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Sounds like a solid setup, if you can I'd go for a little higher end card, but it doesn't seem terrible. Your processor is fine, if anything, I would spend a little bit of money and grab an SSD. I just got one and while they are very expensive still, the load times are almost zero for most things I do. If I were you I'd go with 4 or 6 gb of ram and get a higher end graphics card, but thats just me, might also use some of that money to go for a better board than ECS.

Also if you spend more money now on your case, it will last you for more than one build because you will be satisfied with it. Be aware that Sandy Bridge and Bulldozer are on the horizon though.

4GB of RAM would be fine for gaming.  And you should get 1066, not 1333.  Higher speed RAM is only for OC'ing and stuff like that.  There's literally like a 4-7% increase between speeds of RAM.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5770,2446-7.html - benchmarks for the 5770 (crysis in particular)

As stated above, a SSD is always the biggest improvement, but will show little improvement in FPS games.  SSD's benefit RPG's and games that have lots of loading screens (The Witcher, Dragon Age, etc)

A different mobo would be good if you wanted USB 3.0 as that one only supports USB 2.0

Here's a rough guide for gaming PC builds:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4025/holiday-2010-system-builders-guide

Also, is the Crysis thing just for benching purposes, or do you actually want to play the game? Cause it's not particularly that fun. 

EDIT: I should mention my PC pales in comparison to your list (HD4850, 3.0ghz Core Duo, 2GB ram, XP), and I can handle Crysis with low-medium settings at 720p. Not sure about framerate,  but it was playable. 

Hmm, I have used Asus and Gigabyte boards now with no problem, MSI also tends to be good, but I am an Asus and Gigabyte fan, to each their own though. In terms of recommending another board, it just depends what you want it to do. To be more future proof, look for a board that has USB 3.0 and Sata 6.0, other than that its down to what size board you want, crossfire, etc. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130275 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128443 for example. Once again, just my two cents, every piece of the build is important, but spending correctly in the right places makes a difference.

Also, looking at the benches that s2odin provided, the 5770 should be fine for what you wanted in crysis high details, and still decent with no AA, but getting a better graphics card never hurts.

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Originally Posted by RedHaze 

Thanks s2odin. I'm in a bit of a grey area about SSD's and their use with storage. If I was to buy a 1TB/128GB HD SSD hybrid, would games be stored on the SSD and everything else on the HD or something to that effect? And is it a pain to manage the memory that way?

What I did is just have like a couple bigger drives a 750 and a 500 as "storage" drives and my 64gb ssd runs my OS and a couple games like HON and a few others. I put my music on the other drives and I think my steam client is on there. 64gb may not seem like a lot, but if you are careful with what you put on there, it works like a charm.

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Originally Posted by RedHaze 

Thanks s2odin. I'm in a bit of a grey area about SSD's and their use with storage. If I was to buy a 1TB/128GB HD SSD hybrid, would games be stored on the SSD and everything else on the HD or something to that effect? And is it a pain to manage the memory that way?

Yea, you would just choose where to install everything.

You would want the OS on the SSD and RPG's on the SSD.  Since FPS games don't access the hard drive as often as RPG's you might want to save yourself some time and throw FPS's on the normal HDD.  

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I'm really not up to speed with today's hardware. Would this motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131647 be compatible with all the parts I mentioned? Changed my decish on the case to a Thermaltake V9.

Yea, that's a pretty decent mobo.  USB 3, SATA 6, and crossfire.

You can cut money on RAM as well, starting out with 4GB of 1066.  And I notice you got an 850w PSU.  You could probably get away with a 600w PSU unless you want to stick with the current 800w for future crossfire use.  I would also personally recommend a Coolermaster case (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160).  A Lian Li would be nice but they're usually pretty expensive.  Antec 900 is a very popular case although it can be somewhat small.

Nevermind on the RAM speeds.  1066 and 1333 for 4GB are virtually the same.

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Case -
Thermaltake V9

Which V9?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133074&cm_re=thermaltake_v9-_-11-133-074-_-Product  That one?

Imo you should look and see (if possible) where the PSU mounts, because some have top mounting (stupidest idea ever) PSU's.  And check the comments about space inside.  The reviews of that one are 50/50 for 5 and 4 stars.