Check this spec please?

[kpmutts]

Hello,

Time to dump my 3 year old Athlon system and get something better. I was thinking along the lines fo the following:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz
Crucial Ballistix 2GB DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit
Asus P5K SE Intel P35
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 3870

NZXT Hush Classic Series Silent Midi-Tower Case
Antec TruePower Trio 650W PSU

Anyone see any howlers with this collection of compoonents?

I don't want to spend much more cash than this lot will cost me (around 600 quid) but could save some money by getting the Sonata III case (built in 500W PSU) and spend the saving elsewhere.

PC used for games (RTS, MMORPG etc, not first person shooters) and a bit of photo editing.

Thanks.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Welcome to the forums, this is roughly the same sort of price but includes 4gb Ram, a better cooler and quad core although you might or might not need quad core at the moment.

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £66.99
(£78.71) £66.99
(£78.71)
NZXT Hush Classic Series Silent Midi-Tower Case - Black £56.99
(£66.96) £56.99
(£66.96)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-8000C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ) £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £127.99
(£150.39) £127.99
(£150.39)
OcUK ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT 512MB GDDR4 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £93.99
(£110.44) £93.99
(£110.44)
Sub Total : £503.93
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £90.10
Total : £604.98

 

[kpmutts]

Thanks, sounds like some good advice there. Don't think I need Quad Core though. Any particular reason you recommend that mobo over the cheaper one? I don't use firewire and doubt if I will ever use CrossFire...

 

[semi-pro waster]

No real reason for the motherboard aside from the firewire that I might end up using but if that doesn't apply to you then you can save yourself the cash.

The E8400 is still a good choice of chip, particularly if you are overclocking but it has gone up quite a lot since it was introduced which is why I would be thinking about quad core.