Specs for ~$1200 System - Comments Please

[Howard08560]

Hi All,

I am brand new to the forum. I have tinkered with PCs for years and replaced just about every part, but I have never tried to build my own system from scratch. I want to build a relatively high end system for about $1200 and these are the specs I am close to finalizing. Please let me have your thoughts/comments, especially about any compatibility issues. Thanks.

COOLER MASTER HAF 922 Mid-Tower Case
ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Memory
SAPPHIRE 100283L Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Antec EarthWatts EA750 750W Continuous Power ATX12V version 2.3
Twin Seagate Barracuda ST31000528AS 1TB Hard Drives
LITE-ON Black 24X DVD+R 24X DVD-R SATA Black 24X DVD Writer
LITE-ON Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive

[glc]

1. I would replace those Seagates with WD Caviar Black drives.
2. Minor point, but considering how cheap they are, I'd replace that DVD-ROM drive with a second burner.

If you plan on running RAID 0, I'd add an external hard drive and imaging software to your rig, because the RAID *WILL* break sometime.