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Originally Posted by Technogeek

I am sorry, the QX9850 is not out yet, what i ment to type was the QX9650, but building a system like that I personally would be willing to wait a bit for the 9850 to come out.
The price is about 300 bucks more the the 9650vs6850, but from what I've read and having used the 9650 before It seems the way to go if money is not a factor.

I am curious why you chose the FX5500. Like Hyper_Shadow said it's not a great choice for gaming, but rather suited for graphic design and CAD,DCC apps.

I have installed a couple different brand water coolers, and yes they can be a lot of trouble sometimes. If your not going to OC then it should be just fine on air cooling though. You said your case has 1 120mm exhaust and 1 180mm intake, with up to 9 more 120mm fans? That's a lot of air movement.

I agree that a 1kw PSU is a lot of juice, but if you plan on running duel video cards, and fill all your bays, (and fan slots), then you know you will not run out of power. But you could get away with less like Hyper_Shadow said.

Good luck, and let us know what you end up with.

Actually I am getting a 1,200 watt power supply...you can never go wrong with having too much power, but you can under power your system! So I would rather have a decent power supply that I know I can add whatever I want to that system and not have to worry about power once it is built.

Heck, if it turns out to be a decent power supply, I can use it if I ever upgrade my system!

As far as the Video card? I did not know about that before posting on these and other computer forums. I have changed it to a 8800 Ultra video card.