Im going to order all the part i need soon for my bro-in-law's wedding and need some of you guys to help me make sure that everything is supported and well work. I wanted to make a mid range gaming PC for him to play games like L4D and starcraft 2 maxed out on a 22" wide screen.

Mobo

CPU

Ram

Video card

sound card

PSU

Does this PSU have all the connections i need for the video card?

2X--Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB 8.9MS Hard Drive

2 DVD buner drives sata

Vista HP 64bit

So, how does it look guys?

Thanks for the help!

Looks great, performance wouldbe a bit better with a faster dual core for the same price though.Daytona_178

[QUOTE="Daytona_178"]Looks great, performance wouldbe a bit better with a faster dual core for the same price though.WOP_4_LIFE

The P5Q has a terribly layout, what with its P1 connector way the hell towards the back of the board. Kiss any decent cable routing goodbye, and expect higher CPU temperatures thanks to the thick cable wrapping around it. The graphics card I'd avoid as well, if simply because the cooler BFG uses on it looks worse than the stock cooler that exhausts out the back of the case. I'd probably go for the XFX version of the card, or possibly EVGA. The sound card is a bit of a waste as well, the XtremeAudio only supports older versions of EAX (2.0 I believe) and as such (if it's going to be used in a gaming capacity) is a waste of money. If he's just interested in high-quality audio that's fine (although I'd go for the ASUS Xonar DX if that was the case), but you're going to want the X-Fi XtremeGamer card if he wants to take advantage of the latest EAX effects.RayvinAzn

Ya i didnt really like the cooler on the video card but im trying my best to keep on my budget. I could spead abit more and get this card.

I think im going to stick with the MOBO because of the pci slots, most of the ones i look at the pci would be covered if i put the 2 slot video card in.

I feel like you could get a better GFX card for what youre going to pay for that 9800. Perhaps an ATI radeon 4850/4870?Handheld_Dude91

[QUOTE="Handheld_Dude91"]I feel like you could get a better GFX card for what youre going to pay for that 9800. Perhaps an ATI radeon 4850/4870?WOP_4_LIFE

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4097744&CatId=3670

The 9800GTX+ is $240 before rebate. The non XXX version is $220. The 4850 is $201.99.

You could opt for thenon-XXX version of the 9800GTX+ to stay within budget instead.RayvinAzn