Just finished my monster gaming rig - let me know what you think

4 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache in RAID 0
1 x Akasa AK-P120FG 1200W Xtreme PSU
2 x Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail
2 x G.Skill 4GB DDR3 HZ PC2-12800C7 1600MHz (2x2GB) CAS7 Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL7D-4GBHZ)
1 x Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail - OC'd to 3.2Ghz
1 x Foxconn BlackOps Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
1 x Coolermaster RC-1100 Cosmos S "Sport" Silent Full Tower Case
2 x Pioneer BDC-202BK 5x BD-ROM + 12x12 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black)
1 x Zalman Reserator1 v2 Fanless Water Cooling System
3 x Feser One UV Reactive Coolant 1 Litre (Blue)
1 x 40" Full HD Samsung monitor
1 x Creative GigaWorks 7.1 S750 THX Speakers
1 x Logitech MX3200 Wireless Keyboard and Mouse

i wish i had money.....
I'm cheap. I'm running an AMD system from December.

+1 @ Shadow. I'm also puzzled by a wireless keyboard and mouse on a gamer. Also as a gamer, does it need a pair of Blue Ray writers?
I'm not sure I see a need for water on it either. The OC is nice but not obscene. Water + electronics just seems like a matter of time before disaster; here it really seems unnecessary.
Pardon me for being conservative re:water, but that's just what I think.

All that money spent and you chose a cheap Foxcon board? Somebody slap that boy up side his head.

Two HD 4870 X2 cards are overkill for 1920x1080. That sort of thing makes sense at 2560x1600 but your "Full HD" TV doesn't do that.

Edit: but yeah, very nice PC. It should last for several years.

That FoxConn is actually an enthusiast product, and not bad at all. For example Anandtech liked it.
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdo [...] =3366&p=10

What I really don't get is the second Blu-Ray drive. Since they're read-only for Blu-Ray disks, you can't even copy from one to another directly. You can only do that with regular DVDs, but for that the second burner could have been a regular $25 DVD-RW.

Aevm: **** i posted that wrong - it is only one blu-ray player, other drive is just a dvd burner,

yobigd20: the audio on that motherboard isn't on-board, it's a standalone card that comes with the blackops board and i have the drives partitioned too - yeah i was looking at the ssd - any you recommend?

colonelblake : sorry about that yeah it's 2x4GB kits, each of which are 2x2GB modules - so 8Gb in total

lol ok so I didnt look at the specs for the foxconn. I just never considered them an enthusiast contender before. Board seems aight. I'd still opt for the latest creative x-fi card though over the one provided by that board, that way you get support for EAX 5.0. And I've read that the sound on the X-Fi cards is better for gaming.

As far as the SSDs, I would wait for the Intel X25's to hit the streets (which should be within the next few weeks). If your pressed the a SSD now, I'd only recommend the Patriot SSDs, as the OCZ ones are noted to have a 'freezing' problem where everything seems to halt for a second or two every now and then. All these SSDs are 2.5" btw, so you'll need to get a 3.5" adapter for it.

samsung 305t was the 30" of choice for gaming in 2560x1600 a few months ago, but I haven't really kept up with that lately.

Thanks for that guys - must look out for one of those ssd's and see what they're like - and the audio card, would make more sense to have the supported one alright.

Thanks for that stoner - i'll keep it in mind

money is no worries to me because i work like a dog, so i spend plenty on my GF too, and donate to charity, so all in all i'm not too bad, and i have a nice pc now too! ha!
Thanks for that on the SSD's - it's looking like intel's are the way to go

^+1 for not going with a Kit. Most kit's are cr@p. But there are a few custom configured kits at some websites (ie. http://www.petrastechshop.com/wacoki.html ) there are better blocks (ie GTZ) and pumps out now so be warned when getting kits. 90% of the time you can custom assemble a WC kit cheaper and/or better.

Two things:
1. The Foxconn board is fine when it comes to OCing. It can hold up against the ASUS, Gigabyte, DFI boards.

2. The Foxconn boards are "cheap" as in build quality.

Building such a system means that performance really matters to you, but unfortunately this has not been a very well money distribute rig example to take in count to, first mistake: wrong board choice, second: not enough memory for such a system, third: on board sound(stinks), best regards!