What would you do?

[Antihero47]

Mostly going to be for BF:3 and gaming with other light usage.

Option 1
1 - OCZ Vertex 3 Series – MAX IOPS Edition 120GB SATA III (SSD)
2 - Seagate Barracuda 40GB 7200RPM SATA in RAID0

Option 2
1 - OCZ Agility 3 60GB SATA III (SSD)
1 - VelociRaptor 450GB 10000 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive

Option 3
1 - OCZ Agility 3 60GB SATA III (SSD)
2 - VelociRaptor 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive RAID0

Engine:
AMD AM3 Phenom II 965 3.4GHZ QuadCore (will O.C. most likely)
G.SKILL Trident+ Turbulence II Series 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 2000(O.C.)
ASUS M5A88-V EVO AM3+ AMD 880G SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI MB (Not sure if this is true AM3+)
CORSAIR Professional Series AX750 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular
On board Graphics - Until closer to BF:3 - GTX580 unless something else comes out.

[JDay]

If you're going with AMD you might as well get an AMD Radeon 6900 series GPU, and if you wait another month AMD's Bulldozer CPU will be coming out. Their new processors are being made to work with the GPU to speed up computing. I would also go with one of the newer AMD 990 based motherboards, they don't have on-board video but you can get a cheap card for around $20. You'll get much better performance with one of these motherboards, especially if you wait for Bulldozer. You also have picked out the wrong RAM, triple-channel DDR3 is for the Intel X58 chipset (i7, socket 1366). You want to use dual-channel DDR3 with AMD, checkout Corsair Vengeance dual-channel kits. Make sure you get a case that has good airflow so that your system stays cool, especially since you plan on overclocking (I would also get a good aftermarket heatsink/fan for the CPU). One last thing, it has been widely reported that the new Sandforce drives (SF-2200 & SF-2500 based i.e. Vertex 3, Corsair Force Series 3, etc) do not run full speed on anything other than Intel motherboards, so you should keep this in mind when shopping for an SSD.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/AMD-990FX-Prepping-for-Bulldozer/1315

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131754

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814103185

[Antihero47]

Yeah I caught the RAM when I was placing the order. Wound up getting the Dominator GT 8GB (2000 O.C.) dual channel. Went with the Agility 3 60GB SSD and the two 150GB VRaptors in Raid 0.

I know about bulldozer and to be honest I see myself upgrading to that in the future after the first revisions are out and there is a solid platform to jump on. The MB is AM3+ so I think I'll be OK there.

The case is a DF-85 with CoolerMaster V8 heatsink. And the chip is the Phenom II 965 Black Edition.

[760practicalshooter]

Tough time to decide what to buy right now as every manufacturer is coming out with something new/different. But at least the price is right!

[stix213]

I generally avoid RAID0 setups since a single disk failure between the two means the entire volume is lost, effectively doubling your chance of data loss. I work for a company that has used VelociRaptor WD disks in their products, and they can fail just like any other drive. We run them in RAID 1 instead of 0 for a reason (raid 1 is disk mirroring). If you're going to backup your important data to another drive regularly, then nevermind. Sounds like a good fast setup then.

[Antihero47]

Yeah important things are always backed up elsewhere. No worries on data loss. Thanks guys.