gaming PC specs, need feedback

[LordPsychodin]

I will keep it clear and simple. What I am looking at.

Case - Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case – Retail
Power supply - Antec BP550 Plus 550W ATX12V V2.2 Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CE, TUV, CB, FCC, CCC, C-TICK - Retail
Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
Motherboard A - Intel BOXD975XBX2KR LGA 775 Intel 975X ATX Intel Motherboard
OR
Motherboard B - ASUS P5Q Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P45 Intel Motherboard
Monitor - Hanns•G HW-191DPB Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1 Built in Speakers
Hard Drive – Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
DVD-RW ASUS Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 14X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe
RAM - CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
Video Card - ASUS EAH4850/HTDI/512M Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card

What I need to know - from more experienced people, will the power supply be sufficient, and is the ASUS motherboard better? I like the extra USB slots on it and they're both suited for the crossfireX of the radeon 4850. I currently have an ASUS board in the computer I have, and have never had problems aside from old hard drive recognition problems from a windows disc that was not the original backup. But intel is pretty on top of their own things.

[Alaron]

Welcome to PCMech. That is a great list.

Go with the Asus P5Q. The Intel board is old tech now. That PSU is fine.

[matt_21484]

If you haven't bought everything already, I'd go w/ a HDD that has 32mb cache instead of the 16mb. The seagate 7200.11 get a good rep around here