Conroe spec check :D

[minging]

Just wondering if you guys would change/add anything , i can't wait any longer for R600 and that new asus board has swung it

CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£194.99 £194.99
MB-180-AS Asus P5W64-WS Pro Intel 975X (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-180-AS)
£169.99 £169.99
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£154.99 £154.99
MO-009-DE Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Midnight Grey (MO-009-DE)
£534.99 £534.99
CA-019-OC OCZ GameXStream 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply (CA-019-OC)
£89.99 £89.99
GX-056-HT HIS ATI Radeon X1900 ICEQ3 SILENT Heatpipe ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-056-HT)
£229.99 £229.99
GX-053-HT HIS ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-HT)
£199.99 £199.99
HD-079-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE)
£49.95 £49.95
CD-032-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-032-NE)
£21.50 £21.50
OS-001-MS Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) (OS-001-MS)
£52.99 £52.99
HS-006-SY Scythe Infinity Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 775, AM2, 754, 939, 940) (HS-006-SY)
£29.95 £29.95
Subtotal £1,729.32
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £14.95
VAT £305.25
Total £2,049.52

I have a nice keyboard , mouse and case so dont need them.
Dont think i have forgotten anything ? but any advice would be great.
This is going to my last PC for quite some time , damn kids have to fed and clothed grrrrr

 

[minging]

Overclocking , yeah it would be nice to get 3gig+ out of the cpu.
Why Xfire over the 7950 , it looks to have the edge at the higher res of 1920x1440.... just .
Xp home , because its cheaper , so you think its worth the extra for pro then ? why
DX10 and vista , bah we will cross that bridge when it gets here , it doesnt really matter what you buy , its pretty quickly " out of date "
and my AGP socket 478 system is starting to show its age.
But i was/am seriously considering just waiting until xmas anyways , mmmm decisions, decisions

 

[minging]

Thanks for the input peeps , keep it coming as i am still undecided
I did look at the gigabyte boards but fig'd that the 975 chipset was the daddy for E6600 cpu and above as far as clocking was concerned
i would have probably gone with the badaxe before now if it had been available.
The new abit 975 mobo looks to be a winner too.... lol
And the raptors , they are pretty noisey yes ? how much faster % than a reg. sata drive are they ?

thanks again folks

i think i have just been looking through that thread Adam Senior , some nice specs in there

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17623699