Please give me some input on this

Dfi x38 t2rb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813136051

Intel q6600

g.skill2x2gb pc6400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231192

XIGMATEK HDT-SD964/w retention bracket-went with 92mm so i could fit it on mobo,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835233014

4870

antec true power quattro 850w psu

WD 250gb caviar

Are you putting in two 4870s? I don't see the need for an 850w PSU with only one.... a 650 will probobly be much more fitting to the system.

Those looks like fine choices.

I would suggest if you don't want a large hard drive to get the 320 GB hard drive by Western Digital that is only 1 platter.

Personally I would get the 640 GB hard drive (2 platters) by Western Digital. It's only $85 with free shipping on newegg.com.

That's a huge PSU for only that one card - if you are planning on getting an upgrade (another 4870 in the future), then that's OK. Otherwise it's overkill.

Good luck with build.

Add an Antec 900, really nice price at newegg today.

Are you sure that cooler and motherboard fit well together? I couldn't find out. You might want to upgrade to P5E Deluxe/HDT-S1283,

WD's 640GB disk is faster than the 250GB models, and costs very little per GB.

Nice PSU. I'm assuming it's for Crossfire, otherwise it's way overkill. You can save $40 or so getting a 750TX. Use the savings to upgrade the MB.

Edit: I hadn't seen the two posts above this one. Great minds think alike

Get the Q6600 and the Asus P5Q pro combo deal on newegg and save $55 with it. The deal was on slickdeals.net this morning.

yeah im planning on two 4870s, thats why i went with 850w, and im also planning on oc'ing so i figured the more juice the better. If i decide to go with a q9300 instead will this board suffice if i only plan to oc around 3.2ghz? And is it worth it to go with the q9300 over the q6600(about an 80$ price difference) if my main focus is gaming?Im pretty much set on quad core

oh and about the hard drive, i already have a 320gb WD and i just got the 250gb one already(for forty bucks no less!). Now i know alot of people hate buying recertified hd, which the 250gb one was, but it was a good price and it has a five year warranty on it. i have it plugged into my other computer right now and it seems fine, but does anyone know of a free program that will stress test it just to be certain

If you overclock, the Q6600 is actually worth more money than the Q9300 IMO. That's because it has a better multiplier and more cache and can be faster after OCing.

The P5Q Pro is a great product. However, for HD 4870Crossfire, it will cause bottlenecks. Like any P45 MB, it drops to x8+x8 in Crossfire. For best results, get an X48 motherboard. I like the P5E Deluxe and the GA-X48-DS4, for example. The aBit IX38 QuadGT would also be good, but it's just as expensive as the x48 boards anyway.

What resolution monitor do you have? Any Xfire bottlenecks caused by P45 instead of X38/48 might be irrelevant if you're not on a very hi-res display.

I have a 22inch monitor, but im not thinking about current gaming im also thinking about the future too, and the x38 board is priced very well, only about 20$-30$ more than your average p45 board