The Wait is Over!

All of you that have been waiting on pins and needles to see my wish list on New Egg can now rest easy. Here it is. I've included the additions I'd like to make to my system in the long run. As far as priority of the list items, here is what I think:

1. Card Reader - cheapest item and will make a noticeable difference in the capability of my system. I'd hate to cough up 5 bucks shipping on a $15 item though, so it will probably be best to order with something else to save on overall shipping costs.

2. Hard Drive(s) - My system right now is using a 40GB hard drive just so I can use it until I can get a bigger one. Two identical drives would be great because I could use an Intel Matrix RAID setup to have a RAID 0 partition for performance and a RAID 1 partition to protect my data against hard drive failure. Three identical drives would be a dream because I could set up a RAID 5 partition, but this would fill up every possible drive slot in my case, so it probably isn't practical.

3. Memory (1GB) - The next most important item is a toss up between the graphics card and more memory, but neither is really vital at this point. I'll give memory the edge here since it is a quarter the price.

4. Video Card - The card on my list is perfect for my setup. It is the fastest card I've found that uses a passive heat sink rather than a noisy fan. Since I'm using a mobile processor, any faster card would turn my CPU into the bottleneck and would be a waste of money. This wouldn't be a high end gaming system, but it would rip the britches off of a PS3.