I'm building a new system, since my last one is on its last legs. Any suggestions? How will Crysis treat it?
 
Case Thermaltake Armor+ Black Steel Case[VH6000BWS]
PSU Thermaltake 1200W Tough Power Active PFC Cable Management
Memory Corsair 4GB QUAD2X4096-8500C5DF (4x1GB) PC-8500 (1066MHz) Q2X4096-85C5DF
Motherboard Asus Striker II Formula 780i Socket 775
Video Card MSI 8800 Ultra Overclocked 768MB 660/2300MHz
Sound Card CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER X-FI FATAL1TY CHAMPION PCI SOUND CARD
CPU Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Quad Core  
Monitor SAMSUNG 24" 245B LCD MONITOR
Hard Drive 1 WESTERN DIGITAL 150GB 10,000 RPM
Hard Drive 2 Western Digital 500G 16MB 7200RPM
Hard Drive 3 Western Digital 500G 16MB 7200RPM
DVD Drive Sony BWU200S HD Ready Internal Blu-ray Burner
 
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You kidding?  
 
The question is more how will THAT thing treat Crysis.
 
You should be able to play on high/very high at 1600x1200.

That PSU is total overkill unless you want to go down the Tri SLI route.It is some build if you're able to afford it.You will be able to play crysis all high on 1650x1080(Maybe).It is a really demanding game cause @ 1920x1080 all very high on a tri sli system with an overclocked QX9650 will only get around 40 fps.

I haven't decided on Tri SLI hense the 1200 PSU. I'm also thinking of using  Vista 64

 
Don't disrespect Crysis. Put it in DX10 mode at 1920x1200 with 16xAA maxed out and it will obliterate (even) that PC.

^Yup. Crysis is the most intense game for ANY PC.

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Oh, I totally understand that.  
 
I was just trying to make a point. I would personally never spend more than $1000 on a computer.  
 
His video card is $600 by itself.

your pc can be crushed by crysis on one video card
 
crysis is so powerful ity made my pc overwork and blow up on medium settings
 

Not to mention the $1000 processor

ahhh good old crysis

Looks like a build that is out of desperation. Buy the most expensive parts and hope that you pawn anyone out there. I wouldn't spend $1.6k on CPU and GPU, even if I had it. It'll be pawned in a few weeks or so when the new GPU's come out.

If you desire to obliterate hard earned money to be able to play one game thats a good move.  I would wait for the newer hardware to come out soon and waste your money on that instead.
 
The truth is, the top end is what it is, the best there is to offer for now.  Months down the road you will be looking at charts and see your very expensive hardware hovering somewhere in the middle of the pack waiting to get pushed off of the chart by the next released hardware.
 
Like Deadboots said, from a sensible standpoint its best to pick bang for the buck and make it work unless you simply enjoy sending your money out the back door as soon as you get it.
 
If you do, then I will email you my mailing address and I will help you get rid of it on my wish list from Newegg...  
 

It sounds like a top notch system and if you want to roll at the sharp edge then you do need to pay the prices...
 
However, these are my suggestions:
 
1. Drop the 8800 Ultra and replace it with two 8800GT's in SLI mode.
2. Consider an E8400 rather than the QX9650. Quad cores offer minimal benefit over dual cores in games. An E8400 can be overclocked to 4Ghz will be more than enough for Crysis (which is much more GPU rather than CPU limited). When software catches up and we start to see optimizations for quad cores, you can then use the money you saved to buy whatever makes sense quad core wise at that time.
 
I've got a E6750 with a single 8800GT and get around 30fps with Crysis at 1440 by 900 on high detail settings (DX9). With your system I think you'll get the same at 1650 by 1080 - however with the two 8800GT's in SLI expect 40+ fps at that resolution and playable ultra high.

 MSI 8800 Ultra? mmmmm why?
 
 How about EVGA 8800 GTS 512mb G92? (comes with a free Crysis game)
 

Drop that Processor...Its  just not worth 1K for a single processor...get a high end one...but thats just silly to spend that much get a fast Quad or Duel core and get more vid cards.  Thats my $.02.
 
But hey...if you are actually going to buy this and you really have THAT much money to burn...no one here is going to stop you...hee hee
 
I do like the case...its the same one I just got.

what the two guys above me said... wait for nehalem... and wait a bit before blowing so much cash on a pc... it;s not a price-effective setup at all

This forum needs to institute a "10-post minimum" thread starting rule for noobs like this.

Thanks all for your comments and suggestions. I was expecting some of them. No one is going to like all you suggest but hey if we all thought the same we would be all walking around in grey jumpsuits and eating soylent green.
 
Good points about the vid cards. As to the quad, I think I can get a good deal on it and hope to not have to replace the machine for awhile, even if it won't be top of the line after 6 months.