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It looks good, but:
1. You could very easily get by with a less beefy PSU. Unless you're running SLI, older power-hungry processors, and a large RAID setup (which you're not), 500W will be plenty. I'd personally go with the Enermax Liberty 500. All the extra power does is put out extra heat and noise, and cost you more.
2. Core2 X6800 is indeed blazing fast, but after the E6600, or E6700 if you push it, bang per buck drops considerably. Consider stepping down on the processor, and adding another hard drive or two (you can never have enough storage space).
3. 4GB is overkill, too; unless you use an x64 OS, you won't be making full use of them, and if you do use an x64 OS, be prepared for software and hardware incompatibility issues (especially in games).
4. For the graphics card, here's where you'd do well to step up. Instead of this top-of-the-line ATI DX9 card, go with a top-of-the-line nVidia DX10 card, the GeForce 8800GT.
5. Finally, make sure you're getting a motherboard that will let these top-notch components shine. If you go with the nVidia card, like I would, you should go with an i680-based nVidia motherboard.
1. You could very easily get by with a less beefy PSU. Unless you're running SLI, older power-hungry processors, and a large RAID setup (which you're not), 500W will be plenty. I'd personally go with the Enermax Liberty 500. All the extra power does is put out extra heat and noise, and cost you more.
2. Core2 X6800 is indeed blazing fast, but after the E6600, or E6700 if you push it, bang per buck drops considerably. Consider stepping down on the processor, and adding another hard drive or two (you can never have enough storage space).
3. 4GB is overkill, too; unless you use an x64 OS, you won't be making full use of them, and if you do use an x64 OS, be prepared for software and hardware incompatibility issues (especially in games).
4. For the graphics card, here's where you'd do well to step up. Instead of this top-of-the-line ATI DX9 card, go with a top-of-the-line nVidia DX10 card, the GeForce 8800GT.
5. Finally, make sure you're getting a motherboard that will let these top-notch components shine. If you go with the nVidia card, like I would, you should go with an i680-based nVidia motherboard.
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