[QUOTE="BradRad2365"]your processor should be fine however you might have to step up the video card. crysis's website reccomends atleast a radeon 9800 pro.Marfoo

X1900XT is the flagship GPU two generations ahead of the 9800pro. :question:

oh whoops i thought it said x900XT lol

hey. i have the logitech z-5500 thx surround sound system in my setup, and i have found that the HT OMEGA STRIKER sound card is absolutely perfect. it's capable of outputting in 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, or 7.1 modes. it has 3 stereo minijacks for analog surround sound, and 2 stereo minijacks for microphone and line in, and it also has digital optical in and digital optical out ports as well as a coaxial output. and it's capable of outputting in either dolby digital or dts via the optical or coaxial outputs (whichever you prefer). currently i have my z-5500 hooked up via the optical port in dts mode and it sounds purely awesome. i'm sure your z-5300 will sound great with it too.

link to the card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829271001