My next rig

[vee_ess]

Oh wow. gotta show the benchmarks for that sys.

The only thing i would change are the speakers...I would use the optical out on the Audigy Platinum Ex to hook up digital sound to a Denon, HK, or B&K stereo and some tight set of home theater speakers. you can pump a few thousand watts in sound and make that one h*ll of a gaming machine.

(you probably aren't gonna want to pay $500 to $3000 for a stereo like that though so even a $200 or cheaper stereo would suffice and still make you feel every shot)