age I hope to give alternative build ideas backed with facts and benches as i always do in other forums i am a member of but such people make this a less respectable forum IMO