Help me decide on the platform

[bozilla]

Ok I know this is not a complete configuration forum, but the configurations I built have definitely a lot to do with CPUs, including every component in the system. So having this in mind I'm kindly asking for an advice on CPU platform as well as possible suggestions to maximize performance of these systems with other components. They are by no means cheap and what I'm looking at here is for a suggestion on what to pick as top of the line platform as well as good investment for let's say 2 years or so. Also I used SCSI for Intel platform because I think that SCSI relieves a lot of from CPU utilization as oppose to SATA Raid.

Usage for these machines is graphic design/web development/3d (Flash, Photoshop, Premier, After Effects, 3D studio max and similar). The question is what machine would be the most complete solution for me. Oh yeah and I'm a gamer so that's why I used regular top of the line gamer video cards as opposed to FireGL or NVidia Quadro or similar.

Thanks a lot kind people.

Configurations:
INTEL:
- Silverstone Nimitz SST-TJ03
- SUPERMICRO "X6DA8-G2" E7525 Dual Intel XEON (SCSI320)
- ASUS ATI RADEON X800 XT PCI-E dual DVI (Core: 500mhz Memory: 1000mhz)
- Dual Intel Xeon 3.4EA GHz with EMT64, 800MHz FSB
- 2 Gb Kingston ValueRAM DDR2-PC2 3200 Registered
- Dual Seagate 73GB 15,000RPM SCSI RAID 0
- Seagate 146.8GB 10,000RPM SCSI
- PIONEER Black DVD±RW Drive DVR-A08XL 16x / 4x DL
- ASUS Black 16X DVD-ROM
- Antec 550W PSU, 24-Pin, Model "TRUE550 EPS12V"

AMD:
- SILVERSTONE TEMJIN Series Black ATX Full Tower Case with Wind Tunnel, Model "SST-TJ06-B"
- Tyan "Tiger K8W (S2875ANRF)" AMD-8000 Chipset Server Motherboard for Dual AMD Opteron
- ASUS ATI RADEON X800 XT Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, DVI/VIVO, 8X AGP (Core: 520mhz Memory: 1120mhz)
- Dual AMD Opteron Model 250, 1MB L2 Cache 64-bit (Socket 940)
- 2Gb Corsair XMS Platinum Series, LL 1GB(512MBx2) ECC Registered DDR PC-3200
- Dual Western Digital Raptor 74GB
- Seagate 160GB Barracuda 7200.7 7200RPM SATA
- PIONEER Black DVD±RW Drive DVR-A08XL 16x / 4x DL
- ASUS Black 16X DVD-ROM
- Antec 550W Power Supply, Model "TRUE550"

Thanks again.

 

[Markfw]

Get the thunder(2885) so you can have 64bit pci-x slots, and it requires an eps PSU like the Xeons. Thats my vote. And get two(or better yet 4) fujitsu 73 gig 15k rpm drives on a LSI megaraid 320-2 controller.