Does this look ok?

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Im buying parts to build a new rig for gaming and internet use and want to know if this spec looks ok:

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 £214.95
Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £94.95
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) £159.95
HIS ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) £194.95
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache£41.95
OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black £5.95
LG GSA-H10NBAL 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) £20.50
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £14.95
OCZ ModStream 450w ATX2.2 Power Supply £44.95
Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Black) £79.95
Total £1,025.84

Mostly I want to know if there would be any issues with this set-up? Is the mobo good enough? Do I need to upgrade to the 520w psu for that gpu? And is the case a good choice?
Also I will probably overclock the processor and gpu but I'm not planning anything too extreme.

Thanks in advance
 
It looks very nice, I'd consider swapping the RAM you have for GSkill PC6400HZ, it clocks better for the same money :)

My only other thought would be perhaps a beefier PSU, the OCZ will be upto the job of powering that system fine, its just whether 450W will see you through a crossfire setup or future upgrades I'm not so sure.
 
Minstadave said:
It looks very nice, I'd consider swapping the RAM you have for GSkill PC6400HZ, it clocks better for the same money :)

My only other thought would be perhaps a beefier PSU, the OCZ will be upto the job of powering that system fine, its just whether 450W will see you through a crossfire setup or future upgrades I'm not so sure.
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Second that, swap the ram and look at the psu again
 
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 £214.95
Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £94.95
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 ZX PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit £154.95
HIS ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) £194.95
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache£41.95
OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black £5.95
LG GSA-H10NBAL 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) £20.50
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £14.95
OCZ ModStream 520w ATX2.2 Power Supply £54.95
Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Black) £79.95
£1,031.71

That look better? :) And thanks I hope I'm around for a while :D
 
Anomander said:
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 £214.95
Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £94.95
G.Skill 2GB DDR2 ZX PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit £154.95
HIS ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) £194.95
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache£41.95
OcUK Value Floppy Drive - Black £5.95
LG GSA-H10NBAL 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) £20.50
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £14.95
OCZ ModStream 520w ATX2.2 Power Supply £54.95
Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Black) £79.95
£1,031.71

That look better? :) And thanks I hope I'm around for a while :D
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Now you're talking, very nice system :)
 
I would look at the 975x chipset if going for a E6600.They seem to clock better with the higher end conroes,

Like the ASUS P5W DH

The 965 chipset likes the 6300 and 6400 over the 6600 and above when clocking.
 
Thanks for the advice, although my next question is, what is the best 975x board?
Oh and I always keep a floppy drive around for the moments when the proverbial hits the fan and everything else stops working.
 
One of my old pcs died in such a way as the drivers for the cd-rom got screwed up, and I needed to use a floppy boot disk to get into windows. Since then I've never been without one.
 
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