Another "building my comp" thread

[Murst]

Case: Antec P160 w/ window
Power Supply: Antec True550
Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum
CPU: AMD 3500+
Heatsink: Thermalright XP-90
CPU Fan: some random 90mm fan w/ led
RAM: OCZ PC3200 Plat ed. 2 2x512
Vid Card: Gainward 6800GT
Soundcard: Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS
HDD1: Raptor 74GB
HDD2: Seagate 160GB Barracuda Sata II w/ NCQ
Optical Drive: NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW
Monitor: Samsung 193P

Well, that's what I would buy if I was getting it today (I have about a week or so, will wait for AMD cpu price cut). Here is what I'm not sure about, and I hope someone can help me out.

Is that PSU good, or would a NeoPower or the OCZ 520Watt be better? or is there really any difference? I saw the tech report analysis for PSUs, but they didn't compare it to the true550.

RAM: If it was up to you, would you get the ram I have mentioned above, or 2x1GB of some higher latency ram? Is there any difference between 4x512 vs 2x1GB with the AMD dual channel controller?

One last thing. Any reccomendations on speakers which would be good with that soundcard? Budget for speakers is up to 180$ or so.

Thanks for your time.

 

[obeseotron]

The Antec is a good PSU, but it had issues with my Abit AV8, but that was probably abit's fault. I went with an OCZ to replace it. If you're gonna go out and spend $100 on a new PSU you might as well get one with support for the newer power plugs like the ocz or the newpower. The gainward 6800gt is a good one, custom copper cooler, mine overclocks way past ultra speeds. I don't think that any athlon64 chipsets support ncq, but its not like that's the end of the world.