New system, pls crit

[-.R4zi3l.-]

Hi all:

I'm gonna order some stuff (basicly a whole PC, not just tower), would appreciate crits. Also im getting it with updating to dx10 cards later on in mind, also getting a "lower end" cpu to upgrade later to dual core (mobo supports it). Here's the rig:

- Hyunday imagequest 17" 8ms
- Enermax CS-527 Black + Ultra-X PSU 500W atx2.0 + 2 Akasa Blu led fans (2500rpm)
- Sapphire Pure Advantage "crossfire edition" Radeon xpress 200.
- Athlon64 +3500 retail + Akasa ak-855-BL CPU cooler
- Crucial 1GB DDR Pc3200 cas3 (two of em)
- Radeon X850XT PCI-X (powercolor)
- Sony DVD and combi rw
- Saitek PZ30AU
- Diamondback plasma + Steelpad S&S
- Icemat Siberia Headset black
- WinXP home SP2 (waiting for Vista)
- Norton Internet Suite 2006

Wont be amazing, but for £1000 it isnt bad

Thanx in advance

 

[-.R4zi3l.-]

Thanx, i thought that. Seems like OCuK ara amazing in price comparisons. Was living in spain, and for some reason u can find systems similar to those for £850, but if you check PCWorld or anything similar we talking £1500

Also was kinda wary about posting that "2nd class" pc on here, most of the setups inlcude x1900XT's

 

[-.R4zi3l.-]

Yep, all looks good.
The X850XT is £114.95 +VAT. Which is a great price.

But for just £159.95 +VAT.
You can get the fair bit faster HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1800 XL 256MB.

Cheers aceshigh but i think you're wrong, i've been researching into those two and comparing:
The X1800XL is slower than the x850XT, check the specs. Also is slower on FPS side for up to Dx 9.0b games. Even the fill rate is lower (35GB/s against 35.8GB/s). It's just a different generation card, but it is the lowest model of x1800 GPU (XT is high end on ati, XL is low). And a couple Dx effects isnt worth the difference

About the drives: hmm might do, just gotta find 2 of the same to make the case look cool. 2 nice black ones