possumers

Hiho,
This is my first post here, I stumbled across your forums while searching for compatibility information. I've just come out of the wrong end of a 4 month struggle with ALienware -.- I ordered a shiny new £1600 system from them at the beginning of the year and have been having a total nightmare, sending it back four times each time getting steadily worse from their incompetent tech team. I've decided finally to demand a refund and build my own system! I built one a long time ago with the help of a friend so I have the general idea, but things move so fast... Anyway, If possible I could really use someone who knows what they're doing having a look at this and making sure things will work together.


What I've got so far is;
CPU; Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz (Retail 775) (Aria.co.uk)
Motherboard; Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS5, iP45 Express, S775 Motherboard (Aria.co.uk)
RAM; Corsair 4GB PC2-6400 XMS2 (2x2GB) (Aria.co.uk)
Case; Thermaltake BLACK KANDALF CASE LIQUID COOLING SYSTEM (Dabs.com)
Graphics Card; Sapphire HD4870 X 2 2Gb PCI-Express graphics card (Misco.co.uk)
Power Supply; Thermaltake W0133 1200W Toughpower Psu Modular (Amazon.co.uk)
Hard Drive; 1000GB - 1TB - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 - 7200RPM - 32MB (Aria.co.uk - says 300mbps transfer rate, actually 3gb)
Disc Drive; HP dvd1070 20x DVDRW LightScribe Black SATA (Aria.co.uk)


I've probably forgotten something vital, or have a serious conflict somewhere so please advise me :P

The system is intended mainly for gaming, Mostly Oblivion or Guild wars.

Thanks in advance :P

wrench97

I would drop the liquid cooling since you'll only be able to use it on the cpu and go with a good heat sink/fan the hassle of liquid cooling just isn't worth it on today's Intel CPU's plus the heat pipes on the motherboard are made to have air from the cpu cooler go through them.