Skunkboy72

DOOD!!!!! THOSE RED CANS ARE OFF THE HOOK!

when do you think green will ship?

@ Maxszy
yea, heat is definitely one of my main concerns.  I've been looking for a good CPU cooler that will fit inside there.  Any ideas?

@Jack_Daniels
I went with the OCZ memory cause it has lower timings, 7-7-7-24, than the Gskill you have, 9-9-9-24.  and its only like $5 more, before rebates.  If i went with a laptop, to be good enough to play games it would have to be larger than normal anyway, which would negate its better mobitity.  Also, with a laptop I would be tempted to take it to class, where all I would do is dick around on the intertubes rather than pay attention.

Hey all just looking for some outside input on a Micro ATX build I have been thinking about for a while.  Here's what I have in mind at the moment.

CPU: Intel i7 920
GPU: XFX Geforce GTX 260
MOBO: DFI Lanparty Jr X-58
RAM: OCZ 6GB DDR3 1600
HD: Seagate 1.5TB and am super tempted to get a Raptor. Do both the 150GB and 300GB raptors have the same read/write benchmarks? They do according to newegg, but I don't know for sure.
PSU: Enermax Modular 525W Does anyone know of any better modular PSUs?
Case: Thermaltake
Sound Card: Creative X-Fi Titanium
Disk Drive: Samsung SH-S223F
Monitor: 1680*1050 with usb hub, I don't really know much about good monitors. Right now I have a Dell 22WS and it has worked pretty nicely.
Speakers: Logitech 2.1
OS: Vista Premium, should I go 32 or 64 bit?
Mouse: Logitech G5
Keyboard: Saitek


Anything else benign that I'm forgetting?

My total budget is $2000 for the entire system. I want this computer to play video games on high settings @ 1680*1050. It would be great if it could last me through the end of college(2013) with maybe 1 or 2 upgrades, like adding SLi or something. I live in the US and plan on making the computer this summer, before the end of august when I go back to school.

Thanks for the help!

Caption:  Dammit who put these knives up my sleeves.  This ALWAYS happens to me!

come on, who doesn't find this completely awesome?

Seriously, did you ever once not have Pablo on your team?  He was the best kid for every sport.  Hands down greatest backyard athlete every.

i couldnt get enough of the waterloo napolean level.  The whole game with in a game with in a game thing just struck me as brilliant. 

eVGA 8800 GTS 640MB !!!!

WOOT, has smoked everything i've put into it.  of course i havent played crysis yet....

I turned off hardware sound acceleration and that has apparently fixed the issue.  I guess creative lab's beta drivers don't jive with assassin's