Build advice (P4 cube machine)

[Pawnless Endgame]

Hi guys. I'm coming back to build my 2nd PC from the good guys at OcUK, having made my first one in January 2004. The new machine us due

OK. It's going to be a Shuttle again, and there is one I believe that will take dual-core Intel. If I give you the inventory, could you please tell me if I have got the sockets, compatibility etc correct?

- Chassis/motherboard: Shuttle XPC SD31P [ top item on this page ]
- CPU: Intel Pentium 4 940 [ 3rd item on this page ]
- Memory: 2 x 1GB Geil PC5300 DDR2 [ 1st item on this page ]
- Graphics card: XFX Geforce 6800 XT PCI-X [ 1st item on this page ]
- Hard drive: WD Raptor 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB [ 6th item on this page ]

The rest of the parts I can work out for myself i.e. DVD-RAM drive, floppy and any peripherals. I just wanted to check that the socket is matched and the chipset is OK for this CPU/barebones system.

Thanks!

 

[StarShock]

they should work fine, but I would be tempted to go for the "Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core" its like half the price and are supposed to be the best overclocking chip on the market, should easly reach 3.2 ghz even in a shuttle

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

Thanks, and thanks for the advice about overclocking. I'm glad that it will work, and that Shuttle have brought out a dual-core ready chassis

I'm going to order from OcUK around six weeks time.