Final Checks before purchase - Suggestions / Comments / Criticisms needed

[1kiwi]

Hey Guys,

After months of quietly monitoring these forums, I have decided to finally go ahead with a new build. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Note, I already have the mouse, keyboard and monitor.

Purchsed - Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz
Asus P5K Premium/WiFi-AP Intel P35

Hard drive (see this thread) - Either:
2 X 2.5” 8GB Transcend SATA SSD SLC drives in a RAID 0 Config OR
1 X Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case (I know about the dust/noise but many people have commented that this is one of the best priced cases for cooling)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency
LiteOn 20x DVD+/-RW/RAM LightScribe
BFG GeForce 8800 GT
Purchsed - Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)

OCZ Technology StealthXStream 600W Active PFC (Can anyone suggest anything better?)

I’m still undecided about the thermal compound.


Thanks in advance

 

[1kiwi]

Thanks your quick reply Platinium. Did you need any extension cables for your PSU? Would you recommend the one you have?

 

[1kiwi]

Anyone else care to share some thoughts?

 

[1kiwi]

Thanks guys for you replies. I've had vista before and i agree that it is a total memory hog. However, i'm a bit of a budget and assume that if i can get away with 1GIG on a dell laptop using Vista Business then 2GIG should be OK for now. The GeIL memory is so cheep anyways that i plan to purchase another 2GIG is the near future.

I have since purchased the following kit (contained within my signature).

Thanks for all your responses!