Proposed System Build

I'm probably going to be building a system in a few weeks, and here is about what I'm looking at. Is there anything I should wait for? Is there anything out there I could get more of my moneys worth? Anything I'm missing? This should be around $2300 when its all said and done. Is this a good PC for that price?

Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811215010

Motherboard - Asus X38
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131219

CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017

RAM - OCZ 4GB 2x2GB DDR2 800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227195

Video Card - EVGA 8800GT 512MB w/ Crysis
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130306

PSU - OCZ GameXStream 700w
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341002

Hard Drive (C:\) - Western Digital Raptor 10k RPM 150GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136012

Hard Drive (D:\) - Seagate 32MB Cache 1TB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148278

DVD Burner - Plextor Black DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827249018

TV Tuner - Hauppauge PCI TV Tuner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116010

Sound Card - SoundBlaster X-fi XtremeGamer Fata1ity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102005

Sure looks good to me.

Only thing I would change is the burner to this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151153&Tpk=samsung+sh-s203b

Best all around burner out there at the current time.

Oh thats cool. Same one I have in this PC, guess I'll get another one. I didn't really do research on any burners, I've just heard Plextor is a good brand.

Also, thoughts on that case. It looks like its just a slightly different version from the LianLi V2000BPlus. I just like the fact it has a window in the side. Anyone know about this offbrand? Also, in the future I might want to watercool this PC. Would that be a good case for watercooling?

Thanks for the help

two 500 gig drives in RAID would cost only $200 vs cost of TB hard drive

I'd pick a Corsair model power supply over OCZ anyday. 620HX and 750TX are nice choices in their line.

I'll look into those PSUs. I've never had experience with corsair, but I'm definately interested.

About two 500GB hard drives in raid. I'd probably rather not do raid 0 in this case. I was going to put pretty much all my **** on that 1TB, and use it as a backup for everyone else in the house (I have 5 computers here lol). If I get 2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148151 it'll be about $40 less than a 1TB drive. Those 500GB drives have a 16MB cache while the TB drive has 32MB. Will that make a difference? I know there was a difference between 8MB and 16MB.

Bump

Looked into those powersupplies. I think I'll get the 750tx. The reviews say it has long cables. Thats one thing I never liked about full towers, never long enough cables from the PSU. Question about that power supply though... does it just have one 60a 12v rail? Dont most modern PSUs have 2 to 4 12v rails?

Another question... this G-Skill RAM looks better than the OCZ I picked out and its about $10 cheaper. I've always bought Kingston and OCZ, but never had any hands on experience with G-Skill. Would you guys recommend the G-Skill? *EDIT* I forgot to add the link to the G-Skill. Here it is: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231145

Also if theres anyone out there that knows about the 32MB cache vs 16MB on those hard drives, I'd appreciate the info

Legion2005 said:

RAM - OCZ 4GB 2x2GB DDR2 800
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227195

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You can save some money on your ram with a deal Fry's has in stock atm:
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?p=5365529#post5365529

I would swap out hte RAM forthe gskills on newegg for 129 DDR2-1000 I bought a set for 180 3 weeks ago and I am not even unhappy they dropped so much in price.