A good setup?

[The_Other_One]

I'm considering building a new system pretty soon, and I'm just wondering if this basic setup is pretty good.

Asus K8V-Deluxe
AMD Athlon64 3200+
Corsair XMS(2x256MB Matched Pair)
Seagate 160GB 7200rpm SATA HD
ATI Radeon 9800XT 256MB

I'll also get some DVD-Burner and either a DVD-ROM or another CD-RW, just the site I got this info from wasn't real specific with what brand the drives where. I'll also get some midsized tower with a 400+ watt PS.

I was going to just get a Dell or something, but after adding shipping and all, the system was much worse then this one...

[Jason425]

dell = for newbs.. i'd say get a 2500+ and make the EASY OC to 3200+.. if you've got the cash for the 9800XT.. enjoy the show... nice HD.. but i'd get 2 80's and go raid

[The_Other_One]

I mainly considered Dell's for the warrenty and occational good deals. But I'm certainly not a newbie to comptuers seeing as I built the comp I'm using now and it's still working just fine :nod:

As for OCing, I've never been much for that. Anyway, I don't think they even made the Athlon64 at 2500+ :P

9800XT...I considered dropping down, but if I can fit it into my budget, I'd like to be sure I won't have to upgrade for a while.

Finally, HDs... I considered using a raid system, I guess that would really help out performace. I shall look into that

[Jason425]

oh didn't see the 64