This will mainly be a gaming rig as I already have an Athlon 64 3200 I will be using as a file server.


BFG GEFORCE 7800GTX 256MB PCI EXPRESS DDR3 VIVO DUAL DVI BFGR78256GTXOC
$489.00

ASUS A8N32-SLI DELUXE nVIDIA nFORCE4 SLI X16 CHIPSET SERIAL ATA300 ATX FORM FACTOR 2xPCI-E(X16)/1xPCI-E(X4)/3xPCI/4xDDR W/SATA,RAID,DUAL LAN(Gb),1394,USB 2.0 & AUDIO (CPU TYPE:AMD ATHLON 64 - SOCKET 939)
$245.00

AMD ATHLON 64 X2 4400+ (ADA4400CDBOX) DUAL CORE W/1MB X 2 CACHE 90NM (TOLEDO) 64-BIT SOCKET 939 RETAIL BOXED W/COOLING FAN (3 YEARS WARRANTY)
$497.00

CORSAIR TWINX2048-4000PT 2GB KIT (1GB x 2) 500MHZ MATCHED PAIR 3-4-4-8 184-PIN DDR DIMM W/HEAT SPREADER
$225.00

WD 74GB 740GD SATA-150 10,000RPM 8MB (Bare drive) *Requires SATA Data CableNO EXT.SATA ENCLOSURE
$163.40 $326.80 (Price for 2)

ASPIRE X-NAVIGATOR (BLACK/SILVER) ALUMINUM FULL TOWER W/500W ATX POWER SUPPLY 4x5.25" 2x3.5" 7x3.5"(hidden) W/SEE THROUGH SIDE WINDOW,FRONT USB CONNECTOR 120mm CASE FAN x 1 & 80mm CASE FAN x 4NO NEON LIGHT
$155.00

LITE ON 16X SHW-160 DVD REWRITABLE DRIVE BLACK W/Beige bezel(Retail)NO ADD-ON MEDIA
$42.90

Microsoft Windows XP Professional X64 ZAT-00007 (OEM)
$134.00

Sub Total $2,114.70

Along with this stuff, I will get a new LCD too. Right now, I'm headed in the direction of the 19" Viewsonic with a 3ms response time. That will be about another $500

I don't have a sound card because I am usually satisfied with the onboard sound processing.

 

Sick setup

 

That's quite the rig you've spec'd out there. My only comment is to ask yourself seriously if you're ever going to actually drop the coin for a second 7800 video card. If you doubt it, then save the $100+ and get a non-SLI motherboard.

BTW - Is 140GB really going to be enough HD space in this day & age?

 

But all in all, a damn nice setup

<-- poor right now

 

dont forget your SATA Data Cables!!

 

They usually come with the motherboard

 

Crazy man, that thing is gonna rock.

 

That ASUS motherboard is the first one out that is compatible for two X16 PCI Express cards. It doesn't downgrade the cards for X8. Although it doesn't make a huge difference now, it may in the future. Also, I do plan on upgrading to SLI as soon as I need it.

As far as hard drive space goes, I'm keeping my Athlon 64 3200+ with about 500 gigs which I will network. The new system is just going to have the latest and greatest games.

I'm going to wait about a week before I buy it as it is going to be a gift to myself for quitting smoking.

 

That is almost exactly what I just built

Antec P180 Case
Antec True Power 550 SLI
Asus A8N SLI Premium
AMD 4400+
2GB Crucial Ballistix
Geforce 7800GT XFX overclocked
2 WD 320GB 16MB cache SATA2 drives
2 Liteon 1693 DVD drives
Artic Cooling Freezer 64

XP 64bit (Windows 2003 Professional) (free MSDN)

Came out to $1800

This thing freakin Flys.

I am playing FEAR maxed out on all specs.
min frame rate 29 1% below min
Ave frame rate 78 80%
Max frame rate 182 19% above ave

 

Awesome!

So, I may go with the 4800 Dualcore instead... not sure yet. Did you stripe or mirror your hard drives?

 

Sweet setup, too bad it will be oudated in 2 months.

 

Stand alone. Didn't do either. These drives fly anyway.

 

nice setup...

 

ohh.. i wouldnt know, my computer dates to 2001-2002 ish

 

This all depends on how you look at it.
I run a Dual Opteron machine on a Tyan K8WE that was out before the A8N32 and it also has 2, x16 slots when used in SLI mode. The board essentially has 2 northbridge chips supplying 20 lanes from each.