£700+ SPEC ME

[leeh14]

hi, as I look at the forum I see the hate for the spec me, however I need help as I have been away from the PC scene for quite some time (been on the dreaded toplaps)!!

Anyway! I believe I have put together a good spec, however just need to know weather the components are compatible! Also I don't have a PSU at the mo, just seeing what people would recommend?

Also looking at the spec, what would be the expected life span here? Do you think its worth me spending the extra money to go down the I7 route?

All help appreciated

Graphics
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 1024MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (AX-48701GBD5-H)

Motherbroad
Asus Rampage Formula Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Processors
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

Drive
LG GGC-H20L Blu-Ray Reader & HD-DVD ROM Serial ATA Drive - Retail

Hard Drive
Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502IJ)

Case
Akasa AK-ZEN-01-BK Rev.4 Zen Case - Black (No PSU)

RAM
Corsair 2GB DDR2 Value Select PC2-5300C5 Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (VS2GBKIT667D2)

 

[sharingan_sasuk]

If you are going to spend £700, you should be able to easily afford the Corsair 4GB.

And what are you going to use this PC for?

 

[benwoodcock]

Change to a p45 eg p5q

 

[leeh14]

700+ Spec

Hey,

Well I am a media student so I will be doing quite a bit of high end work on the machine.

Also forgot to mention I will be purchasing 4GB of ram.