IMO you can get basically the same performance for A LOT cheaper. Im kind of new to this myself but Ill do my best to help out. Your monitor is gigantic! I have a 22" and it is perfect for games, and a third of the price. Most games that I know of wouldnt even be able to run at a resolution that big. I would suggest downgrading the monitor.

The CPU is alright I guess, but why not go for the E8500? It is basically the same performance but for more money.

The case you have is also a lot of money, mine cost me 85$ and suits me fine. :) Just make sure the case has 120mm fans (themore the better) and its big enough to fit all your parts comfortably with enough space tocapacitate good airflow.

Ram is good, I got 4GB OCZ 800mhz for around 100 however. Not sure if the extra mhz is worth that 90$

The more expereinced builders around here will be able to help you out more with the Graphics card/s and the Power consumption. If you have the money I would consider an SLI/ Crossfire system. Maybe 2x 4870/4850. Then your mobo would most likely have to be changed.

PS: also try and get a 'modular' PSU. It will help with clutter in your PC and allow better airflow.

Mine was 85$, its alienware-like i guess. NXZT Apollo Black. Visit:

NCIX.com/Tigerdirect.com(my personal fave, easy site nav)/newegg.com(US only)

Just read the reviews and etc, they usually have good info about the cases such as size, shipping/ return habits of the sites, and most importantly cooling issues. Cooling and space are definetly the most important things to look for in a case.

I have the exact same case as you and close to the same processor(Q6700). I have the Thermaltake V1 on my CPU. My system idleas at 38 normally, and my CPU is usually at 42 idling or under a light load. The hottest it has ever been was 56 under high COD4 and it was 37 degrees outside :/And usually it is about 49 undera large load (COD4, COH)

I recomend the V1, maybe some arctic silver 5 (I have yet to get AS5 myself).

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3071635&Sku=T925-1199

in no particular order:

LOZ: OOT

Diddy Kong Racing (pawns Mario Kart IMO)

DK64

Banjo Kazooie

Jet Force Gemini (a Pioneer in excellent co-op play)

a couple confusing thigns you bought, ..... why a 8800GT 320mb card???? it's really not a good graphics card anymore considering what else is out there.

Same with the q6700 if i'm not mistaken that is quite a bit more money than the q6600, and not much less than the 45 nm quad cores, so that purchase is kind of baffling but all in all nice PC

whitey_rolls

1.) The graphics card was given to me for FREE from a friend as he upgraded his and had no need for this one.

2.) I honestly have no idea about CPUs, I just bought a quad because it sounded bigger than a duo. and 2.66 sounded nice :/ (I am new to computers)

what motherboard is it?frost_mourne13

No idea! I know its an ABIT , and it was 109$. :P

Nice rig. I would probably overclock that cpu to 3 GHz. I know the Q6600 overclocks really well and I know a lot of people that overclock that to 3 GHz. Also, graphics card will be fine till December. Maybe then you could get the 4870x2. bedram793

Honeslty, I have no real interest in overclocking atm. Maybe in the futurethough. And I have no interest in playing Crysis on its highest settings either, as ive played it at a friend and i didnt really like it too much :S

srry bout bumping, im just bored an no one was really responding :S

[QUOTE="WDT-BlackKat"]Please don't bump posts, particularly when you've gotten responses and it's been less than a day since.opamando

Whats wrong with bumping it? It had been almost an hour, as long as people aren't bumping every 10 minutes, whats the big deal.

What are you a Forum Nazi?

To the OP: the PC looks pretty good, the GPU is starting to show it's age, but is still good enough.

yeah i wouldnt mind upgrading it soon as i said :P