HELP - Need comment on my new System

[P4spooky]

ALL:

Objective: Build a system based on P4-478-Northwood on i850 chipset. Budget: 1500.00

Use: Mostly office work (will run Oracle DB and Oracle 9iAS) + some games (like Flight Simulator) + Video Capture. Currently have a Samsung 170MP flat panel.

I am not very familiar with overclocking but would like that option once I successfully build this.

I would also like to make this system future proof as much as possible.

I am ordering through mwave including their aluminium case. Their site lists some options for this case but I have no idea how to order these., or do I need it? Here is what I am planning to get:

A14225MWAVE AL-4620 ALUMINUM MID TOWER (PENTIUM 4 READY) NO POWER SUPPLY
4x5.25" 2x3.5" 4x3.5"(hidden) W/ FRONT I/O CONNECTOR Detail Specs
$135.00

A03079INTEL PENTIUM 4 1.8A GHZ (BX80532PC1800D) W/512K CACHE 400FSB
478-PIN RETAILED (3 YEARS WARRANTY)$219.00

202754TURTLE BEACH SANTA CRUZ PCI (*While Supplies Last!) Detail Specs
$69.00

508663VISIONTEK XTASY 5564 64MB AGP EVERYTHING (PERSONAL CINEMA) 256BIT
(*While Supplies Last!) Detail Specs $169.00

A16290LITE ON 32X/12X/40X EIDE INTERNAL CDRW BURN PROOF W/SW (Retail)
Detail Specs $115.00

415543KINGSTON KVR800X18/256 256MB 800MHZ ECC RIMM
**FOR INTEL PENTIUM 4 SYSTEM MUST BE USED IN PAIR** Detail Specs
$105.60

289579PROMISE FASTTRAK100 TX4 PCI ULTRA-ATA/100 4-CHANNEL RAID CONTROLLER
(Retail) (*While Supplies Last!) Detail Specs$125.00

A14060SEAGATE BARRACUDA 80.0GB ST380021A UATA-100 7200RPM 8.9MS 2MB(Bare
drive) Detail Specs $162.00

A00695SONY 1.44MB FLOPPY DRIVE (Bare Drive) Detail Specs $13.50

A084003COM 56K V.90 INTERNAL PCI FAX MODEM W/VOICE MODEL #2976
(OEM)$56.00

A14766ASUS P4T-E/WOA INTEL 850 CHIPSET ULTRA ATA100 ATX FORM FACTOR
1xAGP(PRO)/5xPCI/1xCNR/4xRIMM W/O AUDIO Detail Specs (CPU TYPE:INTEL
PENTIUM 4 - 478PIN)$158.00

A12311MWAVE 400W (PENTIUM 4 READY) UL & FCC POWER SUPPLY FOR ATX CASES
Detail Specs $68.00

1282173COM 10BT/100BTX FAST ETHERLINK XL 3C905CTXM PCI W/PC & NETWORK
MANAGEMENT 1-PK (*While Supplies Last!) Detail Specs $49.00

063672SIIG INTEK 21 1394 FIREWIRE 3-PORT PCI DV PACK W/DV EDITING SOFTWARE
& CABLE (*While Supplies Last!) Detail Specs $41.00

A15020TOSHIBA SD-M1612 16X-DVD/48X-CDROM EIDE INTERNAL * 2X DVD-RAM
playback! (Bare drive) Detail Specs $69.50

Sub Total$1,660.20

 

[tornadobox]

First, damn that's a killer setup!

Ok now on to the comments...

If you're getting the Visiontek Personal Cinema card, why get the Firewire card too? (unless you need the firewire for something else than a digital video camera...and vice versa, if you need the firewire for a dv camera, why get the personal cinema?)

Secondly, I really don't think you need a 400w PSU. 350w or 300w would do just fine for your setup, especially if you don't NEED to overclock (you'd probably have a hard time overclocking with a 300w, but 350w should do fine as long as it's a good brand).

Also, make sure you're either getting 2 256MB 800MHz RDRAM sticks (for 512MB total RAM), or 2 128MB 800MHz RDRAM sticks (for 256MB total RAM), cause for the i850 chipset you need to run the RDRAM in pairs for it to work (you might already have known that but it didn't look like you were planning on buying 2 sticks from your post).

anyway, that's it from here, damn I wish I had the funds for that monster

 

[Wolfsraider]

I would also like to make this system future proof as much as possible.

that looks like a very future proof setup and a very sweet price tag for all those goodies


do i hear Dream Machine lol

 

[P4spooky]

Thanks for your responses.

Yes, I will take care of the memory pair. I missed this one

The personal cinema does not come with the firewire interface. Hence the card. Thinking about it, I am dropping the card since I don't really need it now.

Thanks for your help.

 

[statetech]

where did you guys get all those specs and prices?

I'm very interested I haven't built a computer since my amd slot a..hee hee. Need to get updated.