[Solved] Buying asap, please review build

I'm hoping to place my order on Wednesday. Please look over my build, let me know if I'm forgetting anything and/or suggest any last minute changes. I plan to OC the CPU, GPU and RAM moderately (I'll see how far I can push them stably with comfortable voltages and then tone it down a tiny bit from there to be extra safe) and use this primarily for a gaming machine, although it will also be my general use desktop.

By the way - the heatsink I'm looking at is the XIGMATEK HDT-S1283. It lists AM2 compatibility. Are AM2 and AM3 heatsink mounts the same or do I need to find another heatsink to use with this AM3 setup?

I have an OS and a mouse. I need everything else. Prices rounded up, USD.

DISPLAY: ASUS VH222H-P 21.5" 5ms GTG full 1080p $160, $10 mail in rebate http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824236067

CASE: Antec Three Hundred Illusion $60 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129066
PSU: Antec TruePower 650W $100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371021
combo deal $140

FAN: Apevia 120mm blue LED fan $8 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811998121

CPU: AMD Phenom II x2 550 $102 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103680
MOBO: ASUS M4A78T-E AM3 AMD 790GX $130 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131366
combo deal $212, $15 mail in rebate

HEATSINK: XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 $37, $10 mail in rebate http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835233003
THERMAL PASTE: Arctic Silver 5 $7 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835100007

GPU: ASUS EAH4870 - Radeon 4870 Dark Knight $155, $20 mail in rebate ($135 for name brand 4870 with uber aftermarket heatsink, zomg!!) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814121291

RAM: OCZ Platinum, 2x2GB kit, DDR3-1333 7-7-7-20 1.65V $89 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227478

DVD BURNER: Lite-On Black $30 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827106289

HDD: WD Caviar Black 500GB $60 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136320

KEYBOARD: Logitech Deluxe 250 Black USB Wired Standard Keyboard $13 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6823126013

SPEAKERS Logitech S-220 2.1 $24 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6836121014

Grand total comes to $976.59 with shipping.


Thanks in advance for your help!

My understanding is that the 790X chipset is basically gone. 790GX is fine, though. I could care less about Xfire having two full speed PCI-e 2.0 16x connections; benchmarks show little difference from 2 cards running at 8x, anyway. Besides, I'm not even 100% sure this machine will end up with a second GPU.

As for the HDD... Aside from the negligible price difference, anyone got any reviews, benchmarks, personal experience, etc. to differentiate these two drives? I guess I'll switch to the Samsung if not and save 5 bucks but I'd rather pull the trigger on speed, reliability, etc. if there is any way to differentiate these two.

My mistake, I read online that 790GX supported dual 16x. If it's just the integrated 4350 or whatever it is, I could care less - there's no way I'll ever be using a GPU outdated enough to enable hybrid Xfire and while reducing power consumption during non-peak use is all well and good, it's not a big enough concern to hunt down discontinued or poorly stocked parts.

I'll switch to the Samsung drive, then. Thanks for the info. Anything else you would think about changing?

Edit: Newegg reviews for the Samsung F3 mention it lacks a SATA cable. I assume this means I will need one? Can someone find an appropriate cable and link me to it? There are so many subtly different cables and connectors and I have a remarkable tendency to pick the wrong ones

Edit2: yup, I am using both of those combos.

You don't need SATA cables. Like was mentioned above, your motherboard will come with the SATA cables. The picture of bundled accessories for your motherboard shows 4 SATA cables.

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