Critique My Build!

[Wiluven]

Time to buy Next to each item I have some questions. Please critique the build! I'd like to get my purchase in tonight so parts will be shipped tomorrow.

Intel i5-2500k (Overclock! Have a Mugen 2 already from my overlocked Q6600. Will fit yes?)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

ASRock Z68 (Any better board for overclocking?)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157250

Sapphire 6970 (I plan on buying another soon to run in xfire)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102918

G.Skill Ripjaws 2x4GB (Should I go with 16GB? It's cheap...)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231315&Tpk=F3-12800CL9Q-16GBRL

Crucial M4 SSD x2 in a Raid0 (Any better drive? Like the OCZ Vertex 3?)
Crucial M4 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148441
or
OCZ - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227737

Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB (Storage)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136792

Antec TPQ-850 (Out of old PC, will this work?)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371009

Cooler Master RC-690 Case (Existing case, have cooling all setup on it. Only problem I see is there's no 2.5" bays for the SSD's. How does this work? Assuming I need to buy some adapters?)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119137

Thanks!

 

[FrenziedMuffin]

Just a heads up the Z68 mobo is on a open box deal right now if your buying tonight:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157250R

Might not come with some sata cables if that is a problem.

The OCZ have high failure rate but are fast. The crucial's are slower, but more reliable. If you raid them you double the chances of a failure so I guess it really doesn't matter which you pick. I guess I'd go the OCZ in this circumstance.

You will need to buy a SSD bay for the SSD's you can find them on newegg. They are like $5.

The RE4 2TB WD was on open box this morning but it looks like it's gone :/ Good drive though.

I wouldn't bother with 16gb of ram no need right now and it wont help your system increase performance.

 

[dndhatcher]

Antec TPQ should be great for any build.

I suggest you do alot of research before you do SSDs in RAID0. There are alot of drawbacks and not much upside.

Crucial M4, Intel 320 or OCZ Vertex 3 are the current top of the line SSDs.

The OCZ have high failure rate but are fast.

The Vertex 3 120GB below some serial# have been recalled due to some manufacturing problem. Details are on the OCZ support forums. New ones should not be a problem. If you buy one check the serial#.

Even 4GB RAM is probably plenty for gaming for the next 4-5 years.

You are buying a lot of good components, why risk an open box that could be someone else's broken return?

SSDs have no moving parts, you can even velcro attach them inside of an empty bay and they wont shake loose. Getting a 2.5-3.5 bay adapter is pretty cheap though.

 

[Wiluven]

Thank you both for your responses!

This PC is 90% gaming, 10% downloading/browsing/streaming. With that being said - would I have a better performance gain with just one SSD and purchasing another 6970?

 

[Wiluven]

In addition to my question above - will my Mugen 2 work with the 2500k?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185093

 

[FrenziedMuffin]

That cooler should* work as it lists i7 in the specification.

Id only crossfire if your doing a multi-monitor setup otherwise it's not a huge increase in performance. Though some games really take advantage of the CF \ SLI technology and work very well.

I wouldn't bother to purchase 2 at this time. A 6970 should eat up almost anything you throw at it by todays standards. As long as your not running on something crazy 40inch screen or tri-monitor setup I would save the cash for now and upgrade later if you want to.