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Building a new system... want input on hardware

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Ecxoes

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Alright, so im going to be building a brand new system ground up within the next few months. (Probably around the holidays, so late December.) Im interested in any imput you have particularly on areas of my new build that would bottleneck another area, or any parts that would become quickly outdated. (Im sure a lot of you know of future products that are coming out soon.. please tell me, I want to know whether now is the best time to upgrade or if i should wait for somthing to be released.

Here is the current plan for my new build, (just the hardware.)

Motherboard: A8N32-SLI DeluxeA8N32-SLI Deluxe (Brand new board able to run dual x16 sli, not dual x8)

GFX: XFX Geforce 7800GTX (Should i buy two right away?, i want sli imput... is it worth it or will it be bottlenecked)

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo

RAM: OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) (timings @ 2-3-2-5)

HDD: 2x WD 10,000 RPM Raptors in Raid 0, either the 36 or 74 GB flavor havent decided for price reasons.

Please guys, id love some feed back on these parts of the system... and any bottleneck areas, also if you know of any significant new hardware thats coming out and is worth waiting for id love to know. Thanks.... By the way im a gamer if that changes your input.
 
Those specs are hard to beat. Make sure you use a high-quality power supply such as the Antec 550 Watt TP2-550EPS12V.
 
nice system however lots here are gonna talk you out of raptors. if your stuck on raptors get the 74gig flavor. lots of people here are big on value ram however im not. i like the ram you chose. other hard drive recommendations are sata 2 ncq drives which is what i have. hitach 80gig sata 2 ncq they are about 60 bucks a piece. looks like you have a nice budget i would go with a pc power and cooling power supply which is what i have. if that is to much i would go with ocz power supply. if i was building my system today i would choose the hardware you just listed. good luck.
 
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