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Pretty solid build... 
-Two 4870x2 or one 4870x2? ......either way might consider bigger monitor since the 22" would limit the capability of the GPU.
-I have been told VelociRaptors a litter overkill.
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
or
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
-Memory: I like Corsair. Their site has a nice memory config program.
DDR2 800. I have the same MOBO and got Twin2x4096-6400C4DHX (4-4-4-12) (Corsair)....works great.
Really nothing else I can think of to the nice build 
Thanks guys im glad i can piece together a system that makes me very happy.
The GPU: ASUS EAH4870X2/HTDI/2G Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB is not 2 memory cards it is a new card just recently released that has 2gb of memory in the single card. im not sure if i should go with 2 of these to run on the new t260 samsung 26" monitor.
as for sound card i think it should be good for now and even if i want to get one i can always wait and upgrade later.
also atm im leaning towards the mushkin ram with the heat spreaders but first im going to get my mobo to check out the spacing and see if 4 of them with heat spreaders would fit.
thank you a ton for your input and ridiculously fast response. i have been trying to get help with this for nearly 2 weeks and then i found this forum.
any further input is always appreciated.
I have the 4870x2 on my new build
Last benchmarks I saw....there was actually a slight performance drop with two 4870x2 in Crossfire compared to one 
I guess the driver support is not there yet for two of these beasts.
26" montitor.....one 4870x2 will be plenty.
I went with the Asus Rampage MOBO which comes with a included sound card. I did, however, get a Creative X-fi Xtreme Fidelity sound card.
I have had great luck with Corsair and Asus. Mushkin is, however, good stuff. 
Message edited by Nytmare on 09-10-2008 at 02:00:53 AM
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