Final (I hope!) Spec Check

[j0n]

What do people think of this, only intensive use will be gaming. Might order this morning!
What OS would be best to run, vista home/premium (64bit for the 4gb ram yep?)?
Anything missing/incompatible!
Should I go for a p5k pro?
thanks to chimerical for the original spec!


Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502IJ) £38.99
(£45.81) £38.99
(£45.81)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £123.99
(£145.69) £123.99
(£145.69)
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Samsung SH-S203PBEBN 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Lian-Li PC-7B PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
XFX GeForce 8800 GTX Extreme 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PV-T80F-SHE9) £164.99
(£193.86) £164.99
(£193.86)
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Enermax Modu 82+ 525W EMD525AWT Modular ATX2.3 £68.99
(£81.06) £68.99
(£81.06)

Total inc vat : £674
Trying to keep it this side of £700!
thanks!

 

[Kearney_1988]

Looks fine, might want a heatsink for the CPU to overclock. If you are not overclocking you may benifit from the E8400 more than the Q6600

 

[Wilst]

Even if you don't plan on overclocking a aftermarket heatsink would be much quieter than the stock intel one and would stay within your budget.

Edit: I'm just not fast enough

 

[j0n]

Think I will do some moderate overclocking. Any recommendations for a cooler?
I can live with a little bit of noise, think my current pc has some kind of jet engine inside it.

 

[Kearney_1988]

Arctic freezer pro 7 is the best bang/buck ~ £15
Tuniq tower is a better cooler and will give better temps ~ £30

 

[j0n]

Thanks Kearney.
Just been reading on the cpu forum and having some doubts now.
I wont be doing video encoding and id rather my pc is better for games, in which chase I read dual core is better, but I also want it to last a while without upgrade, which I guess quad is better for? If the difference will only be a couple of fps or so im happy with quad for the long term payoff.