Need Advice on this Setup

[dellnomore]

What do you think? I'm not a HUGE gamer but I'd prefer to be able to run most of them and have a quick pc at that

Motherboard - nForce 780i SLI FTW
$205

CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W
$320

Video Card - EVGA 896-P3-1264-AR e-GeForce GTX260 SSC Edition 896MB DDR3 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card
$300

RAM - Kingston HyperX 4 GB (2x 2GB) PC2-6400 CL5 240-Pin DIMM Kit KHX6400D2K2/4GR
$65

Power Supply - Thermaltake W0116RU Toughpower 750W Power Supply with Active PFC
$180

Fan - Zalman CNPS 7700 CU LED - 120mm LED Fan Pure Copper CPU Cooler
$55

Screen - ASUS VH226H Black 21.5" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen 16:9 Full HD 1080P LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 1000:1 (ASCR 12000 : 1)
$200

Misc $300/max

Totals to about $1,625 USD ($1,944 CAD)


So what do you think? Is there anything you would add/take away/change?

 

[bullzi]

Get some very equal performance with an Intel chipset and an ATI GPU. I've worked on many 780i motherboards, and they're very temperamental with certain types of ram. Checkout this proven X48 DFI board and a 4870 that will deliver fantastic performance. I'd recommend this setup over an Nvidia setup, Crossfire performance scales much better than Nvidia's SLI. In most cases, crossfire delivers literally twice the performance, and rarely does SLI. Of course in games that favor Nvidia, that's an obvious win for them. Overall though, I think you'll be happier with this setup.

DFI Mobo $232: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136047

4870 $294: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161264

That 4870 is a very high quality HIS version, comes with an awesome HSF and is ready for some serious overclocking. It'll provide great performance right out of the box..

Everything else looks like great choices. GL with your build.