Building new machine advice needed

Cheekykid · 17 Aug 2006 at 13:55

Here's what I got in mind.

CPU: E6600 (will overclock)
Water cooling: Swiftech H20-220 Apex Ultra Watercooling Kit
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
M/B: Asus P5W DH Deluxe
RAM: Gskill 6400 HZ
GPU: will keep the ATI 9700 pro
Sound: X-FI platinum
Case: lian V2000
PSU: Tagan TG580-U15 580W ATX2.01

Any comments on what would be better to change?
I aim for silence and power.

gr1mey · 17 Aug 2006 at 13:57

ehhh didnt we just have this thread in Case Central?

Cheekykid · 17 Aug 2006 at 13:59

gr1mey said:
ehhh didnt we just have this thread in Case Central?

No this is a different thread. The other one is just for the case

gr1mey · 17 Aug 2006 at 14:01

but the discussion ended with talk of PSUs and you were recommended one from the Seasonic FSP Tagan range.

dont see whats changed ?

Cheekykid · 17 Aug 2006 at 14:09

Ok decided on PSU and updated original post. Am near pressing the order now button. I have a price of £1,000.63 but will be giving them a call soon as I ain't paying £50 for P&P. Is there anything else i should add/remove?

gr1mey · 17 Aug 2006 at 14:11

looks good to me, but I dont think you will get any better on the shipping costs, its the same for everyone, and thats a fair amount of gear you're buying.

unless of course you are in a position to collect it in person.

Cheekykid · 17 Aug 2006 at 14:19

gr1mey said:
looks good to me, but I dont think you will get any better on the shipping costs, its the same for everyone, and thats a fair amount of gear you're buying.

unless of course you are in a position to collect it in person.

Consider that OcUK ain't that cheap in their products either. Actually I have found elsewhere the same products for cheapers prices therefore I won't be paying £50 under not circumstances. Well.....i'll buy from elsewhere certain products then, their lose.

gr1mey · 17 Aug 2006 at 14:29

hmm its not OcUK who make the shipping prices mate.

Cheekykid · 17 Aug 2006 at 14:31

gr1mey said:
hmm its not OcUK who make the shipping prices mate.

True but i've seen better though.

gr1mey · 17 Aug 2006 at 14:32

your decision, but I find OcUK fairly competitive when all is said and done, as do the majority of people on here.

if you add all shipping costs from various suppliers I would be very suprised if you see much change from 50 notes.

Cheekykid · 17 Aug 2006 at 15:38

I wonder if spending money on a SCSI HD is clever/perfomance wise

gr1mey · 17 Aug 2006 at 15:47

no.

SATAII drives are very much better VFM, the raptor 10k drives are very good if you want a boost in HDD access time.

Cheekykid · 17 Aug 2006 at 16:07

gr1mey said:
no.

SATAII drives are very much better VFM, the raptor 10k drives are very good if you want a boost in HDD access time.

is the difference noticeable from a normal 7200 drive?

comp builder · 17 Aug 2006 at 16:59

whereabouts do you live because £50 sounds like a lot of money for postage but then again you are ordering an awful lot of stuff. im just lucky i live near their shop

Cheekykid · 17 Aug 2006 at 17:14

comp builder said:
whereabouts do you live because £50 sounds like a lot of money for postage but then again you are ordering an awful lot of stuff. im just lucky i live near their shop

I live in London.

comp builder · 17 Aug 2006 at 17:19

then personally i think £50 is fair enough to take it from staffordshire to london, or if it really annoys you you could always drive down and pick it up yourself

Cheekykid · 17 Aug 2006 at 17:31

Forgot that the ASUS P5W deluxe doesn't have an AGP slot for my ATI 9700 card
Can't afford a new one