preliminary build specs, whaddya think?

[siliconcenturion]

ok, im going to buy all these parts in approximately 2-3 weeks, i just want to get some initial input on this rig
the premise for building it is to be a decent file storage rig while also being fast for everyday usage and occassional gaming. id also like to do some overclocking
the budget is about 1500, preferably a little less
ive divided the cost into what i see as the major 'blocks'
prices are shipped


P4 640 - http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produ...oductCode=80824 ~ 223
Abit AL8 - http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produ...ductCode=240168 ~ 150
1GB (2x512) Corsair DDR2-667 - http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produ...ctCode=85016-13 ~ 138
= ~511

Antec P180 - http://www.amatteroffax.com/itempag...2-12MM-FANS.htm ~ 130
Cooling stuff - (XP90+bracket, 3 panaflo fans, artic silver, 80mm fan, 92mm fan) ~ 110
Geforce 6600 PCIE (weaksauce, i know) ~ 50 dollars from brother (plan to upgrade later)
Antec Neopower 480w - have already
Random DVD burner ~60
Random Wireless Keyboard/Mouse ~ 100
Misc money for cables/adapters (Pata->sata, etc) ~ 50
= ~500

Maxtor Diamondmax 10 250GB 16mb buffer sata - http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produ...ctCode=100718-5 ~ 113
^^^^^^^^^^ times four for RAID 5 media storage with the ICH7R in the motherboard
200gb Hitachi pata drive for system partition (have it already)
= ~452

anything i missed?
one concern is that the power supply wont be able to power all of the hard drives
tell me what you think

 

[Merc]

I think that the PSU will be able to handle what you have listed. Here is a great lttle PSU calculator http://www.extreme.outervision.com/index.jsp you can use to verify power needs. The only thing I'd question is the Maxtor drives. Hear bad things about them in other forums but then again some people swear by them. I'd go with Western Digital but other than that, looks good to me . Have fun with your build!

 

[Blah425]

Your PSU is fine you don't need to calculate anything.

 

[siliconcenturion]

anyone else have other input?

 

[Dillusion]

Looks great. Might wanna look at the ASUS P5LD2 though, i have one and its a great 945 mobo.

 

[siliconcenturion]

Looks great. Might wanna look at the ASUS P5LD2 though, i have one and its a great 945 mobo.

it doesnt have the built in RAID5 im looking for