First build in a long while - does this kit go togetherok?

Diss

Diss

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Hi
Its been about 3 years since i last built a PC and am probably a bit behind with the tech now.

Am looking for comments on whether the following is OK and/or alternate suggestions.

Things to note:
* it will be dual boot linux/XP
* Overclocking not essential but i will probably look to do some moderate OC in the future (but still with the retail heatsink - is that OK?
* i have graphics card (old 8900GT) but looking to upgrade in the future
* i do play the odd 3D game - but not so much these days, so not vital

Heres what i have picked out so far:

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus P5Q-E Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £84.99
(£99.86)

G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PK PC2-8500C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK) £79.99
(£93.99)

Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case (Gun Metal Black) / Antec True Power 650W PSU £142.98
(£168.00)

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.50GHz 6MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail £154.99
(£182.11)

Pioneer DVR-215DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£17.61)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) £75.99
(£89.29)

thanks for your help

Diss
 
thanks guys

i see what you mean about the cpu now

i chose the mobo cos it seemed to be the cheapest with external SATA (not that i have any external sata kit at the moment) - what the main difference between the one i chose and this one:
Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard @ £76.36

apart from external sata is it just the ability to overclock?

i take the point about knowing the purpose - as i assume the component choice is affected, and need to be 'in balance' - its pretty much general purpose but surfing, downloading (bittottent), watching (not encoding) TV/movies and quite a bit of gaming CIV4, Hearts of Iron and sometimes Half Life (and in linux running XP in a virtual machine, so multitasking is important) - however i do like to play around with it and try a bit of overclocking (would consider a better cooler but wouldn't go as far as water cooling)

is the retail cooler ok for moderate overclocking? can you say what i might be able to get it up to and still stay pretty cool

moneywise i am in the lucky positon of having a gift of £550 that i have to spend (i can't take the cash), so am happy to pay a little bit extra for good kit if it gives me extra potential

thanks

diss
 
thanks rainmaker

gonna have to put this purchase on hold

hopefully someone will pop in with some more info

do you have any other recommendations : abit/gigabyte etc?

cheers

diss
 
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