Please double check

[alextheawesome]

Before I purchase everything. I just want to double check to make sure it works.

ASUS 22"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236050

XFX 5870

OCz Fatal1ty 550W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341022

Patriot "G Series" 4GB DDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220435

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134

AMD Phenom X3 720 and Gigabyte GA-MA790GPT-UD3H
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.295032

LG DVD BURNER
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136167

Wireless Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833315041

Samsung Spinpoint f3 500GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152181

Subtotal $1,074 w/o shipping, $1,097 w/ shipping

an OS is not needed. And I already have a HAF 932 which I bought on Black Friday.

 

[tecmo34]

I would just switch out your RAM to this G.SKILL for better timings... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231276 (Cas7 is faster than Cas9)

One note, if you ever plan to Crossfire, you might want to get at least a 750w PSU to leave you room to grow with another GPU card.

 

[alextheawesome]

How much of an improvement would I see from cas 9 to cas 7? But other than that, everything is fine? EDIT: what if i swapped the PSU for this OCZ 700W? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341019 are using molex to 6 pin adapters safe?

 

[tecmo34]

You will see an improvement overall but I have to do some research to see if I can find a quantative number for you.

I reviewed your monitor (missed it the first review) and recommend this ASUS 21.5" since it is 1920x1080 for the same price. You will benefit more from the 5850 by doing so, if not lower your GPU to. 5770.

You can use an adapter for the extra PCI-e connectors safely. I'm just a believer if you PSU doesn't have the required connectors you shouldn't do it... It is a personnel perference on my part.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I wouldn't go below this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139013

And while if my PSU wasn';t equipped, I **might** try and adapter, if buying new, I'd be much more confident in buying what i need.

This old but still relevant

http://www.corsair.com/_appnotes/Ram_Guy_CAS_Latency.pdf

 

[alextheawesome]

Ok, I think what I'm ging to do now is switch out the monitor to the one you suggested. Go with the Ocz 700 Watt. And the G.Skill Ram you suggesteg. It comes out to only $10 more than what I originally posted.