Check my spec please

[stephen.collins]

I am looking at my first build for a gaming pc. I have a buget of around 1.1k and propose to upgrade the graphics card when then position of the new cards becomes clearer (and cheaper!).

What do you think of this lot?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)
Leadtek GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £104.99
(£123.36) £104.99
(£123.36)
OcUK Value L2442WD-VA 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £179.99
(£211.49) £179.99
(£211.49)
Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £119.99
(£140.99) £119.99
(£140.99)
Antec Twelve Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £95.99
(£112.79) £95.99
(£112.79)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ) £56.99
(£66.96) £56.99
(£66.96)
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £58.99
(£69.31) £58.99
(£69.31)
Microsoft Reclusa Advanced Gaming Keyboard - Black (9VU-00004) £31.99
(£37.59) £31.99
(£37.59)
Logitech X-240 2.1 Speaker System (970285-0120) £22.99
(£27.01) £22.99
(£27.01)
Sony Floppy Drive - Black £4.99
(£5.86) £4.99
(£5.86)
Akasa AK-TK-01 Cable Tidy Kit £3.99
(£4.69) £3.99
(£4.69)
OCZ Freeze Extreme Thermal Conductivity Compound £3.99
(£4.69) £3.99
(£4.69)
Sub Total : £899.85
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £27.02
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £162.20
Total : £1,089.07

Thanks.

 

[stephen.collins]

Oops I forgot 4g of memory at about £65 or so.

 

[semi-pro waster]

That all looks pretty good to me, you might not need the floppy drive and you might find that Arctic MX-2 paste is a slightly better option than the OCZ (mainly I don't know much about it to recommend it) but other than that it should build into a nice PC.

 

[C64]

I think you should make sure you get the non tn film ocuk screen I think you're allowed to return if you get a tn film one am not so sure though.

 

[Ben M]

If your main aim is general use and gaming, a dual core such as the E8400 would be a better option. It has higher clockspeeds, and very few games are optimised for 4 cores, it they'll run faster with an E8400.