Building a new PC- Need advice Please.

[Swift]

Hey,
I am building my own pc (first time building my own) and I just wanted to make sure Im getting the most bang for my buck. If you see any thing that isnt compatible, or there is a better part thats not insanely expensive, I would seriously appreciate it.

If Im going to be spending around 3 grand on a computer, I just want to make sure everything is right.


Case- Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129021
I will be mounting an additional 120mmx25mm fan on the side vent. Need sugestions for best fan.

Processor- Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115041
I plan to overclock to 3.0ghz


Motherboard- EVGA 132-YW-E179-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 790i SLI FTW ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813188028


Hard drive 1 (Files/Storage) - Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136260


Hard Drive 2 (OS only)- Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136033


Power Supply - ABS Tagan BZ Series BZ700 700W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Patent Piperock Modular Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817814015


Memory (RAM)- Patriot Viper 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820220344
(I will buy another kit in the future, but after PC is built)


Graphics card 1- EVGA 01G-P3-N891-AR GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) 512-bit (256-bit per GPU) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130338
Same Card as Graphics Card number 2


Graphics card 2- EVGA 01G-P3-N891-AR GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) 512-bit (256-bit per GPU) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130338
Im planning on buying the hydra engine 100 a dream chip (by lucid) Otherwise, how do I setup SLI and what parts do I need?


Sound Card- Creative 70SB046A00000 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102005
I need opinions on a better card, I heard a few negative reviews on this.

Extras-
DVD/CD Reader-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135176
DVD/CD Burner-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151171
Basic DVD/CD Burners and Readers. Opinions Welcome


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What I still need -
Windows XP 64 bit.
Network card (Suggestions please.)

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I am open to all opinions and suggestions.
If you see a problem with my current setup, please let me know. As far as I can tell, all of these parts SHOULD be compatible, but as they say, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

If you know of a part that would be better suited for my setup- Please tell me. My price range for this build is around $3,000.00 but I can manage a bit more if necesary to improve peformance.


Bottom line-

R theese p4rts gud?

Thanks for reading,
Swift.

[The Village Idiot]

The parts look fine, not compatibility problems I can see, however I would recommend spending a tiny bit extra on a Corsair Power Supply as they're considered to be the best. As for the network card, you could use the in built one that comes with the motherboard?

[Swift]

I will definatley take that into consideration. To be honest, the WOW factor of that power supply is what attracted me to it.

As far as the nic, I am still pending results as to whether it supports wired AND wireless.

I am now considering using the onboard Sound card, as well as a SSD for running the OS, instead of a 74gb SATA 1.5 HDD. (If only W.D. made a SSD raptor...)

If anyone knows of a good, solid SSD, please don't be shy top link me ;]

My decisions have been influenced by this link - http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...313AANHED7&r=w

[The Village Idiot]

If you like music i'd invest in a separate sound card. They sound a lot better than the inbuilt stuff.

[shadowpr]

If you want most bang for your buck, then you're definately over spending here.

SLI/Crossfire isn't good bang for your buck. Neither are the raptor drives, or ddr3.

I would start with this basic build, and we can add upon it from there if you want.

MB: Asus P5Q
CPU: Q9450
Ram: Corsair 2x2gb ddr2-800
Video: EVGA 280
HD: Seagate 7200.11 500gb sata
DVD: Lite-on DVD burner with lightscribe sata, retail
PSU: Corsair 750
Case: You preference

As For an OS: I would stay away from xp 64. If you want xp, then stay with the 32 bit version. If you want a 64 bit os, then get vista home premium 64. Better support then xp 64.

For a sound card, I would try onboard sound first, or wait for someone else to recommend something. I have a cretive card now, it works, but it will be my last creative card.