Opinion on new build

Not bad at all.

I'd upgrade the PSU to S75CF ($70 at Newegg after rebate).

You don't really need DDR2-1066. DDR2-800 would do fine.

Check out the GA-EP45-UD3P. Same features and price as the P5Q Pro, better reviews.

You can dump one of the DVD drives.

LOL, I have two different burners myself for that same reason. OK, forget I said that

Are you planning to overclock? If yes, the DDR2-1066 may be worth it, but you'd need a CPU cooler.

Ok im going to stick my neck on the block and ask the obvious question:

Your upgrading, spending $2000+, your choosing Intel, why are you not getting an i7?

If you look at performance reviews for gaming I7 does not out preform the Q9650 or the E8500. I thought about going dual core but decided I do enough multitasking here and there that I would go quad. I7 is also not going to be upgradable because they are going to change the pins up really soon making the I7 something I am going to wait until they fully decide how many pins they want on future motherboards. Probably going to drop new parts in about 2-3 years anyways.

Also note between monitor and software and peripherials it is 645 less or $1441. I just chose to pick expensive peripherials as per my own personal preferance.

Hey man you can get a really good i7 system for just 1650 on newegg. I'm building one and it stomps your ltl build there (no offense man). Check Recent post on new i7 build and you will see. Havent added disc drives yet or the rediculous 3tb of hard drive you are wanting( that is rediculous unless you are vid editing or a huge Entertainment library. Plus 1tb are harder to put an os on and a bitch to defrag and clean. Plus if you must go that high you can gt 2 1.5 seagate barracudas for 130 a piece instead. And opt for a small one for os or something. plus i7 2.66 is only 295 on newegg and can oc past the next one up. Think about it man. Newegg=yummy

Good point about Newegg. It pays to shop around. Some parts are actually cheaper wherever he is looking right now. The Antec 1200 is $46 more at Newegg for example.

Be careful with those Seagates, they tend to turn into bricks. I'd wait until they fix the firmware (again) and user reviews show that the fix actually works.

LOL at "ridiculous 3TB". I have 3TB myself, and I will end up with 4 TB some time this year.

Edit: I was replying to darkside_gamer7, didn't see the post above mine.

My disk are filling up like crazy because I have a TV tuner. It's so much nicer to record the shows and then skip the ads