Revised high-end gaming machine

[Falconten]

This is my first time building a computer. Few questions. Is it easy to make a mistake and screw up parts permanently on your first time building? Also, is this computer going to run any game with every setting as high as it can possibly be without ever dropping below 20 frames per sec in even the most intense moments of gameplay? I made sure to get the best video card I could find, as well as sufficient ram and power. Please check if all these parts are compatible, or if I can go lower on any prices without experiencing noticable performance drops. Any parts needed for the build missing?

Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103030
Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131013
Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145034
Hard drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148140
Optical drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827135097 (2)
Video card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150205
Power supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817341002
Monitor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824116063
Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811208020

Total comes to a little over two grand with shipping; this a good computer to max out all of our current games?

[chuck4456]

I'd just get an ASUS P5B Deluxe and an INTEL C2D E6600, unless you're dead-bent on AMD. The Power Supply is OK, but a SilverStone ST75F/ZF 750 watt would be better. If you're planning on adding another one of those Video Cards someday, you might as well go ahead and buy a PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW with 4 bonafide PCI-e16 connectors. The rest looks good. Those are great hard drives, I run 250s. If you're into nVidia, the 680 chipset boards are out, but they still have mucho issues to work out.

[Katreat]

Originally Posted by chuck4456 I'd just get an ASUS P5B Deluxe ..... If you're planning on adding another one of those Video Cards someday......

If you are planning on SLI in the future, is the ASUS P5B a good choice to begin with?

[glc]

No, for SLI you need a Nvidia chipset, and the 680 is the only viable way to go right now.