Hi yall, my desktop died about a year ago and the laptop I have is great for everything but gaming. I've finally gotten the money together to buy a new one and the first game I'm going to install is Fallout 3. I can not freaking wait to start a new character with the best visual mods. And get back into Oblivion.

Anyway, I love these boards so I'm posting here to see if any finds a big flaw in my build. I'm trying to keep it under or around $1500 total...this is about $1585 without shipping. I already have a great 24" monitor and sound system.

COOLER MASTER HAF Mid Tower Computer Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=11-119-233
ASUS P6X58D Premium LGA 1366 Intel Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-131-614
Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz Quad-Core Desktop Processor - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115225
EVGA GeForce GTX 465 (Fermi) Superclocked 1GB Video Card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130557
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 Desktop Memory - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-231-277
OCZ Vertex 2 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-227-590
Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB Internal Hard Drive - Bare Drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=22-136-218
LITE-ON Black 24X DVD Writer - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106335
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W Power Supply - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006
HT | OMEGA CLARO Plus+ 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=29-271-002
RAZER DeathAdder Mouse - Left Hand Edition - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826153058
Kingston FCR-HS219/1 19-in-1 USB 2.0 Card Reader - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134753
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 64 Pro 92mm Ceramic CPU Cooler - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185125
Logitech Pro 2000 Black USB Cordless Standard Keyboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126052


Thanks a lot.

-u.t.c.

The motherboard is designed for triple channel memory. You should go for three sticks in there so it gets maximum performance. Either 3x1GB for 3GB total or 3x2GB for 6GB total.

Ok, thanks Starforce9, never occurred to me. Your profile image prompts me to ask - do you think there's an AMD Motherboard/CPU combo that would work just as well? Curious because their gear seems to be a good $50 or more cheaper in each category.

u.t.c.

I personally prefer AMD over Intel. A good build that I would recommend would be:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131655
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145260 (AMD uses dual channel memory still)
This would be fine for games.

Combo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.537712

RAM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277&cm_re=g_skill_ddr3_4gb_1600-_-20-231-277-_-Product