Yet another new PC build (advice?)

[kcarlile]

Thanks to the deal last week, I now have an AGP GeForce 6800 Ultra OC. I had been planning to build a PCIe rig, but ferget that! At this point, I'm not interested in overclocking, but I'd like to get the most power (and quality/reliability) I can for ~$15-1600.

Anyway, this is what I'm looking at.
1. Athlon 64 3200 or 3500 (Winchester) --I can't afford more, and is it really worth going to the 3500?
2. MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum
3. Antec NeoPower 480 --I really like the modular design, but I'm a little concerned about the power rating with the Ultra.
4. Corsair 3200XLPT 1 GB kit (2-2-2 PC3200) --This is where I'm really unsure. I'm having a hard time finding the OCZ Platinum R2 3200, and this seems to be a good price ($247 at zipzoomfly)
5. WD Raptor 74 GB --Is this worth the extra dough? All I'm planning on doing with this rig is gaming, plus a little web/email. Oh yeah, I really dislike the idea of RAID0.
6. NEC Dual layer blah blah blah
7. Zalman CNPS7000B-CU --cool+quiet is a good thing.
8. Silverstone Temjin 5 (SST-TJ05-ST) --I know this is really pricy, but it's a really nice case, and I should be able to hang onto it for quite some time. I can't bring myself to get the Lian-Li V1000, but maybe y'all can talk me into it.

I've already got the MX700 + 20" monitor, keyboard for this, so I think this covers it. What do you guys think?

Thanks!
Ken

 

[Tiraknor]

the raptor is alright, i have 2, but you might try seagate or maxtor. I hear good things about them.

also, consider this psu :

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-104-154&depa=1

also, I'm probably the only one in the world, but I've been having problems with MSI's Mainbaords for some reason

 

[ribbon13]

If you're gonna shell out for a raptor and low latency ram, might as well get the best modstream
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-104-155&depa=1

And the raptor is a decent drive. If you can afford both, you might want to consider a Raptor and a Seagate 7200.8. And set page files on both with fixed same size.

 

[kcarlile]

The Modstream sounds good (but I've gotta go read reviews first!). I'll have to look at the Seagate (I really like their drives) but I think it's something I can add later. Be nice if Seagate would make a 10000 RPM SATA drive. Or at least someone else--so WD would have some competition!


Hmm... The Modstream 520 doesn't have dual 12 volt rails. Think that'll be a problem?

 

[ribbon13]

Seagate has those in beta, but they're waiting for SAS. They, unlike Western Digital, have a SCSI business to protect too.

 

[isp]

I swear I've read this thread before...while back