New Gaming Rig Final Opinions

hi guys,im 2 months away from getting my new rig http://img.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] /icon7.gif ..ive been reading and researching a lot and i came to this:

- GIGABYTE MA790X-UD4
AM2+

- PHENOM II X4 940 BE

- ATI RADEON 4870 512mb

- Antec 300 Case

- Coolermaster eXtreme 600W

- 2 x 2gb Kingston 800mhz

- 500 gb SATA II 32mb

- 19" monitor (i think its 1440x900)

im buying mainly from spain (www.appinformatica.com )

what do u say? anything wrong?
thx! XD

PS: i chose de 4870 512 but had doubts with the gtx 260 192 cores since it has a similar price but from whay ive read, the 4870 "equals" the gtx 260 216 cores, and not the 192 one..

and also theres the chance i could add another 4870 (changing the psu) but that could be in a couple of years

I'd get a different PSU - Corsair 650 TX would be a good option.

Also, Seagate and WD's 640 GB drives are known to perform better than the 500 GB models. I'd shoot for one of those.

Nice build.

You are correct Blizzard will use havok! thank god! but Mirrors edge uses physx and looks poopy on ATI cards. here is what i think on the games.

fallout 3- No physics but will run better on ATI! (HDR + AA)
diablo 3 - Havox
SC2 - Havox

Go with ATI if that's your fav games and good taste in game BTW ^_^

The antec PSU is much better than what you were looking at.
The HD 640 between 500G model isnt that much better but he is correct its a little better.

and ill also have to check here about the ati drivers since ive never had or installed an ati card before

but from what ive read, since the drivers that come with the video card are old, its better get the newer ones from ati directly

im getting the sapphire

never ever ever get a maxtor! Western digital and Seagate are the top 2 brands for desktop computeing.
so answer WD

Sapphire is the flagship for ATi so the drivers from ATi will be fine.