I just made a quick system, and it's almost similar to yours Browna. didn't even see yours before either. I'll post it anyways as it has a few changes.
Processor :AMD Athlon 64 2800+ w/ 512K Cache (Retail Box ) 1 $209.95
CPU Heatsink / Fan :AMD Retail Heatsink and Fan 1 $0.00
Motherboards : MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R w/ Audio, Gigabit Lan, SATA RAID, IDE RAID, 1394 1 $179.95
Memory :Micron Original 512MB PC3200 DDR400 2 $119.95 $239.90
Case : Elite V60 (Black) w/ 400W P/S 1 $79.95
Power Supplies :400W P/S (included) 1 $0.00
Case Fans :Panaflo 80mm Ultra Quiet Fan, Medium Flow 1 $19.99
Floppy Drives : Panasonic 1.44MB Floppy Drive 1 $19.95
Hard Drives 1 : Maxtor 80GB DiamondMax Plus 9 7200rpm Serial ATA 8MB Cache
$109.95
Hard Drives 2 : Maxtor 80GB DiamondMax Plus 9 7200rpm Serial ATA 8MB Cache
$109.95
Optical Drive 1 :Pioneer DVR-108 16X16 DVD Dual Layer +/-RW Drive 1
$139.95
Optical Drive 2 :LG 52x32x52x CDRW (oem) w/ Software 1 $39.95
Video Cards :Ati All-In-Wonder Radeon 9600 128MB (Retail) 1 $249.95
Monitors :None 0 $0.00
Sound Cards :None 0 $0.00
Speakers :Creative Labs SBS 2.1 330 Speaker System 1 $44.95
Ethernet Cards :None 0 $0.00
Keyboards :Logitech Cordless Access Duo 1 $79.95
Mouse : Included with Keyboard 1 $0.00
Operating System :Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition oem 1 $159.95
Assembly :Please Assemble Hardware + Load my O/S 1 $60.00
$60.00
Warranty : MemoryExpress 1 year parts and labour warranty 1
$0.00
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Sub-Total:
$1744.29
GST:
$122.10
Total Cost:
$1866.39
Note: I've changed cases because the 400W would be better than 350W. You need 2 hard drives of the same type for RAID to work. There are 2 main types of Raid. (0 and 1). 0 uses two drives and pretends it's one. So two 80gb drives gives you 160GB with increased performance. Raid 1 uses two drives but only sees 80GB of space. This is because one drive is used as normal, and the second is a "mirror" of the first. It's basically backs up the first drive. This is the fastest, most reliable, but gives less space for the money. Unless you are really worried about backing up huge important projects, Raid 0 is good enough.
I changed the motherboard to MSI, mainly because I've tried Gigabyte, Asus, and MSI, with MSI usually being the best for me. Changed to memory to Micron only because of brand preference again. Keyboard and mouse change, because I never see a reason to cheap out on something you'll use to work the computer.
One thing I am unclear of, is where the firewire/1394 should be. My buddies who do editing usually have a seperate PCI firewire card for digitizing video. I'm not sure if firewire onboard the motherboard will be the same or not.
Now, there are few things that could possibly change. The whole 64bit CPU may be a little overkill, and the case isn't that great. I prefer the Antec full tower. Like the 1000awg. One thing you could do is go into memoryexpress and have them quote you for a custom build. They are extremely knowledgable in all aspects of computer uses.
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