New System - £1,200 | Opinions wanted

Hello,

I'm new here, as I haven't had the opportunity to build a new, or majorly upgrade my current system in a long time. So you might say I'm a little out of touch, in some respects, netherless I am planning to order a new setup next week.

I've done my best to put together something that feels right on Overclockers UK, who I haven't used before so also interested to hear any opinions on the company and their service.

Just general opinion would be great to have, for a kind of final reassurance

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4890 XT 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Samsung T200 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor x2
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66R-02034)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.66GHz 4MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor
Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Corsair TX 750W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750TXUK)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31500341AS)
Antec 900 Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU)
Corsair Dominator 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 XMS2 PC2-8500C5 TwinX Supplied with Airflow Fan (TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF)
Logitech Z-4e 2.1 Speaker System (970175-0120)
Microsoft HABU 2000dpi High Precision Gaming Mouse (9VV-00003)
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card - OEM (PCI) (30SB079200000)
Zalman CNPS7500-CU CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
Pioneer DVR-216DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 Keyboard - OEM (FA3-00015)

Sub Total : £1,195.94 (EX-VAT)
Shipping : £19.10
VAT : £182.26
Total : £1,397.30

I'm not entirely sure on a couple of items, but that's a pretty firm idea of what I think I'm looking for.

My budget is between £1-2k, though I would like to keep it under £1,500 as I plan to buy a Wacom too.

A little breakdown of what I use my PC for, primarily:
- Mainly Photoshop/Dreamweaver
- Gaming
- 3D studio max, mudbox, zbrush and game world editors (e.g. Torque, CE2 etc)

Some other minor questions;

- Is it worth getting a raptor for my system drive these days?
- For the sake of performance, when working with large files in PS/Max etc, would multiple physical hard drivers, as opposed to partitions, be better?

Thanks,

why me where's the guys screen man??

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/22- [...] 00001-HDCP £111.54 Inc VAT
ET.EV3WE.B08 - 22" Acer V223WBbd, Black, Widescreen LCD Monitor, 5ms, DVI/VGA, 1680x1050, 10000:1, HDCP, Green!

+1 for Why_Me...No doubt his build would best suit those requirements....

And as for your questions...

- Is it worth getting a raptor for my system drive these days?
NO, The velociraptors don't offer that kind of performance boost over the current hard drives(Especially WD Black 640GB/1TB) as compared to the old raptors over the HDD that were available that time...

- For the sake of performance, when working with large files in PS/Max etc, would multiple physical hard drivers, as opposed to partitions, be better?
I think it would offer a little more performance as I had seen in some other post...but not completely sure about this...others should help you out with this...

If you want high performance then you should get a SSD...but still those command a price premium...