Will these components mix well?

[SithSolo1]

Thermaltake Xaser III V1000D
Thermaltake W0013 Xaser Silent Purepower 480W Power Supply
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
ATHLON XP 2800 Barton
Thermalright AX-7
2x KINGSTON HyperX Series 184-pin 512MB DDR400 (PC3200)
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9500 PRO 128MB DDR
LiteOn DVD-Dual/ CD ReWritable Drive MODEL LDW-400D - RETAIL
2x WESTERN DIGITAL "SPECIAL EDITION" 120GB 7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE MODEL # WD1200JB
Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB SATA WD360GD 10,000 RPM 8MB Hard Drive

The Raptor would be used for the OS and programs/games. The other two harddrives are for storage.

Any recommendations or tips are very welcome.

Thank You for your time,
J.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: SithSolo1
Thermaltake Xaser III V1000D
Thermaltake W0013 Xaser Silent Purepower 480W Power Supply
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
ATHLON XP 2800 Barton
Thermalright AX-7
2x KINGSTON HyperX Series 184-pin 512MB DDR400 (PC3200)
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9500 PRO 128MB DDR
LiteOn DVD-Dual/ CD ReWritable Drive MODEL LDW-400D - RETAIL
2x WESTERN DIGITAL "SPECIAL EDITION" 120GB 7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE MODEL # WD1200JB
Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB SATA WD360GD 10,000 RPM 8MB Hard Drive

The Raptor would be used for the OS and programs/games. The other two harddrives are for storage.

Any recommendations or tips are very welcome.

Thank You for your time,
J.

Will these components mix well?

send the above listed components to zephyrprime and he'll give you a report in a few weeks..

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: SithSolo1
Thermaltake Xaser III V1000D
Thermaltake W0013 Xaser Silent Purepower 480W Power Supply
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
ATHLON XP 2800 Barton
Thermalright AX-7
2x KINGSTON HyperX Series 184-pin 512MB DDR400 (PC3200)
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9500 PRO 128MB DDR
LiteOn DVD-Dual/ CD ReWritable Drive MODEL LDW-400D - RETAIL
2x WESTERN DIGITAL "SPECIAL EDITION" 120GB 7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE MODEL # WD1200JB
Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB SATA WD360GD 10,000 RPM 8MB Hard Drive

The Raptor would be used for the OS and programs/games. The other two harddrives are for storage.

Any recommendations or tips are very welcome.

Thank You for your time,
J.

all looks well, i'm just not a big fan of the Xaser

 

[zephyrprime]

send the above listed components to zephyrprime and he'll give you a report in a few weeks..

A few weeks? no way! I'm like the flash!

It seems as though people here on AT now recognize who I am. I must be spending too much time on Anandtech instead of working

Rig looks ok to me. I checked out usenet complaints for the A7N8X and there didn't seem to be that many problems. Personally, I'd got with the 9700 instead of such a fancy case/power supply.

 

[SithSolo1]

Its not for me its for a friend.

Personally I could give a rip what my case looked like as long as I had top of the line stuff on the inside.

 

[SithSolo1]

Someone recommended that my friend drop one of the 120GB drives, a stick of ram, and the 9500Pro for a 9800Pro. Anyone else agree with this?

 

[ArtemisFowl]

Unless you spend your days burning DV I would go with the 9800. The 256 MB is probably not worth it.
I'm going to look at the FX5900 as well.

As for the case not being important? Aside from cooling/ventilation and expansion you have to figure the case is just a small percentage of the total cost of the system plus you can use it for your next upgrade. So I don't mind paying for a nice case. I just wouldn't pay for a Falcon nor a window...and no intentions of modding the case either.
Xaser are excellent cases but I prefer the simpler design of the Lian Li.

 

[jackschmittusa]

I'd drop the Raptor and bump up the video card.

 

[SithSolo1]

Case and PSU come to around $300

What 256MB? He'd be dropping 512MB.

Dropping the Raptor would not allow for the upgrade to the 9800Pro and is not going to happen.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

What is he going to mainly use this for? I would reccomend dropping one of the hard drives and upping the video to either a 9700 pro or 9800 non pro whenever it comes out. What if he were to drop the raptor and do a raid setup to get performance better than the raptor with the two hard 120GB drives?