First Build Sanity Check

Hey folks, I'm building a gaming machine for my son and it's my first build. I've done a good bit of hardware/software stuff over the years, but always upgrades to system machines. My 15 year old is into PC gaming and 3D mapping and needs a better machine. I should have posted before ordering, but time was short and his birthday is close. I did a lot of reading and research and here's where I'm at:

Antec nine hundred
Antec True Power Trio 550W
E8400
Asus P5Q Pro
4GB RAM - OCZ 2x2 800MHZ DDR2 PC2-6400

He's already got a XFX 8600 GT card that I was hoping to use until Christmas. We'll probably upgrade that to a 4850 or 4870. Also going to re-purpose a couple of SATA drives and a DVD writer, but the jury's still out...

Anything I need to rethink? I'm going to build another one for myself later this year, so if a component is way off, I'll reconsider.

Thanks,
Tony

the 8600GT is pretty much dead even with the 7600GT, which isn't fast at all. but other than that, it looks like a solid build. but as silverion said, a better power supply may be a good idea, especially if you plan to upgrade the graphics.

The Trio is probably OK if you got a good deal on it.

There is a Gigabyte board out now that's better than the P5Q Pro, but that's certainly not a bad choice.

As long as the board has no issues recognizing the RAM right off you'll be fine there... would not be my choice.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] rts-choose
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] list-parts

Good set-up, gonna be weak in the graphic card department till you upgrade. The Sapphire is a good choice, decent aftermarket cooler and your case has very good cooling.

Looks great definitely an improvement