Budget Quadcore Fragbox

[Seanydude678]

So I'm building a budget fragbox and I'd love to hear people's opinions.
My budget for this build is $625 and I'd like to stay in that price range.
Things to keep in mind about this build:

I'll be taking it to and from school maybe once a week (don't know if that'd affect anything) since I do photoediting and school computers suck.

I do a ton of gaming, cod4, cod5, left 4 dead, tf2, fallout 3, that kinda thing.
My monitor is a 22" with 1680x1050 resolution

I do also ton of multi-tasking too, watching movies, converting movies, multi-tab web browsing, so I think I'm sticking with the quad-core

What I Have
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
CPU Cooler

My Current Wishlist

Case
Thermaltake LANBOX Lite VF6000BWS
$79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133044

Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
$54.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128357

Graphics Card
BFG Tech BFGE98512GTXOCE GeForce 9800 GTX
$149.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143137

Power Supply
RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-530SS 530W
$49.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152028

CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz
$177.99

Memory
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
$44.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122

Hard Drive
HITACHI Deskstar 500gb
$54.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145215

Subtotal: $612.92

If anyone has any suggestions for this build they'd be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again!

 

[Amg]

G31 chipset interesting.... I belive thats got intergarted graphics on it personly I would go with a p35 if not crossfireing which I can see your not with a 9800GTX. assuming you can find a P35 for that case if not i will shut up about that xD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136055- getting alittle expensive I know, look something alone these lines I m not sure about G31.

yes the q6600 is a smashing bit a kit and it will over clock well, need a good cooler for that..

my major consern
is that power supply, never pay cheap amounts for the power supply for many reasons one is that if it shorts out it might get to your componets and fry them I would look at PC power and cooling BE QUIET, corsair, tagan and seasonic etc there are other good companies out there, you only need a 500-600watt for that system

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004
something like that will do you nicly.

everything else looks fine....

 

[Seanydude678]

Those things are getting a little pricey :\
My budget's around 625.
I understand about the power supply issue though, I'll look for a better one near that range

 

[Amg]

yeah sorry they was the first things I found it looks like the depression has driven hardware prices up in america too :/ I was only using the foxconn mobo as a example of what you could get, however the powersupply is probley the most inportant peaice of hardware which most people try to cut on and regret it later.
that powersupply unit is perfect through

I know another way to cut down on price...the OC BFG, there is no differnce phyiscly between oc once and stock onces yet OC ones are more expensive and the gain with them is minamal so I would get the stock GTX, I m being coutous about the GPU at the moment i don't know how well the 9600GT will play left for dead or COD5

 

[Seanydude678]

Believe it or not though, that 9800 gtx is the cheapest one on newegg, so i can't cut there :\

 

[pr2thej]

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/cpu-graphics-overclocking,review-31441.html

Perhaps if you didnt get this in the mail today it may help. The team went for an Antec Neopower 650w for $75 witch puts you overbudget but apparantly there is a case / psu deal about.

 

[omar954]

i suggest u go with the 4850 dual-slot cooling ($130 after rebate) and its WAY smaller than the 9800gtx, which looks freakishly big... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102770
look for a good power supply, i recommend corsair 650tx, i have the 750tx model, its very awesome, $70 after rebate http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005
a nice p45 asus mobo would really let u OC the fsb on for the q6600, the mobos can be found for 100, but maybe that's too high
and also a nice cpu cooler, a bit big but excellent airflow http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233003
i think seagate is better than hitachi http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288

 

[yoshi77]

antec 900 antec 900 antec 900, get it now before it goes back to its $120 price http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021&Tpk=antec%20900