Hi, I am about to build my first system. I was asking some questions in the storage subforum and a poster there recommended I post my components here for feedback. Any comments are welcome.
The purpose of the machine will be to give me a platform to get back into gaming, and to have a home computer to work on extending my CAD skills into the 3d realm - sort of a professional development sandbox.
Anyway, here are the major components:
<a href="http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=240188">Abit AT8 Crossfire RD480/ULi M1575</a><br>
<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?DEPA=0&type=&description=1900xt&Submit=ENE&Ntk=all&N=0&minPrice=&maxPrice=&Go.x=0&Go.y=0">ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB</a><br>
<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103584">AMD Opteron 175 Dual-Core 2.2GHz 1MB (per core) Socket 939</a><br>
<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146890">2 GB (2 pcs 1GB) DDR (400) PC-3200 OCZ Dual Channel Platinum</a><br>
<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817711002">OCZ PowerStream ATX 2.01/EPS SLI Ready 520W PS</a><br>
<a href="http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=110407">Mitsumi FA404A/FA404M-Black 7-in-1 USB 2.0 Media Drive</a><br>
<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144160">Western Digital Raptor 74GB 3.5" Serial ATA150 </a><br>
<a href="http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=100594-2">Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 250GB Serial ATA II 7200RPM</a> (two)<br>
<a href="http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=140118">Antec Performance One P180 Advanced Super Mid Tower Case</a><br>
<a href="http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=170643">Liteon SOHD-16P9S 16X IDE DVD-ROM</a><br>
<a href="http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=173832">BenQ DW1655 16X Dual Layer DVD+-RW</a><br>
<a href="http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=373500">Zalman CNPS9500 LED CPU Cooler Retail</a>
My original budget was about $2500, and I am a little under that here. I'd like to leave some room for a new optical mouse and ergo keyboard. I was also thinking of a inexpensive input tablet, but that could come later.
I'd already had one person recommend changing the OCZ power supply out for a Seasonic 500w model. The OCZ seems well reviewed, and popular on a few other forums I've browsed, but if Seasonic's are better I'd make the switch. Please let me know what you think.
Thanks.