The system i'm building is for a friend so money is not an object.

Currently i'm looking at a 3.4GHz HT with 2 gig via 4 chip ddr2 ram at 533 mhz

I'm going to be using a 2x120gb sata stripe setup with a 200gb back up volume.

This is all going on the intel 925XCV board.

(any alternate build suggestions welcomed)

Sorry forgot a couple of components.

400 W AcePower supply.

DVD-Ram Drive (LG)

CD-RW 52x32x52 (LG)

775 Socketset

WinXPSP2

Norton System Works

and all the other typical garbage!

yeah i know should have used edit. oops

ati is not in the right path at the moment so nvidia is taking the lead

if i need to choose i would get nvidia but this is not a good year to buy a pc, there are a lot of improvements and new technologies coming on a short-medium future. i would wait for SLI cards

ps: i'm an ati-guy

thanx for the honesty simonsays. i went and bought a nvidia card this morning for my buddy's computer.

i'd have to agree... 2005 is projected to be a transition year more than anything else. I'm also a big fan of ATI, but I'd wait til SLI is really in full swing. That would give you a better upgrade path than what's out now.