Help! spec check please

[jeffro]

hi.

Im looking to build a gaming pc , mainly for fps and online racing games.
Based around The "Ultima Viper" ive never used Overclockers before so dont know if they will want to chnage so many items for me from the current spec. Do all there pre built pc come with os installed and everything ready to just switch on and play. This is the spec i fancy, i have put the items i wanna swap next to original spec.

Antec 902 Ultimate Gaming Case - SWAP for antec 1200,
- Power Supply: Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi Compliant Power Supply,- SWAP for corsair HX1000w atx modular psu
- CPU: Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz Overclocked to 4.00GHz
- Motherboard: Gigabyte EX58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B CPU Cooler with 2000RPM Sharkoon Silent Eagle 120mm
- RAM: Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel - SWAP for 6gb patriot viper 12800c8 1600mhz.
- Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - SWAP for -Wd 1tb 64MB cache wd1002faex
- Graphics Card: Choice of the latest graphics cards Xfx ati radeon HD5870
- Sound: Realtek ALC889 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)
- Optical Drive: LG DVD+/-RW SATA Drive
-windows 7.

ive put the 1000w psu in as i will prob upgrade to 2 cards in future. really need your advice , have these swaps made improvements, i done a lot of research and my mind is now just frazzled.

thanks in advance for any help.

 

[stulid]

dont swap the ram or hardrive.

and if you want a 5870 or even crossfire 5870 later on, then a HX850w is more than enough

 

[RJC]

1000w will be over kill for 2 5870, you can drop down.

Rest looks ok, using the Patriot ram in my i7 build.

 

[jeffro]

To tell the truth i left the 1000w in there, cause i was going down 2 x 480gtx route, but the reviews about heat have sort of put me off. Thought if nvidia bought out there next cards which will hopefully run cooler, i would then upgrade to them. 480gtx would be my 1st choice really for performance, just that heat issue is bugging me.

 

[RJC]

I'm running the Gainward 480 GTX on my system (only one card) and not got any complaints.
Fan runs just about audible when gaming and temps were around 75c ~ mark.