Building this for a friends son. Needs to stay close to $600. 5-600. Im at a total of 640 but thats before rebates. Been out of the loop for a few years. How does this look? How would crysis do on this rig? Tolerable? (not looking for OMFG 9000FPS on high settings) If you have any suggestions, please :) -Western Digital Caviar SE WD5000AAJS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive -ZOTAC ZT-98GES3P-FSP GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card (x1) -Rosewill RP550-2 550W ATX12V v2.01 Power Supply - Retail -OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2P10664GK -ASUS P5QL PRO LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard -Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 Wolfdale 2.66GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80570E8200 Total: $640 Can save $80 more with rebates.

You can get 4GB DDR2-800 for $29 after rebate with free shipping, but you gotta act quick: http://shop4.frys.com/product/5530560 The Wolfdale runs at 1333MHz FSB (333MHz) so all you really need is DDR2-667 (333MHz) to be able to run in sync. DDR2-800 (400MHz) will still still allow you to overclock the CPU to 1600MHz FSB (400MHz) if so desired. DDR2-1066 is unnecessary. Look for a board based on the P45 chipset, not the P43. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ... And get a decent power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ... "If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction

Cross posting about the same topic in more than one forum is a violation of CN rules. I had replied to your post in the gaming forum but I see it's been deleted. Here's a brief recap: - the Intel 975 chipset doesn't support 1333MHZ FSB so you're gonna have to choose a different mboard. Go for a P35 or P45 based board made by Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, Biostar, etc. Do NOT buy an Intel board. - DDR2-667 (333MHz) is the proper speed for running the RAM in sync with the E8400 but you don't necessarily have to use DDR2-667 RAM. DDR2-800 is usually cheaper...all you have to do is manually configure it to run as DDR2-667. - the Rosewill PSU you chose is made by ATNG from Taiwan. It has 50A on the +5v rail...that accounts for 250W. It's a scam/trick that *some* manufacturer's use to falsely inflate the overall wattage rating of their units. It's a 400W PSU at best. Did you look at the suggestions I made above? "If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction