Help me with a build please

[Jeffthestrider]

Case:
THERMALTAKE TSUNAMI VA3000BNA (BLACK) MID TOWER
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811133132

Prossesor:
AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103539

Motherboard:
EPoX EP-9NPA+ SLi ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813123246

HD:
Western Digital Raptor 74GB 3.5" Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144160
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB 3.5" Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148065

DVD/CD-ROM Drive
LITE-ON Beige IDE DVD Burner Model SOHW-1693S Beige OEM - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106990

RAM:
CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440

Video Card:
eVGA Geforce 7800GT 256-P2-N515-AX Desktop PC - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130247

What do you think? This is obviously geared towards gaming. I have a few concerns:

I might not buy the raptor if it is not worth it. I'm planning on installing Windows and several games on it such as World of Warcraft. Would the rate in which models and data first pulled from the harddrive load faster in WoW if the HD is faster?

Also, Does the case look alright? Will 2 120mm fans be alright to cool this?

I still need to select a power supply. I'm not sure which one would be enough to power my computer.

This is about a $1,500 computer with everything so I don't plan on spending any more money on it for awhile.

Anyways, please take a quick look. I'll be grateful for any suggestions.

 

[GoodNews101]

That is a very nice motherboard (I have the Ultra model; do you plan on getting a second vid card in the future?) and your CPU is great. As for your PSU pick a good one! I personally wouldn't go any less than 500W and since it is for gaming the PSU should have a total of 30A on the 12v rails. Enermax, Fortran, Antec make good PSUs.

I can't answer you about raptor drives. I use SATA hds.

I believe your cooling should be sufficent as long as your not overclocking which is indicated by your choice of value select RAM. This build of yours looks very nice.

 

[damasta55r]

Don't forget windows or arctic silver thermal compound if needed. Other than that, looks good. Though the motherboard is questionable, you can get a DFI board for that price.

Roger

 

[vaderpro]

I think the raptor is worth it for operating system/games. Yes it will load games faster.
You could also benefit with maybe 2gb of ram, or add it later.

Psu:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104155

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103931

 

[ibbonkers]

would definately get 2 gig of ram. I'm running the antec tpII 550w and it has plenty of power to spare as far as raptors cant help ya there running sataII drive and windows boots after only 3 bars on the loading screen how much quicker does it need to be?

 

[Jeffthestrider]

Thanks for the replies.

 

[GageMW]

ditch that setup. this one is much better

Case: Thermaltake SHARK VA7000BWA Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - Retail

Power Supply: OCZ ModStream OCZ52012U ATX, BTX, SATA, P4 and EPS12V 520W Power Supply 95~132Vac / 190~264Vac TUV, UL, CSA, CE, CB, FCC - Retail

Motherboard: DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 1GHz FSB 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail

Memory: GeIL Value 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail

Video Card: XFX PVT70FUNF7 Geforce 7800GTX 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card with 450MHz Core and 1250MHz Memory - Retail

Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823AS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM

CD Drive: LITE-ON Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache ATAPI / E-IDE DVD Burner - Retail

Total: $1,492.17 + add in some arctic silver 5 and an aftermarket cpu fan you like, i prefer the thermaltake big typhoon

CPU Fan: Thermaltake CL-P0114 120mm Cooling Fan/Heatsink - Retail

and AS5:Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM

new total: $1,543.15
slightly overbudget but well worth it

P.S.
hope you have a sick monitor/speaker + keyboard/mouse setup to go with this beast

 

[Powerslave]

Gage's is a lot better, I have to agree. Go with his.