Could someone give this spec a quick glance. I have hopefully done my homework

jameswi · 22 Aug 2007 at 23:23

PSU:
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
(£68.14)

MB:
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £67.99
(£79.89)

RAM:
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
(£61.09)

CPU:
Intel Core 2 Duo E2160 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£56.39

GRAPHICS CARD:
Radeon xt300 I have kicking around. Will uprgrade later.

HD:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB ST3500630AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

CASE:
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
(£58.74)

My existing DVD Rom

Will be using it for general computing, linux and virtualised windows XP, and some gaming after upgrading my graphics card.

Thanks a lot in advance

James

truebluecfc · 22 Aug 2007 at 23:55

Looks great although I would personally change the Harddrive to a Western Digital 500GB AAKS.

I'd also get a aftermarket cpu cooler even if your not looking to overclock as the stock one can be a bit noisy, cheap option would be a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.

jameswi · 23 Aug 2007 at 00:10

Thanks trueblue, looking into the WD drive now

jameswi · 23 Aug 2007 at 00:33

I have just seen the size of the Arctic fan!! Is it a bit of an over kill? I will possibly be overclocking a bit, but nothing too mental. Also, would it fit inside my Lian Li PC-7 plus case?

Thanks in advance again

James

C64 · 23 Aug 2007 at 00:37

Change the ram to this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-088-CR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=
It will do in excess of 1000 mhz
ahh you say you will not be overclocking no idea which multi the 2160 is but if it
is 9x then 9x400 mhz isn't needed so even basic 5300 would do.
But the crucial will hold it's value far better than the geil so worth the extra few quid imo.

truebluecfc · 23 Aug 2007 at 00:37

jameswi said:
I have just seen the size of the Arctic fan!! Is it a bit of an over kill?

Its relitivly small compared to other coolers and it is probably overkill as the stock one will be fine but for the price you cant go wrong and its practically silent, a lot silent than the stock hsf anyway.

jameswi said:
Also, would it fit inside my Lian Li PC-7 plus case?

Yes, easy.