Possible upgrade, thoughts?

[BoomAM]

Hi.
Im thinking of doing a 'big' upgrade over the summer, involving the parts below (or equal to).
The aim of the upgrade is to give me a nice boost in multi-tasking, with an eye to the future, and light gaming, until the next round of gfx cards is upon us anyway.
The second use will be to drive my HDTV as well as my two monitors, for MCE usage. .
Another requirement is for it to be quieter than my existing system.

What do you lot think of this thus far:
- Xeon 3200 (quad core) @ £287.86
- 2x 2Gb (2x1Gb) GeIL Value DDR2 PC6400 @ £64.61 each, £129.22 total.
- Powercolor Silent X1950XT 512Mb @ £146.86
- Auzentech X-Fi @ £119.84
- Samsung 500Gb @ £69.31
- Antec P182 Black @ £82.24
- Zalman 9700 HSF @ £41.11

Total of £876.44

Other parts to buy:
£150 for a P35 based mobo.
£100 for a PSU.
£50 for two DVDRW drives.

Total2 of £1176.44


Existing parts to add:
- 2x Samsung 250Gb HDDs.
- 1x Hitachi 250Gb HDD.
- X800XL to drive HDTV.


Few questions:
- Will the above, combined specs, be good enough for what i want to do?
- Any changes/suggestions?
- Whats a good P35 based board to use?
- Is the Auzentech worth it over the integrated audio?(thought of based on future Dolby encoding abilities as well as existing X-Fi stuff).
- Will the Xeon work in a P35 mobo, as i cant find any info on the matter anywhere?

Thanks in advance all.
.

 

[lay-z-boy]

- Will the above, combined specs, be good enough for what i want to do?

Should be ok, change the ram for 4gb (2gb*2) kit though, gskill, mushkin, etc.
Try to stretch to an 8800gts 320mb if you possibly can
PSU, cant go wrong with the corsair HX620w

- Whats a good P35 based board to use?

Asus P5K range, Gigabyte DS range.

- Is the Auzentech worth it over the integrated audio?(thought of based on future Dolby encoding abilities as well as existing X-Fi stuff).

No, it is the same as an xfi, rebadged. Uses the same drivers etc.

- Will the Xeon work in a P35 mobo, as i cant find any info on the matter anywhere?

Yes, there is even an overclocking thread on the matter, I have one at 3.4ghz in my asus p5k deluxe.

 

[stickroad]

As Lazy-Boy explained to you, solid advice. Here you go, just put it all toghther for you:

Intel Xeon 3200 Series X3210 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink
Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe X2
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 Soundcard - Retail
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black)

Total : £1,132.51

 

[BoomAM]

Thanks for the replys guys and gals.

Few notes.
Why should i spend the extra on a 8800 when i dont plan to do heavy gaming?
My choice of the X1950 was only so i could use my existing X800XL as well without bother; also allowing me a good performance increase as well for a few games i have that are chugging atm.

Doesnt the Auzentech have different drivers (in the future)?
Considering they are promicing to use all that power in the X-Fi chip to do DDL encoding? Something which the standard Creative drivers dont do?

2x 2Gb RAM is better for future upgrades, but unless im looking at the wrong prices, far more pricey as well?

Also, why have one of you spec'ed a 620W and the other a 520W?
The 520W would be a waste for me to get as i already have a Antec NeoHE 500W. (Would that not be upto the challenge?).
Is there a good Antec thats upto the job? I'd prefer to stick with makes that ive found good in the past tbh.

For a mobo, the suggested GB one looks nice with the DDR2 & DDR3 support, but it doesnt have dual PCI-E x16 slots, which is a must for me.
I was looking at the Abit IP35 Pro, as Abit have allways been solid for me.

Thanks for the input guys & gals. .
Much appriciated. .