AMD based system ideas

[SpookyEddy]

I am in the process of putting together a system for a mate and I am looking for some opinions on the following kit:

• AMD Athlon "Barton" XP2500+ 333FSB
  ASUS A7N8X Deluxe nForce2 Motherboard
  Two sticks of Corsair 256MB DDR XMS3200 CAS2
  Leadtek Winfast A280 TD MyVIVO GeForce4 Ti4800 128MB DDR TV-Out DVI (bit of a random guess)

And a couple of quick follow up questions:

• Is the MB likely to come with SATA cables (as it includes SATA controller)?
  Is it worth using an SATA drive over a standard IDE disk?
  Must I buy the RAM in matched pairs for a dual channel board or can I just use 2 sticks of the same make/model?
  Would a branded 350W PSU be enough to run a Barton based system?
  Any opinions on Leadtek graphics cards (total junk or just a bit of a bargain)?

As allways any advice is greatly appreciated.

Regards

eddy

[Dax_Brandy]

actually your putting together a very good combination of hardware already. the video card is among the best cards. i suggest also you go for a 475 W branded PSU (i.e enermax or HEC)

[rockpile]

That looks like a great system I would also reccomend anandtech for your PS.

[JPMiller]

There are several recent threads with proposed setups nearly identical to yours......
http://www.techimo.com/forum/t67704.html
http://www.techimo.com/forum/t66172.html
http://www.techimo.com/forum/t66818.html
Have to agree with Dax....may want slightly bigger PSU

[SpookyEddy]

Excellent, thanks guys. My main concern with the graphics card was that it seemed to be suspiciously cheap at £130 for a Ti4800 with all those features (vivo, dvi etc) but I guess its just a bit of a bargain. Hmm the site lists it as a 4800 but I am starting to think its a 4200.

Anyone know about the matched pairs of RAM as I see people selling them but would rather be able to pick my own if its not going to be a problem?

Thanks again

ed