That looks good to me and I think you basically have been thinking the same thing I have. About the only thing I'd suggest doing differently is just building the thing yourself if you can save any money at all. If you have a local computer store that will price-match online parts prices, then do that so that you don't have to worry about component-testing issues.
And with that saved money, buy a more "XS"ivey "Kooler" custom water setup to chase the following goals:
Even higher OC frequency to ensure that not only do you run games at full speed, you do it with headroom for busy sequences or slightly wrong settings.
Quietest possible water loop and case so you can enjoy game soundtrack more than fan hiss (any audible noise is unwanted noise).
At least that's my personal final goal for my build. And next, you'll want a good monitor to really do dolphin justice. Either a Plasma TV like the Panasonic ST series, or a good IPS-rated monitor like the Monoprice IPS-Zero-G . Then a truly quality 2.1 sound-system - none of the crap sold to gamers by logitech et al but legit stuff from Marantz, Emotiva and Salk, EMP, Philharmonic, Ascend, or even certain DIY kit speakers. Yeah, the large wooden kind that people think are obsolete as they listen to crappy sounding powered full-range minispeakers made of plastic and 3" of paper trying to reproduce the full range. Likewise for a subwoofer. And with OpenAL even allowing conversion of Pro Logic to 5.1..........
And with that saved money, buy a more "XS"ivey "Kooler" custom water setup to chase the following goals:
Even higher OC frequency to ensure that not only do you run games at full speed, you do it with headroom for busy sequences or slightly wrong settings.
Quietest possible water loop and case so you can enjoy game soundtrack more than fan hiss (any audible noise is unwanted noise).
At least that's my personal final goal for my build. And next, you'll want a good monitor to really do dolphin justice. Either a Plasma TV like the Panasonic ST series, or a good IPS-rated monitor like the Monoprice IPS-Zero-G . Then a truly quality 2.1 sound-system - none of the crap sold to gamers by logitech et al but legit stuff from Marantz, Emotiva and Salk, EMP, Philharmonic, Ascend, or even certain DIY kit speakers. Yeah, the large wooden kind that people think are obsolete as they listen to crappy sounding powered full-range minispeakers made of plastic and 3" of paper trying to reproduce the full range. Likewise for a subwoofer. And with OpenAL even allowing conversion of Pro Logic to 5.1..........