Building a gaming computer

The HDD setup is bad and pointless IMO, get 2 F3 1TBs for near-identical performance and space in RAID0 for $60 less with a lower failure rate, or a SSD for even better performance.

8GB is also overkill for gaming.

Other than that its a *decent* X6 build, though if simply for gaming there are better options. For example the replacing the Crosshair with this, or even this if you want to keep the colors. A 970BE should also hit 5Ghz fairly easy while being $100+ cheaper, as the extra 2 cores on the 1090T don't really help out in terms of gaming.

Finally, with the HD 6900s coming out next month and 6800s next week, I wont suggest you buy a 5870 now either. Don't want you to regret your purchase just after a month.

Well u have to elaborate the general computing part @@

If u have needs outside gaming such as

a. Encoding
b. Rendering
c. Compiling
d. Linux based workstation functions
e. Video/Image editing

then yes an X6 would make perfect sense else perhaps just the

955BE
870/880G chipset
4GB DDR3
80+ 600-650W PSU
HD 5870 1gb
Seagate 7200.12/Samsung F3 500GB
SATA DVDRW
CM HAF 912/NZXT Hades/Antec 300 case

would be good to go Going with an 880G/IGP also allows ya to have a workable rig and await developments in the GPU front