OK, I posted a couple of months ago with a planned computer, and now the time to buy is two weeks away, and this is what I've ended up with, which is very diferent to what I originally listed, in part greatly due to the comments of people here, so once again, I'm putting it up for critique. Any opinions and suggestions are most welcome, all prices are in Australian dollars. The components without prices are ones I've already purchased, so it's too late to change. Total cost is just over AU$6000, with the prices listed adding up to around AU$5500.
Here's the old system I planned, just for comparison.
Case
Lian-Li pc-v1000+
$290.00
PSU
Enermax EG701AX-VE 600W Noisetaker
$189.00
Motherboard
Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe
$275.00
Processor
AMD Dual Core Opteron 175
$799.00
CPU Cooler
Scythe Ninja Plus Cooler SCNJ-1000P
120mm fans
2 x Scythe S-Flex 1200RPM
$59.90
RAM
OCZ OCZ5002048EBPE-K PC4000 1024MBx2 EB DC Platinum CL3
$480.00
Video Card
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900XTX
$895.00
VGA Cooler
Arctic Cooling Accelero X2
$42.00
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty
$363.00
Hard drives
2x WD 250GB SATA 3.0GB/s 16mb cache
$300.00
DVD Drive
PIONEER DVR-111D silver
$79.00
Floppy Drive
1.44" silver Panasonic
$17.60
Mouse
Logitech G5 Laser Mouse
$95.00
Mousepad
Icemat 2
Keyboard
Logitech Gaming Keyboard
$109.00
Joystick
Logitech Freedom 2.4GHz
$95.00
Speakers
Logitech Z-5500D
$449.00
Headphones
Sennheiser HD595
Monitor
Viewsonic™ Pro-Series VP2030B
$899.00
UPS/Surge Protector
Belkin F9G723au3M-F-GY
$103.73
Fan Control
Evercool extended cooling system
$17.50
Coolermaster Aerogate II Silver
$65.00
Lighting
Dual Cold Cathodes Red $25.00
Here's the old system I planned, just for comparison.
Case
Lian-Li pc-v1000+
$290.00
PSU
Enermax EG701AX-VE 600W Noisetaker
$189.00
Motherboard
Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe
$275.00
Processor
AMD Dual Core Opteron 175
$799.00
CPU Cooler
Scythe Ninja Plus Cooler SCNJ-1000P
120mm fans
2 x Scythe S-Flex 1200RPM
$59.90
RAM
OCZ OCZ5002048EBPE-K PC4000 1024MBx2 EB DC Platinum CL3
$480.00
Video Card
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900XTX
$895.00
VGA Cooler
Arctic Cooling Accelero X2
$42.00
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty
$363.00
Hard drives
2x WD 250GB SATA 3.0GB/s 16mb cache
$300.00
DVD Drive
PIONEER DVR-111D silver
$79.00
Floppy Drive
1.44" silver Panasonic
$17.60
Mouse
Logitech G5 Laser Mouse
$95.00
Mousepad
Icemat 2
Keyboard
Logitech Gaming Keyboard
$109.00
Joystick
Logitech Freedom 2.4GHz
$95.00
Speakers
Logitech Z-5500D
$449.00
Headphones
Sennheiser HD595
Monitor
Viewsonic™ Pro-Series VP2030B
$899.00
UPS/Surge Protector
Belkin F9G723au3M-F-GY
$103.73
Fan Control
Evercool extended cooling system
$17.50
Coolermaster Aerogate II Silver
$65.00
Lighting
Dual Cold Cathodes Red $25.00