buying a stupid-good rig...ideas?

[Juicy]

I've got the following system lined up:

BU-027-OK (Bundle) £510.95
GX-009-BG (Geforce 7800 GTX 256) £346.57
HD-089-MD (HDD - maxtor 300Gb) £88.07

Basically, I'm not too interested in opinions in what I should get differently. I've done my research and I will be pretty happy with the resulting system.

My only question is one of compatability. The bundle should take care of 80% of the worry, but my last Geforce was so incompatable it hurt. Any thoughts on this?

cheers

 

[Juicy]

Thanks for the ideas. Not to be completely set in stone, I will of course check out the potential of the x1900. My allegence is not to any particular vendor. Yet.

My main concern is this is going to explode my credit card. It is a LOT of money, which is why I'm trying to make sure it'll all work (as much as you can, anyway)...

The benefit of the bundle being 'proven' is, I guess, why I'm paying up in that respect. Too many mistakes made with the old compatability.

Again, thanks for your thoughts

 

[Juicy]

Think the (GX-113-SP) -
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)

Would cut the mustard, so to speak?
Again, interested in known compatability really.

 

[Juicy]

hehe, yeah, I did the same maths. I was surprised actually since bundles normally save a little.
I guess it's just so you know they'll work together for hardware 'noobs' like me

 

[Juicy]

I did some reasearch into the x1900. I'm quite impressed.
Although the see-saw will always swing back and forth, I am content to spend the extra £20 or so for the x1900 XTX. (special offer, woot!)

So that's the order placed. I'll post my 3dmark scores when I get the rig sorted if anyone's interested.

 

[Juicy]

As promised.

3dmark 05: 10352

Not bad