veg1992
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Ok heres my recommendations,
You don't have to get a q9550, the q6600 will do fine too if you overclock, and is over half the price...
Get the Corsair 750tx, its better for the extra $10:
Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CE, CB, TUV, FCC, CCC - Power Supplies
The Killer NIC was a gimmick from the beginning, stick with OnBoard
Get this RAM:
Newegg.com - CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory
Don't spend that much for an outdated OS, you could easily get Vista Home Premium
VelociRaptors are not worth it, they are proven to have little performance increase, and its $1 per Gigabyte, stick with something like a Western Digital 640gb Drive
Since you have an X48 board, consider an ATi card like an HD 4870 or HD 4870X2 (coming soon, the HD 4870X2 will outperform the 9800GX2 easily, it probably will overdo the GTX280 too [just based on the preview benchmarks so far])
Also if you're set on nVidia move to their GTX280 if you really want the extra performance
You don't have to get a q9550, the q6600 will do fine too if you overclock, and is over half the price...
Get the Corsair 750tx, its better for the extra $10:
Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CE, CB, TUV, FCC, CCC - Power Supplies
The Killer NIC was a gimmick from the beginning, stick with OnBoard
Get this RAM:
Newegg.com - CORSAIR XMS2 DHX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory
Don't spend that much for an outdated OS, you could easily get Vista Home Premium
VelociRaptors are not worth it, they are proven to have little performance increase, and its $1 per Gigabyte, stick with something like a Western Digital 640gb Drive
Since you have an X48 board, consider an ATi card like an HD 4870 or HD 4870X2 (coming soon, the HD 4870X2 will outperform the 9800GX2 easily, it probably will overdo the GTX280 too [just based on the preview benchmarks so far])
Also if you're set on nVidia move to their GTX280 if you really want the extra performance