$1500 i7 Gaming/Work Computer

Hey,
Could you guys take a look at this build that a friend and I have come up with. If there is any way to reduce the cost or even significantly improve the performance please tell us- I think we checked for compatibility, though we could have made a mistake on some parts.

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Before Sept. 1st, 09

BUDGET RANGE: (target) $1,500 CAD after taxes. (Maximum flexibility) $1,600 CAD after taxes. (tax: 13%)

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming | Work, Photoshop, Movies, Music, Compiling

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, CD-Drive, Floppy (?), Operating System

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Any Canadian Site. Preferably, newegg.ca or tigerdirect.ca

PARTS PREFERENCES: See Build. i7 Build

OVERCLOCKING: Yes (More so CPU than RAM, RAM not necessary)

SLI/CROSSFIRE: Yes if our choice of Video Cards are good

PC Build we have come up with:
- (CPU) Intel Core i7 920 (D0) Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] CP1-I7-920

- (RAM) G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6820231247

- (VGA) 2 x ATI Radeon HD 4770 (CROSSFIRE)
For some odd reason, this card has vanished from newegg or tigerdirect

- (MOBO) ASUS P6T LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku= [...] ure=NCIXPC

- (CASE) Cooler Master HAF 932 Full Tower Black Case
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicat [...] CatId=1510

- (HDD) Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6822136319

- (PSU) OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS 600W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ [...] 6817341010

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Do you think the motherboard is a good choice for what we want? Do we need to spend that much on a mother board?

Are the 2x4770 VGA's a good choice for the price and performance?

Is the RAM any good? We aren't really looking to clock the RAM in the future.

Is the PSU any good and is the power enough for the build above?

I tried to research as much as I could about all these parts and comparing the price as well as performance (and not trying to sacrifice too much of the performance) this is what I have come up with.

Any suggestions &/ advice would be great!
Thanks

That is a very nice build. You must have read the Graphics Card Roundup here on Tom's Hardware. The 4770 in CF are one of the best performing setups in that price range.

Everything else is good too. I don't know too much about PSU's but if I am not mistake OCZ is a very good brand.*

*Not positive though

This may change in time though especially since you said Sept. 1. That is a while from now prices may change and better stuff may come out or go down in price. But for rite now that is a solid build, nice, productive research you must have done!

You said that mite want to OC the CPU stock cooler mite not do it for you.

hi
Look for Akasa I7 coolers and I think it would be wiser to spend more on graphics cards and Antec case maybe??? I think that you should go with geforce 275 GTX its better than 4890 and same price. CPU is ok and motherboard is ok but if you truly are an overcocker I would suggest Rampage 2 extreme.(Only if u are overclocker).