£1000 to spend

[phileeny]

I Need the following

Graphics card: single card with VIVO and quiet cooling
Motherboard: Dual PCI-E to add second Graphics card next year
Processor: AMD 64x2 maybe
CPU heat sink/fan cooling (Quiet)
4GB ram

To use for top gaming and graphic video work, with a buget of £1000 what would you recommend.

 

[phileeny]

Is 4GB needed you tell me, using for video image editing and gaming, nothing else needed only CPU and coolers, Motherboard, Graphics and ram.

 

[phileeny]

Look pretty good spec, but I've heard that the ATI X1900's are very loud and the drivers are not very good yet. is this still the case?

Do you think 2GB is plenty for my use?

 

[phileeny]

I've been looking at some info on the Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe motherboard, is this the best board for crossfire? I think out of all the items I need, the motherboard is the most important, I've read that the Asus A8N32 Deluxe or the Asus A8N-SLi Premium is a better board, but only if I go for Nvidia SLi

 

[phileeny]

My system at it stands at the moment:

Two Hiper 580W PSU one for Motherboard, graphics, HDD's with OS, CD/DVD
the second PSU is for the data storage HDD's

My system will take the following
9 HDD's internal
4 Sata II hot swap (Icy Dock)
2 CD/DVD Drives
and space for up to 5 other 5.25" day devices

I will be getting:
Temp/Fan control
Extra Sata II PCI card
AMD 64x2 4400