Thoughts on planned setup..

This is my third computer that I will have built. Much of the knowledge I have has come from this boards so thank you guys. I'm trying to build a rig that'll basically handle Crysis at medium to high specs at 1900x1200 and be very resonable in price. Here is what I've come up with. FYI im recycling a case, hardrive, and monitor.

Mobo $90:GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard - Retail

CPU $240 (OEM, still deciding on whether to get water cooling or quality air cooling): Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model HH80562PH0568M - OEM

GPU $185: MSI NX8800GT 512M OC GeForce 8800GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

RAM $80: G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ - Retail

PSU $135: OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply - Retail

Total: $700

I think this should be able to run things pretty smoothly. Now I have to decide between water cooling and air cooling. Does anyone know any good sites to get the neccessary parts/reccomendations on what to get? Thanks.

Um, you put the MoBo twice.

Also it looks pretty good, but you might want to go with some lower latancy RAM, im not sure how much of a difference it will make. but its only like $10 more if your willing to deal with rebates.

Hard to tell how good that build is without a graphics card. Gauging by the price, I'm thinking you're getting either an HD3870 or 9600GT, but it's hard to tell without an actual link.

Motherboard, I'd probably change to the ABit IP35-E. It's a fair bit cheaper, and still a very reliable board.

Power supply I'd change to the Corsair TX650w. It's not like you can go with a dual-GPU setup, and the TX650w has dual 6+2 pin connectors that will come in handy in the future.

In terms of water cooling, what do you guys think of this:

I also looked at that mobo you talked about. Its like a 30 dollar difference but the reviews for the other one are better and I've seen the gigabyte one used on TomsHardware and Anandtech numerous times. If you use it and think its good, tell me otherwise.

I don't use it, but I know of three people on other forums that use it, and like it very much (one of them is a prior Gigabyte user too).

Graphics card is a good choice, and will definitely meet your requirements.

For water-cooling, that's a poor choice. Water-cooling should be done properly, or not at all. Pick up the Noctua NH-U12P instead - it's a fantastic air cooler, and will likely cool as good or better than that water-cooling kit.