New system specs

[Homer]

Opinions needed...

Amd Athlon 64 X2 4800
Asus A8N-SLI Premium
2 GB Corsair XMS pc-3200 2-2-2-5
2 BFG 7800 GTX in SLI (When I can finally find them somewhere)
PC Power and cooling 510 Express sli
Western Digital 250 GB 7,200 rpm hdd (already have this)
Western Digital 74 gb 10,000 rpm raptor (maybe one or two)


Now for questions...

Will the 510 pcp&c psu be enough to power this whole thing?

I have heard of problems with serial ata, do these raptors perform well and last a long time?

If I think of more, I'll ask

 

[Killer69]

My opinion is that you have too much money and need to share it with me

Nice specs! That PS should do.

 

[Homer]

!MG WTF IS WITH THE !!!!!!????

 

[EnderW]

that PSU is the perfect choice

the Raptors are the fastest ATA drive you can buy, they are classified as enterprise drives, and have a 5 year warranty, so they should be very reliable - I've had 0 problems with mine

for ram, I'd suggest 2 x 1GB sticks of Crucial Ballistix PC4000

and the BFG 7800GTX is in stockat TigerDirect
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...802&SRCCODE=PRICEGRABBER&CMP=OTC-PRICEGRABBER

 

[Homer]

So 510 watts is enough for that system? Sli, dual core, 2gb ram, 10,000 rpm drives, etc etc? Is tiger direct a reputable company? or should I wait till they have them in stock at newegg? With the ram, I dont really want to go 1gb sticks because of the much higher latencies, though I would have high latencies already with pc4000 ram. With the dual cores will it be alright to not be running at 2225? Will I lose alot of performance? This rig will probably get watercooled too, so the extra mhz on the ram would probably help ocing the processor.

 

[EnderW]

So 510 watts is enough for that system? Sli, dual core, 2gb ram, 10,000 rpm drives, etc etc? Is tiger direct a reputable company? or should I wait till they have them in stock at newegg? With the ram, I dont really want to go 1gb sticks because of the much higher latencies, though I would have high latencies already with pc4000 ram. With the dual cores will it be alright to not be running at 2225? Will I lose alot of performance? This rig will probably get watercooled too, so the extra mhz on the ram would probably help ocing the processor.

Yes, that PSU is one of the best you can buy. The only thing that beats it is the 850 SSI.
TigerDirect is where I got my X2 4400+, first time buying from them, and I have no complaints.
Checkout this thread for some memory benchmarks.
I mentioned the 2 x 1GB Ballistix because that's what (cf)Eclipse recommended to me for my similiar setup.