New System

[gritstone]

I'm thinking of a new system, please comment on the below if you see any problems or changes etc. Thank you for your time.

1 Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 2.83Ghz 12MB/1333FSB S775 CPU, Retail
1 Asus RAMPAGE X48 S775 ATX Mainboard (2xPCIe/Audio)
1 Coolermaster Geminii CPU Cooler (AM2/754/939/940/775)
2 OCZ 4GB DC PC2-6400 DDR2 Memory Kit *SLI/EPP*
1 WD VelociRaptor 300GB 10K RPM SATAII Hard Drive
1 LG GGC-H20L 16X SATA DVD-RW/Blu-Ray/HD-DVD Reader
1 Sapphire Radeon HD4870 X2 2GB PCIe Video Card w/HD/2xDVI/
TV Lite, Retail
1 Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-FI Xtreme Gamer, Retail
1 Coolermaster Cosmos S 1100 Chassis, Black/Silver, NO PSU
1 OCZ EliteXStream 800 Watt SLI Power Supply
2 Scythe S-Flex 120mm SFF21E 1200rpm Case Fan

 

[gritstone]

Any thing worth changing here? It looks good as it is ?? I just want to make sure before I order the parts.

 

[Cpt Deadboots]

Looks great. I would change to a Xigmatek cooler... S-1283 or S-1284.

Maybe change the PSU to a PCP&C Silencer 750.

 

[lunyone]

Depending on budget and options that your looking for, I'd consider this:
* CPU is good, but a e8500 CPU is probably a bit better for gaming, until most games are programmed to take advantage of 4 cores. $120 difference too. It'll OC quite well, when you think your lacking in CPU power later.
* Mobo will do, but is pretty spendy at $300 shipped! I'd get a p45 based mobo for $100-140, since your only using 1 GPU. Use the savings for other parts or other upgrades later.
* I'm not sure why your getting 8 gb's of DDR2, but 4 gb's is plenty these days (I'm assuming your using a 64 bit OS?). I'd stick with 1.8v DDR2 800mHz RAM. Makes things easier to deal with too at stock voltages.
* The VelociRaptor HD is very expensive. I'd rather have 1x640gb HD for the OS and 1 TB HD for the data drive. This setup would be about $80 cheaper and you'd have >4x the storage space. The performance difference between the HD's isn't worth the $, IMHO.
* I'd consider the Corsair 750tx for the PSU. It has 60A on the 12v rail and has 4 x 6+2pin PCI-e power connectors, so you can handle just about any configuration that you want (2 cards usually). It's going for $101 - $20 MIR = $81 at Buy.com!!! Hard to beat that performance to price ratio!!!
* The sound card is probably nice, but unless you are really an audio buff, I'd stick with the onboard sound. It's pretty good and if you don't like it, than I'd get the sound card.
* $245 for a case w/o PSU is pretty dang spendy, if you ask me. I'd rather go with an Antec 900 or Cooler Master 690 case for around $80-100. I'd use that extra $145-$165 for something else or for upgrades later.

Those are things to consider. Your the one buying, so you have the last say in what works for you.
If you take my advice on all of the changes above, you'd be saving over $500 on the build and probably not see much of an overall performance difference over your original build.