Is this a good setup?

I want to get a good gaming computer. Is this a good setup so far? Any suggestions? Thanks.

CASE: Thermaltake Element-T Mid-Tower Case

CASE FAN: Maximum Enemax 120MM Case Cooling Fans for selected case (Maximum Silent Operation) (1,000 RPM Black Color with No LED Enlobal Magnetic Barometric Bearing 17 dBA)

POWER SUPPLY: 600 Watts Power Supplies (SLI Ready Power Supply)

CPU: (Quad-Core)Intel� Core� 2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.0GHz 1333FSB 12MB L2 Cache 64-bit

FAN: XtremeGear Ultra Twin Heatpipes Cool Copper Heatsink CPU Cooling Fan (Extreme Silent at 20dBA & Overclock Proof)

MOTHERBOARD: (3-Way SLI Support) EVGA nForce 780i SLI Mainboard FSB1333 DDR2 3 x PCIe x16 SATA RAID w/ USB2.0,IEEE1394,&7.1Audio

MEMORY: 4GB (2GBx2) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair or Major Brand)

VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX285 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA)

VIDEO2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX285 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA)

HDD: Single Hard Drive (500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)

CD: Sony 20X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive

SOUND: 3D WAVE ON-BOARD 5.1 SOUND CARD

SPEAKERS: 600Watts PMPO Subwoofer Stereo Speakers

NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network

KEYBOARD: Saitek PK17U Cyborg Gaming Keyboard

MOUSE: Razer Lachesis 3G 4000 DPI Mouse

FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer

USB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports

OS: Microsoft� Windows Vista� Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1(64-bit Edition)

OS UPGRADE: (Free Upgrade coupon with purchasing of Vista Home Premium) Microsoft� Windows� 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition)

SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT

If your building it you would be better off going with a i5/7 or a AM3 Phenom II then a socket 775 setup.

I'm not building. I'm getting it built by someone else.

Well then, don't let them build you a socket 775 system, as stated.

Have them build you a socket 1156 Core i5/i7 or Phenom II system.

How about this one? What is your advice for a good graphics card setup? Should I go dual cards or one GTX295? I have heard some very good things about them. Sorry, I don't know to much on the hardware end of PC's, but I'm trying to learn.

CASE: Thermaltake Element-T Mid-Tower Case

POWERSUPPLY: 635 Watts Power Supplies

CPU: AMD Phenom™II X4 965 Black Edition Quad-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology

FAN: XtremeGear Ultra Twin Heatpipes Cool Copper Heatsink CPU Cooling Fan (Extreme Silent at 20dBA & Overclock Proof)

MOTHERBOARD: Asus M4A77TD PRO AM3 DDR3 AMD 770 Chipset CrossFireX Technology SATA RAID MB w/GbLAN,USB2.0,&7.1Audio

MEMORY: 4GB (2GBx2) PC1333 DDR3 PC3 10666 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair or Major Brand)

VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX295 1.7GB 16X PCIe Video Card (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA)

HDD: Single Hard Drive (1TB (1TBx1) SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)

CD: Sony 20X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive

SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network

KEYBOARD: Saitek PK17U Cyborg Gaming Keyboard

MOUSE: Razer Lachesis 3G 4000 DPI Mouse

WNC: PCI Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Interface Card

FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer

USB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports

OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 (64-bit Edition)

OS UPGRADE: (Free Upgrade coupon with purchasing of Vista Home Premium) Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit Edition)

Doesnt look bad. You cant SLI two Nvidia cards on a AMD chipset board. Only Crossfire with ATI/AMD cards. Plus you would not want to on that board, the second PCIe slot only runs at 4X. You could get a ATI 5870, just released. But board wise, if you want to Crossfire two ATI cards you need a AMD DDR3 790X or 790FX chipset board.

Thanks for all the help. Do you think I could run games like Fallout 3 and Crysis on maximum with this setup?

CJ_Mcnasty said:

Thanks for all the help. Do you think I could run games like Fallout 3 and Crysis on maximum with this setup?

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I couldn't resist

Whats ur cost on this build?

Backwoods166 said:

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I couldn't resist

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I know you're probably making fun of me. I probably deserve it. I don't know a lot about this stuff.

Cost is about $1500-$1600.

CJ_Mcnasty said:

I know you're probably making fun of me. I probably deserve it. I don't know a lot about this stuff.

Cost is about $1500-$1600.

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I'm really not making fun of you but more along the lines of you falling into a cliche. It is very common for people to ask if their concept system will play crisis on max settings and it is kind of a joke. But, in all honesty, it's a legitimate question

I would go with the AMD Phenom II X4 and a Cooler Master V8 heatsink. Everything else looks great!