Building my gaming rig

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mystikewl

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Asus 22” VW222U
Thermaltake Xaser VI
Thermaltake Toughpower 750W
Asus Rampage formula P45
Q9400
G.Skill-PI 4GB Kit DDR2 (2x2G) 1066
Seagate Sata 320GB
Logitech G9
512MB 8800GT
Asus SATA DVD-RW
Logitech G15
W.D Sata 640GB

Im on a budget of 2000USD, Give me a shout if you have any suggestions!!
This is my first time building a PC, will it be easy?
Should i buy a quality CPU fan or use the stock fan?
I was wondering if i should buy the Xaser V1 or the coolermaster RC830?
 
For $2000 I think you can have more than that. Here is what "I" would do with $2000

Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX for $90 after rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021

CORSAIR 750W ATX12V for $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

GIGABYTE DS3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX for $135
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128344

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz for $185
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115018

ZALMAN 9700 BLUE LED for $54
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118019

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 1100 MHz (PC2 8800) for $140
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231194

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4870 for $285
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102769

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 for $30
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...60057+50001137+1101308508+4025&name=$25+-+$50

Western Digital Caviar 500GB 7200 RPM for $75
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136178

ASUS Black 20X for $37
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135156

Acer Black-Silver 24" for $360
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N=2010190020+1309821328+4019&name=$300+-+$400

Ideazon Merc Stealth Illuminated Gaming Keyboard ( I have this and LOVE it) for $65
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823161028

Logitech G7 for $58
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104203

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for $110
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488


All this for $1724 before shipping....that leaves you a little room for a few changes, maybe a better motherboard. That is just what "I" would do with $2000

With a good CPU fan and heatsink and a good case....the cooling will be fine.

A friend of mine just made a build almost just like this, that's where I got the ideas, and it's bad! Q6600 at 3.0 GHz, the high speed RAM and the 4870.....this thing tears anything apart!
 
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get a q9550 instead of the q9450, its something like 10 or 20 dollars more, and i would probably wait a little bit, nehalem is supposed to be around soon
 
That might drop the prices of the Quads even further! :D

Case : XION II w/12” green cold cathode
Motherboard : Asus P5N-E 650i @ 1532 FSB
CPU : Intel Q9300 @ 2.875 GHz
CPU Cooler : Cooler Master Hyper TX2
RAM : Corsair XMS2 Pro/pc6400/ 4x1GB/ @800 MHz
Graphics : Evga 9800 GTX @ 760 MHz
PSU : Antec Neo Power 650w / modular cables
 
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