$2500 Gaming System Critique

PSU: Cosair CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V

Case: Cooler Master HAF 932

Motherboard and Graphics Cards (Combo): EVGA X58 ATX and two (2x) EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 (Overclocked)

Processor: Intel Core i7 920

Soundcard: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional

RAM:Cosair Dominator 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Triple Channel

Cooling: Thermaltake V1 Max-Performance CPU Cooler and Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound

Hard Drives: One Western Digital VelociRaptor 150GB for my operating system and one Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB for my data.

Monitor: 24″ BenQ G2400WD

DVD Drive: Samsung 22X DVD+/-RW SATA Burner

OS: Windows Vista 64-bit SP1

With instant rebates and mail-in rebates the total comes to $2509.21 (with shipping). Does this seem like a reasonable build. Can the X-Fi Fatal1ty and the SLI setup fit with this board? I have plans to overclock this computer. Thanks for the help!

look at the reviews for your heatsink, their have been complaints about its compatibility with the LGA1366 socket type

i think u should get a more powerful psu mayb a 900W or above for that build...nt that it is not sufficient but think if after some months u have some money left to buy 1 more of the 260 and wanna triple sli them ....then the 750W mite not be sufficient...

btw if you stick two GTX 295's in,

1: its actually quad SLI
2: great on that i7!
3: drivers (especially early ones, but if you wait a year or so before getting another, it should be alright...) won't be optimized for it, not to mention games...

For those that are interested, I updated the build and will probably buy this in the next few weeks.

PSU: Cosair CMPSU-850TX 850W

Will allow for future upgrades and for SLI.

Case: Cooler Master HAF 932

Rave reviews all over the net.

Motherboard: ASUS P6T Deluxe LGA 1366

I'll probably wait for V2 of the P6T or I might switch to the EVGA x58.

Processor: Intel Core i7 920

Soundcard: HT Omega Striker 7.1

Might be overkill for the set of speakers I buy below but well worth it for when I get a new set in the future.

RAM: mushkin 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

Had some of the best overclocks but many people go with G.Skill.

Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition

Several combo deals at Newegg.

Cooling: V8 Coolermaster and Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound

The Coolermaster V10 will arrive sometime in February which will be substantially more expensive than the V8.

Hard Drives: One Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB and one WD Caviar SE 640GB

Monitor: 24″ BenQ G2400WD

Great gaming monitor, fast response times via AnandTech - The LCD Thread

DVD Drive: LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner

Speakers: Logitech X-540

The build is about $2100 (the mail-in rebates cut the cost of shipping) which can be reduced to about $1750 if you eliminate the monitor and speakers.