Just one last check pretty much to make sure everything is going to be compatible, and I'm not making some oversight that's gonna make me want to slit wrists when I build it.

Case: $99 XCLIO Windtunnel Fully Black Finish 1.0 mm SECC Chassis ATX Full Tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811103011 ://http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16811103011 ://http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16811103011

CPU: $269.99 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819115043

Motherboard: $149 ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813131232

Graphics Card: $199.99 EVGA 512-P3-N871 GeForce 9800 GTX(G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130339

Ram: $86 CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...IN2X4096-6400C5

PSU: $129.99 CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CE, CB, TUV, FCC, CCC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817139006

Heatsink: $49.99 Tuniq Tower 120 P4 & K8 CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835154001

Optical Drive: $26.99 SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X 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 20X DVD±R DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827151153

Hard Drive: $79.99 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822136073

OS: $99.99 Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16832116204

$7 ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 Thermal Compound
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835100007

Subtotal: $1,124.40

I plan on ordering once the 9800 comes back in stock at Newegg. Anyone have any idea how long that usually takes?

Also does anyone know of an in-depth up to date computer building guide on a forum or anywhere online? I don't think I'll have much of a problem but just in case I have any snags along the way it would be nice to have, since this will be my first time building one. Thanks.

Looks like a nice setup to me, just remember to use standoffs to keep the motherboard up away from the case. You don't want it grounding out and ruining your board or anything else..

I don't know of an online tutorial, but I'm sure someone here does. It seems like I've seen somebody put a link to something, somewhere, sometime... not much help but someone will come along with more and probably better wisdom..

Unless you're one of those big Nvidia fanboys, I'd suggest getting an ATI Radeon HD 4850. In benchmarks it is usually slightly faster then the 9800GTX, and it's cheaper.

Then again, you're ordering an SLI board, so you wouldn't be able to do crossfire with ATI cards on it. That is just a suggestion though, and the 9800GTX is still a pretty good card.

hey buddy i found a complete build guide for my 'striker extreme' mother board @ Asus.com , was in a pdf very helpful, So go to your board manufacturer web site, There's bound to be some thing

Marco

http://support.asus.com/download/download....SLanguage=en-us

write in your Motherboard details, once you find it click on manual Link

Download PDF hope it was helpful.

Yup I'm a fanboy :D

Thx Marco, never thought to look there, for some reason.

Here's a good guide (I used it to build my first computer):
http://www.kitchentablecomputers.com/assemble1.htm

When nVidia releases the 9800 GTX+, the price for the vanilla 9800 GTX should come down if they haven't already. You're building a solid system.