Need recommendations for High-end PC

[NCDreamer]

I am building a high-end system and would like input and recommendations on:

Motherboard
Heat Sink / Fan
Memory brand and type (I will get either 512MB or 1GB)
Video Card
Cases

My thoughts are to go with the following items, unless someone gives me good info to go another direction:

AMD 1700+
Enermax "Whisper" 431W PS EG465P-VE
Sound Blaster Audigy MP3+ or Platinum
Either IBM Deskstar 75GB or WD 100GB hard drives (possibly in RAID 0 config)
Pioneer DVD-106s 16X DVD, 40X CD
Yamaha CDRW 16x10x40 Firewire 2100FXZ (already own this)
Adaptec FireConnect 4300
Windows2000 (will upgrade to WindowsXP at some point)

The machine will be used primarily for Office applications, Digital Photography (Adobe Photoshop, et al), and Digital Video editing (Firewire, Adobe Premier, etc). I will also do some gaming, but that is a distant second (unfortunately) to the three primary uses.

Cost is a factor, but not a huge issue for this machine, and I am considering expensive components like the Lian-Li cases. I want the machine to be as quiet as possible w/o sacrificing too much performance.

Thanks in advance!

--Carl

 

[AMDPwred]

<< Motherboard >>



Most people will recommend Epox, ECS, or Shuttle. I would say wait until all the companies release their KT266A boards and then decide.



<< Memory brand and type (I will get either 512MB or 1GB) >>



Can't go wrong with Crucial



<< Cases >>



I would get an AntecSX1040 (includes a nice PS)