Spec check please!

[jamie2497]

MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£69.95 £69.95
CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)
£179.95 £179.95
MY-046-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)
£94.95 £94.95
GX-121-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-121-SP)
£169.95 £169.95
HD-069-WD Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-069-WD)
£168.95 £168.95
HD-055-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-055-WD)
£40.95 £40.95
HS-015-ZA Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (Socket 939/754/478/775) CPU Cooler (HS-015-ZA)
£29.95 £29.95
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£59.95 £59.95
CD-049-SO Sony DWG120A 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-049-SO)
£23.95 £23.95
CD-020-SO Sony DDU-1615 DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM (CD-020-SO)
£10.95 £10.95
HD-001-OK OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black (HD-001-OK)
£5.95 £5.95
KB-047-MS Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard v1.0 - OEM (N8600004) (KB-047-MS)
£9.95 £9.95
KB-060-LG Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse (KB-060-LG)
£27.95 £27.95
Subtotal £893.35
VAT £156.34
Total £1,049.69

What does everyone think? I'm looking to buy to last a couple of years.
Wasn't sure which motherboard to choose so that may need changing aswell.
I was going to go with the fatality Zalman but it won't let me add it at the mo.

Thanks

Jamie

 

[Noni]

I would get rid of the raptor and just get 2 drives, I think you only notice a little difference with raptors when compared to other drives.

With getting rid of the raptor, I would switch to a 1900 or 7900 gtx, you will notice a huge difference then.

Also, the motherboard, I doubt you will go crossfire or sli with that psu, so why not downgrade to a single slot mboard?

Nice spec anyway man, good luck with the build.

 

[jamie2497]

Thanks for your advice

Ive heard that raptors can speed up the loading of games and booting up windows so i thought it may be a good future proof drive.
Is it worth investing in a 1900 at the mo? Or should i stick with a cheaper one and then buy the next generation card?

Thanks

Jamie

 

[ACESHIGH]

Personally i would consider getting the X2 4400+ (faster & extra L2 cache) with the X1800XT, before i got a X1900XT & X2 3800+. Due to CPU bottlenecking.

 

[xirokx]

DFI LanParty UT NF4 SLI-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-013-DF)

DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)

IMO I'd go for either of those mobo due to recent issues with the Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)......