Right.. seen as most people seem to think my choice of components is ok & I'm quite happy with my decisions now.. just have some final questions whilst I await the free delivery option from Scan
A64 San Diego 3700+
Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLi
Sapphire X850XT PE PCI-E
2x 80Gb Hitachi (IBM/HGST) Deskstar 7K80 SATA IO (striped RAID hopefully..)
Geil (Value 6-3-3-2.5) PC3200 2x512mb (already have this)
430w Tagan EasyCon
The only worries I have:
430w enough? (I was assuming it is..) the EasyCon version looking at the datasheets has slightly lower amps than the standard version as far as I can tell, for some reason - but the lack of cables appeals to me.
And what are the Deskstar 7K80 SATAII's like? I've had two IDE IBM Deskstars in the past and both eventually died on me.. which is why I'm worried can't seem to find many SATAII drives.
Also seems a shame to be spending more on SLi when I won't actually be using it.. but the non-SLi boards don't seem as good in general, suppose at least I'll have it should ATI introduce support with their new range in the future (in which case I bet the X850XT will drop in price & I'll be gutted heh). Also have the new AMD socket to worry about.. but guess thats a while off.
Thanks for any comments
edit: one more thing; are SATAII cables different from SATA? - if so.. where will I get one from? or does the Fatality board come with some?