Final system check please (~£850)

genan · 18 Apr 2006 at 15:12

I`m quite green but has been reading the oc.uk forums like mad recently and this is what I come up with.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - OEM (CP-152-AM) : £169.95
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR) : £12.95

//*Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS) : £59.95 *//

Or

//*MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-046-MS) : £64.95 *//

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL) : £89.95
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 160GB 1600JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-047-WD) : £44.95
NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE) : £25.95
Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN) : £59.95
OcUK GeForce 7900 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-037-OK) : £199.95

also I bought a x-fi, and am planning to buy a Beyerdynamic DT770 to go with it. if one component need to be changed I may go with a cheaper headphone instead..Thanks!

fenderbass86 · 18 Apr 2006 at 15:17

I would get the MSI mobo out of those two, other than that, great stuff.

genan · 19 Apr 2006 at 15:43

Cheers mate. Is the 450W Smart Power PSU that comes with the Sonata powerful enough? Also, should I be thinking about getting a Zalman to replace the standard Vga cooler that comes with the 7900 (I may be overclocking in the distant future)?

fenderbass86 · 19 Apr 2006 at 16:04

It should be ok but you might want to go with something more powerful later on, especially when overclocking. You could get a zalman vga fan when you get a better PSU, the stock one should be fine.