How does my build look?

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SEAGATE HDD 500GB PATA 7200rpm 16MB Hard Drive
$114.90

BFG Technologies 650 Watt ATX Internal Power Supply
$79.99

EVGA nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX 768mb DDR3 PCI-E
$500.00

Ultra ChillTEC Thermo Electric CPU Cooler
$65.00

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz FSB1066MHz 8MB L2 Retail
$328.95

XFX MB-N680-ISH Quad LGA775 MOTHERBOARD SLI nForce 680
$289.00

OCZ 2GB 1GB PC8000 DDR2 PLATINUM XTC ENHANCED LATENCY
$204.44

Total after shipping is about $1750. What do you think?
 
Why go with the P-ATA HD? I would just get a S-ATA HD, as P-ATA (more commonly known as IDE) is ugly, slow and out of date technology compared to S-ATA.
 
Ahh I didnt know P-ATA was ide i figured it was still sata. Thanks for pointin that out ill change that. Im sticking with an SLI motherboard because i dont want to have to buy a new one down the road when I want to start using it. I live in Canada so I can't get that ram otherwise id be all over that deal. I will probably order everything and wait for sunday to buy the Q6600.
 
nice system, i have nothing to add....... every1 stole my usual build critiques :)
 
do you really need a 8800GTX? i'd step down to a 320MB unless you are running a HUGE resolution

i'd either grab a Gigabyte DS3R or a MSI P6N Platinum mobo
 
This is to run Maya and After Effects. So it will be put through some long heavy render sessions. So yes I need the 8800 GTX. It appears to be the best card out there excluding the workstation Quadro FX cards which are rediculously expensive. Those were ebay prices heres my total so far at tigerdirect. Please let me know if you have seen significantly better deals somewhere else.

T13-1062 :: Coolmax / CXI-600B / 600-Watt / ATX / 120mm Fan / SATA-Ready / SLI-Ready / 20/24-Pin / Power Supply 1 $132.99

TSD-500AS2 :: Seagate / Barracuda 7200.10 / 500GB / 7200 / 16MB / Serial ATA-300 / OEM / Hard Drive 1 $129.97

E145-8000 :: EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX / 768MB GDDR3 / SLI Ready / PCI Express / Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card 1 $589.97

C13-2024 :: Corsair Dual Channel TWINX 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Memory (2 x 1024MB) 2 $129.97

ULT33186 :: Ultra / ChillTec / Socket 939/775/AM2 / Thermal Electric CPU Cooler 1 $139.97

MBM-680LT-Q6600 :: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz Socket 775 OEM Processor and a FREE XFX nForce 680i LT SLI NVIDIA Socket 775 ATX Motherboard 1 $549.97

SUBTOTAL: $1,802.81
 
What will this system be used for?

I would change the PSU to either the Corsair 520HX or the Xclio GreatPower 550. I would go with the Tuniq Tower 120 from svc.com. If you are not going to go SLI (which isnt worth it) I would get the Gigabyte DS3R motherboard. And for RAM get Cruicial Ballistix or Gskill ddr2 800.

Why is eveyrone ordering the tuniq tower 120 at svc.com? its only 5 dollars cheaper compared to newegg and doesn't have neweggs warranty policies and stuff. Not to mention if hes going to order the rest of his parts from newegg, he might as well just get it from newegg. I plan too...
 
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