New build for DX10 gaming and entertainment

Looking to build a rig for DX10 gaming. Definitely going to run Vista 64 bit. Here is what I want to do. Ultimately I am going to run in SLI, but that will be an upgrade further down the line, along with a stronger power supply. Any comments are welcome!



APEVIA X-PLEASURE-BK Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case



EVGA 122-CK-NF67-T1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i LT SLI ATX Intel Motherboard



Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor



CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory (I'm going with 2 of these kits for 4 gigs total)



EVGA 768-P2-N835-A3 GeForce 8800GTX Superclocked 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card



OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI ATX12V 600W Power Supply 100 - 240 V CB/CE/CSA/UL/FCC



Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive



LITE-ON Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner with LightScribe



LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model DH-16D2S-04



Rosewill RCR-102 52-in-1 USB 2.0 Black Card Reader - Retail



Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Ultimate for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM



So, what does everyone think? Like I said, eventualy I will upgrade to SLI gtx's and a much stronger power supply. Comments and advice please!



Thanks.

Insteadof the 8800GTX I'd get this and overclock it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130296

Go for the OCZ GameXStream 700W...



And the P35-DS3L if you wanna upgrade in the future... and switch to Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB DDR2-800 RAM... $36 or something after rebates, with lower cas... CL4...

Wow, I didn't realize the specs on the cheaper 8 series cards were so good. I am considering this card here in place of the 8800GTX superclocked.



EVGA 512-P3-N802-A1 GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail



The big pro here is that I could get two of these and run them in SLI for the price of just one 8800GTX.



I have two concerns. First it says the interface is PCI express 2.0 and not PCI express X16. I was under the impression that PCI X16 was the superior interface. Will PCI 2.0 seriously bottleneck these cards? Especialy in SLI? My second concern is the stream processors. The 8800GTX has 128 while this card only has 112. How bad will this affect performance?



Thanks.

PCI-Express 2.0 is x32. However this is socket-compatiable with x16 so if you put a card such as the 8800GT on an old PCI-E 1.1 (x16) motherboard it'll just revert to x16 mode.

The stream processors are harder to think about now; the 8800GTX uses the G80 core and the 8800GT uses the G92 core; this means that they use them differently and the G92 uses them better. The new G92 8800GTS will be out soon but prices for that will be higher than the GT. (but it does beat the current GTX)