Gaming rig.

EDIT: Read my post below for my latest gaming rig consideration.

Hey tweakers, and thanks for reading this thread;

I'm considering building a new PC, with mostly gaming in mind. I'm basically looking for a future-proof gaming system that is somehow sort of affordable ( ), and this is what I've come up with so far, on this website, Alternate.nl/alternate.de;

-AMD X6 1055T, 2.8ghz. --> Been considering the X4 aswell, but heard good stories about the X6, and the price isn't THAT high at this moment.
-Asus M4A79XTD EVO AMD 790X, ATX, 2x PCIe x16 v2.0, AM3 --> Always liked Asus, looks like a solid board to me.
-Asus EAH5850/2DIS/1GD5 --> Sounds like the best bang for my money, I'm considering putting another one in somewhere by the end of this year/start next year in Xfire.
-4 GB memory, Corsair DDR3 - 1600 kit.
-Samsung HD103SJ --> Looks like one of the faster Samsungs, easy choice tbh
-Cooler Master CM690
-Zalman ZM750-HP, 750W --> Basically I know jack sheit about the Power-supply, chose this one because of the good rep of the brand itself(suggestions are welcome)
-Arctic-Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 --> Was wondering if this one was actually better than the Boxed version, if not, would you recommend a third-party CPU cooler, and if so, which one?
-Some random DVD player, an additional case fan from CM, Windows 64bit Premium, assembling

The price I'm paying for this system is around 1100 euro's(Keep in mind, while this may seem like a lot for USA residents, we don't have heavenly sites like newegg's).

The things I'm still wondering about are;
A) The CPU choice, the X6 looks like a good future-investment, but it might be wasted money
B) The GPU choice, I've thought about SLI'ing GTX460's(which would increase the price of my system a lot), getting two 5770's, getting two 5830's and so on, but in the end I think the 5850 with a price tag of about 270 euro's might be my best bet, right? Also keeping in mind that I'm probaply adding another one in in future.

Thanks for reading, and I'm looking forward to your suggestions and idea's.

This PSU is better:

Antec TruePower New Series TP-750
http://www.alternate.nl/html/produ [...] n+600+Watt

Can you get this GPU?

http://www.alternate.nl/html/produ [...] eon+HD5000

Yep, it's also Vapor-X (better cooling, silent) and it's...Sapphire. Don't buy Club anyway, not a very good brand.

Your original mobo Asus M4A79XTD EVO is good for crossfire. If you want USB3 get the Asus M4A89TD PRO/USB3, the other one isn't good for CF. The first one is good, second one high-endish. You can get Gigabyte too, they make good boards.

That is worse for gaming than the previous one.

You need AMD crossfire not AMD SLI if you get the 5850.

Heh, the downside to forums and opinions on them. Me personally, I prefered the Intel build.

i5 750 is better than anything AMD can offer (hence the higher price). 5850 is a better card than the GTX460, however, the GTX460 runs ok at 1920 x 1080, Overclocked it will run as well as the 5850, but more importantly your build is clearly aimed towards getting a dual card setup. In which case, 2 x GTX 460s are fantastic, they actually beat the 5850s in XFire. Maybe XFire scaling will improve eventually, until then, 2 x GTX 460 is a smart way to go, and given the price difference of the GTX 460 cards and that SLI scaling tends to always be superior to XFire, they are a smart move.

If you do decide to go AMD though, grab a 955 because the x6 is money for nothing in terms of gaming

In case you wanted to see a review,
http://hardocp.com/article/2010/08 [...] d_5850_cfx

Obviously this is a limited selection of only 3 games, but I am sure there are plenty of other reviews around. Just make sure if you go Intel and GTX 460 you grab the 1gb versions