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Anyone see problems with this setup?

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Just a rough draft of what I'm planning to get (if the NF4 ever ships!! =( )

CPU
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55

RAM
1 GIG Mushkin PC3500 Level II

VIDEO
NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT (single, since I plan to go dual after prices drop)

CASE
Antec Sonota (Do they make a beige version of it? I've only seen black.)

PSU
OCZ PowerStream 520W

MONITOR
Dell 2005FPW (Although considering the 2001FP)

BOOTDRIVE
Western Digital Raptor 2 (really nice speeds on this drive)


So, does anyone see any conflicting intrest in this setup? I'm going for an all out gaming box that I won't have to upgrade for a while to come. I'm still uncertain on the motherboard since no one has officially released any NF4 boards yet. Thanks in advance.

EDIT
Also, with this setup, what cooling options are open? I really want to stray away from watercooling due to condensing and general cost of the whole setup.

And, the new Audigy 4 soundcard line, anyone have any bad things to say about it?
 
Setup seems fine to me. Are you overclocking? The heatsink that comes with the FX should work fine unless you are overclocking. You should get near 2800 with this heatsink anyway. I

The Audigy 4 is just an Audigy2 with some noise ratio tweaks and doesn't really seem to be necessary unless you are using it professionally. If you are gaming I would stick to the Audigy 2 unless money isn't a concern than I would go with the Audigy 4 and get the best Soundblaster you can.

P.S. Enjoy this bad*ss system for me please. (I am using an XP2400 KM266 system LOL)
 
The Thermalright SLK-948U or SP-120, are the only ways to go if you want to overclock. Both are dandy heatsinks for a dandy price.
In the area of RAM, Kingston HyperX DDR500 is a nice option, considering the fact that the FX-55 is positively bandwith hungry. You can drop the multiplier to 12 and run the RAM at 500mhz for a moderate overclock (3GHZ) and nice RAM performance. I know that the A64's are more affected by RAM latency than the P4's, though, so feel free to point out any errors I just made.
Also, I prefer the 2001FPW. It's actually slightly larger than the 2006, and both are really more or less 16ms monitors anyway. To save a few bucks, you can get a BenQ 19" 12ms monitor for about 450$, 25% less than the Dells for roughly equivalent performance.
 
Swap out the RAM for some OCZ EL Platinum PC4200 or some GSkill PC4800.
 
The Thermalright SLK-948U or SP-120, are the only ways to go if you want to overclock. Both are dandy heatsinks for a dandy price.
In the area of RAM, Kingston HyperX DDR500 is a nice option, considering the fact that the FX-55 is positively bandwith hungry. You can drop the multiplier to 12 and run the RAM at 500mhz for a moderate overclock (3GHZ) and nice RAM performance. I know that the A64's are more affected by RAM latency than the P4's, though, so feel free to point out any errors I just made.
Also, I prefer the 2001FPW. It's actually slightly larger than the 2006, and both are really more or less 16ms monitors anyway. To save a few bucks, you can get a BenQ 19" 12ms monitor for about 450$, 25% less than the Dells for roughly equivalent performance.
 
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