Hi....I'm about ready to build another system for myself....im looking to buy the following components...any opinions or whatever more than welcome ! - tell me if im making a mistake or u like the setup ! gARcias

ANTEC Silver Aluminum Performance 1 Series ATX Mid-Tower Case

Lite-On 16X DVD Dual Drive, Model SOHW-1633S

Western Digital 160GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive

Western Digital Raptor 36.7GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive

Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series, 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Cas Latency: 2-3-3-6 T1

ASUS "K8V SE Deluxe" K8T800 Chipset

AMD Athlon 64 3400+, 512k L2 Cache @ 2.4

Antec 430W Power Supply, Model "TRUE430"

Thank's for all the comments !
 

i know...thats the plan - video card i didnt list...but its gonna be albatron 6800 - and yeah....i plan to have windows xp pro and linux mandrake or red hat fedora on the 10k rpm drive

   disturbed ,
 I like it looks pretty good , well thought out good luck and let us know... good choice 4vid card 
MIcrowave

you know what bothers me ? a lot of good cases out there have front bay covered......i hate that...every time u need to put in a cd, u gotta open up the little doors heheh....i just find that annoying hehe....shame, cuz some of the cases out there would be damn good if they didnt have that - im so haaapppy that im getting all that hehehe

I am using the Corsair XMS you have described (4 - 1gig DDR sticks -metal jackets) and can confirm that they never miss a beat and can be overclocked to death without overheating.  But, with my present CPU and MB there is no need for over-clocking anway.

You'll love the combo you have selected.  I don't see any mismatched hardware in the list!  Very nice!  However, if you love quality on your DVD get yourself a Plextor 8x 'high-end' and you'll love it ....any model.  We use 8 of them and not one has ever made a single error on any DVD ...playing or "writing."  Also, I 2nd the motion that VanBurn has suggested.  Those are very quiet 'cans'!

Cheers!

The Reverend

well....after doing extensive research these last couple of days i decided to go with athlon 64 3500 instead of the 3400 - with that i had to change the motherboard to following: ASUS A8V Deluxe VIA K8T800 Pro Chipset - im sure it will all work out fine

opppsss...didnt notice how old this thread is..lol..hope im not tooooo late..hahaha