Yeah, so I am about to build this rig which is totally for future-proof gaming. Any feedback/comment/suggestion would be extremely helpful. I am on holiday in Hong Kong so these prices are in hk dollars; 1US Dollar= 7 .8 HK Dollars.

Component: Name: Price:
CPU Intel q9450 2500
Motherboard P5Q Deluxe 1800
Ram 4GB 645
Graphics Radeon HD 4850 1700
DVD Unbranded 174
Hard Drive 250GB 353
Case ??????????????? 750
CPU Cooler Hyper 212 340
Fans 100
Monitor 1500
 Total Price: 9862

Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

depends on how future proof you want it and you don't have a PSU listed. I am going to be doing this later this summer myself so I have been looking over parts etc as well. I think I would try and drop my price on the case the monitor the MB and see if I could get a 4870 (GDDR5 model only). I will try and put one together meeting your price point and send you a link. I have been building systems for a couple decades now and can usually find some pretty nice deals. Just let me see if I can give you what I'm saying at or under the 1250 price should'nt take more than a couple hours.

Patriot 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
$184.99

1    COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
$49.99

1    Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $59.99

1    SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model SH-S203N $26.99

1    GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard $84.99

1    ZEROtherm ZEN FZ120 120mm CPU Cooler $39.99

1    DIAMOND 4870PE5512 Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card

DIAMOND Radeon HD 4870 4870PE5512 Video Card $274.99

2    APEVIA CF12SL-UBL 120mm Blue LED Case Fan $13.58

1    APEVIA CF4SL-UBL-LED 80mm Blue LED Case Fan $5.99

1    BenQ FP202W V3 Black 20 $199.99

1    Intel GiftIntel GiftIntel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80580Q930 $269.99

Grand Total:    $1,211.48

Oh that list is from newegg I just made it text so I could paste it I left out the PSU the antec 800 is 135 and silverstone 850 is 145 pretty close to price with a 4870 and 4 gigs of good ddr3 fans dvd rw cpu BenQ 20" 5ms 1680 res monitor and a decent case

How about spending a little less on the PSU with either one of these:

PC Power & Cooling S75QB (only after the $30 rebate to knock it down to $125)

or

Corsair 750TX

and getting a different case like the Antec Three Hundred.

wow! thanks a lot rapid1 that is really helpful

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i finished it with this:

q9450

asus p5q-e

Sapphire 4870

all housed in the coolermaster rc690 which I think is a brilliant case. i overclocked the q9450 from 2.66 to 3.2ghz (I have a arctic cooling freezer Xtreme) and have currently got 1.19 cpu vcore.

the core temps are 55 idle (using coretemp- realtemp is 10 less) and max 70 under prime95; max of about 60 whilst playing crysis. do u think thats safe? temps in degrees c.

cheers

Yeah thats safe.

...but not optimum. 70c is kinda high so I'd recommend crankin the fan speed up a bit.

I agree 70 is up there on a 45nm. On 45nm you don't really want to exceed 65c. if you can keep from it. Long term i reccommend a heatsink change if it where me. I would get the thermalright ultra 120 or thermaltake big typhon  consider case. That cpu has alot more in the tank but your heatsink isn't gonna get it for ya.Don't forget we have a folding cotest and there some stuff up for grabs and time left to win it.

Fold On!!!!!

yeah, I appreciate 70c is high, but that is only with prime after a few hours (and if you are a realtemp believer then that is 60c). I dont really want to fork out for another cooler for a modest performance increase for at least a few years I think. my current temps dont reduce the lifespan of the cpu, DO THEY ???????????

Actually, what do you guys think of an idea i have been trialing. basically i replaced one side of my case with really fine cloth which does not let dust in but does let air through, and it decreased my temps by 5c. do you think leaving it like that is a good idea?

I can be superficial sometimes so aesthetically it sounds kinda bunk(no offense), but if it worx then why not I guess. What speed/percentage is your cpu fan running @?