new rig :O Options

[magicfann]

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
CPU Cooling: Zalman CNPS9500 LED
Motherboard: EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX
RAM: OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel
Graphics: EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP
Sound: Creative 7.1 Channels Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series
Hard Drive: WD Raptor X 150GB
CD/DVD Drive: 2 x Pioneer DVR-111D
Monitor: not sure if to go CRT or LCD yet.
Input: MX518, already own.
Power Supply: OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W
Case: Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full
Software: Windows XP, Office

supposed to come at about $2,600 wat do you think should i wait for those ATi cards

[animalinside]

"High Speed" HD's r a waste of time IMO, but whatever.
I dunno what games you play, but you wont have much of a problem with that graphics card, although you must not plan on going sli for a very long time (if you can even fit it) since you only got a 700w psu

You're probably gonna need more cooling, but i dunno....and about the monitor question, you've spent so much already, why not get a 26+ in. monitor to fully take advantage of ur gpu? And i usually do like Ati, but if you need dx 10 now...then you made a good decision

[MasterNe0]

Nice system.
ATI cards are better in terms of overclocking without damaging them unlike geforce cards. It just up to you.

my system:
Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Conroe 2.93GHz LGA 775 Processor
ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
CORSAIR XMS2 4 X ( 1GB ) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 675 (PC2 5400) Desktop Memory
2 X Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
1 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
PLEXTOR 16X DVD±R DVD Burner SATA Model PX-755SA
Thermaltake SHARK VA7000BWA Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
APC Back-UPS BE725BB 725VA 450W UPS