First build - Looking for Gaming

Computer Forum New Build / Upgrade Advice
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Here’s what I’m going to use for my first build. What do you guys think? Any thing I should swap out, or any recommendations?

Any help would be appreciated!

Tower: COOLER MASTER HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP Black Steel + Plastic and Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

MoBo: ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

Video Card: EVGA 017-P3-1296-AR GeForce GTX 295 Superclocked Edition 1792MB 896 (448 x 2)-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply

CPU: Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor

RAM: OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory Model

Sound Card: Creative 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Express 1x Interface PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium

Heat sink/fan: Sunbeam CR-CCTF 120 mm Core-Contact Freezer CPU Cooler W/TX-2
-Sunbeam CR-LGA1366 LGA 1366 Core I7 Socket Retention Bracket Set
-OCZ OCZTFRZTC Freeze Extreme Thermal Conductivity Compound

I was trying to shoot for under $1700. Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks!

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Nice setup there. Can’t really fault it has nice 2nd gen sli where both pci-express x16 slots run at true x16 mode (4gb/s) I just got one question for you. tell me you gonna be using that onboard raid controller and have a raid 0 it is a must have on your setup.

One thing i would change if your going to be doing some extreme overclocking is the heatsink. if you got enough cash change it for the thermalright ultra 120 copper this is the next best thing to water cooling. Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Copper Cooler - Bjorn3D.com

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Don’t forget and operating system, its another $100!!!