Gutting my Computer Need a 2nd Opinion on Parts

[Draegan]

I'm about to order new parts for my computer (Basically almost everything) and I'd like to some one to double check my choices.  It's early in the morning so I need all the help I can get.


WD Caviar SE 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0 Gb/s Hard Drive
2x Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB PCI-e 2.0
Corair CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX
Arcic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR SDREAM PC2 8500
GIGABYTE GA-X48-DS5 LGA 775 ATX
Intel Core 2 Dueo E84000 Wolfdale 3.0GHz
Vista Home Premium 64 Bit
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 92mm

[FatuousTwat]

Only an 80gb hd? Where are you gonna put all your porn man?

[Draegan]

Only an 80gb hd? Where are you gonna put all your porn man?

On the 500 gig HD I have already; 

[Morfiend]

I would STRONGLY suggest that you wait on the mobo/processor. The new Nehilem chips are going to be hitting the market in a few months, and thats going to change everything. We are talking about a jump like going from p4 to C2D. Everything else will be obsolete.

I want to upgrade also, but I am waiting.

[rattran]

Seconded on the 'wait for nehalem/CoreI7 if you can'

And why go crossfire with 2 4850s when you can get a 4870 for about the same price? Some games don't play well with crossfire/sli so you're leaving yourself with a subpar solution for those games, and leaves you with little option for further video upgrades.

[Draegan]

I can't wait a few months.  I'm not concerned about upgrades since there will always be something better.

This should do quite well for now.

As far as the video cards, I'm going for the best bang for my buck now.  I have a friend with a similar setup and it does wonders for him.

[Draegan]

dbl post.

[Morfiend]

Dont say we didnt warn you. The Nehilems are amazing. They are showing up to 30% increase over the top of the line chops right now.

[Draegan]

Well if Warhammer or whatever I'm playing at the time is killing what Im getting I'll upgrade then.

I don't need to be top of the line.

[Trippy]

Only an 80gb hd? Where are you gonna put all your porn man?

On the 500 gig HD I have already; 

This puzzles me. Why not spend 5 extra dollars and get double the hard drive space? Or spend $18 more and get triple?

[Hoax]

More importantly, what's with the gfx card choice?  I've never seen #'s that made running dual video cards made sense over spending that $$$ on a single card option. 

[Trippy]

Dual 4850s is faster and cheaper than a 1 GB 4870 and not that much more expensive than 512 MB 4870.

[Hoax]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/sapphire-radeon-hd4850-cf_13.html#sect0

I haven't heard that passed around as accepted wisdom much tbh.

Seems like you might be better off picking up a 4870 and getting another one for CF on the cheap after the next big bad gpu's come out, the 4870 can run damn near anything out right now anyways.  Hopefully by then more games can actually use both cards.  That's my take.  The fact that 4850's are either noisy or run hot as hell and putting two in a case would make me worry as well.