Help with PC config

[yakkers]

Hi,
After experiencing the hell that is dell's warranty my 730 in on ebay and im looking for a gaming pc.

Im looking for the following specs ( open to advice )
Intel i7 950, 3.06GHz
6GB Memory
1792MB XFX GTX 295
1 x 300 GB Western Digital VelociRaptor
2 x 2000 GB Western Digital ( raid 1 - for my itunes collection )
windows 7
LG CH08LS10 - 8x Blu-Ray Reader & DVDRW
Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional

Im looking for this to be built for me.
The problem is im not keen on the cases shown and have seen from the forums that i can change the case. Im thinking of the GT1000-BLACK - Zalman - would this keep things inside cool enough?

Im not sure of build time, but would it be best to order now, you keep the machine until windows7 is released - then ship?

Last question - what warranty do i get with the pc?

[Ganty]

"Standard 3XS System Warranty - 2 Years (1st Year Onsite / 2nd Year Return to Base)"

you can pay for more/longer(upto 2 years extenion), but above is standard for all 3xs systems afaik.

[Terbinator]

If it was me i'd swap the CPU to a Core i7 920 (2.66Ghz) and change the graphics card too a ATi 5870 - or delay your build a bit longer and get a 5870 X2

[jim]

Buy an external drive to backup your itunes stuff onto, will be a lot safer than RAID 1.

[PeteG@Scan]

Buy an external drive to backup your itunes stuff onto, will be a lot safer than RAID 1.

Indeed!