This was gonna be my first - already had 2 changes recommended by OC tech staff (manyy thanks) - anyone else suggest tweaks to this spec to improve the performance.
I'm looking to make a gaming machine which doubles up as a TV recorder - hence the decent sized Hard Drives.
One other question is what would be the best way to set up the hard drives:
REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
2x HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£66.95 £133.90
CA-000-NX NZXT Lexa Classic Series Ultra light Aluminum Midtower (CA-000-NX)
£74.95 £74.95
MY-092-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-092-CS) £133.50 £133.50 MB-144-AS Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-144-AS)
£94.95 £94.95
CP-166-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-166-AM)
£181.95 £181.95
CD-033-PL Plextor PX-755A 16x16 Dual Layer DVD±RW ReWriter (Beige/Black) - Retail (CD-033-PL)
£38.95 £38.95
CA-045-AN Antec NeoHE 500W Modular ATX2.0 PSU (CA-045-AN)
£59.95 £59.95
GX-018-BG BFG GeForce 7900 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-018-BG)
£162.49 £162.49
SW-022-MS Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (ZAT-00054) (SW-022-MS)
£79.95 £79.95
GX-074-LT Leadtek Winfast DTV1000-T Digital TV Tuner Card (GX-074-LT)
£32.95 £32.95
Subtotal £993.54
VAT £173.87
Total £1,167.41
Changes suggested by OC: I would however recommend using a different PSU something like the Tagan TG530-U22 530W ATX2.01 2Force SLi Compliant Silent PSU (CA-005-TG) as the Antec NeoHE is a "High Efficiency" PSU and doesn't have as good a power rating so isn't really recommended for gaming rigs. I'd also advise against Windows 64bit
I'm looking to make a gaming machine which doubles up as a TV recorder - hence the decent sized Hard Drives.
One other question is what would be the best way to set up the hard drives:
REFERENCE DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE COST REMOVE
2x HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£66.95 £133.90
CA-000-NX NZXT Lexa Classic Series Ultra light Aluminum Midtower (CA-000-NX)
£74.95 £74.95
MY-092-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-092-CS) £133.50 £133.50 MB-144-AS Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-144-AS)
£94.95 £94.95
CP-166-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ 2.00GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-166-AM)
£181.95 £181.95
CD-033-PL Plextor PX-755A 16x16 Dual Layer DVD±RW ReWriter (Beige/Black) - Retail (CD-033-PL)
£38.95 £38.95
CA-045-AN Antec NeoHE 500W Modular ATX2.0 PSU (CA-045-AN)
£59.95 £59.95
GX-018-BG BFG GeForce 7900 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-018-BG)
£162.49 £162.49
SW-022-MS Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (ZAT-00054) (SW-022-MS)
£79.95 £79.95
GX-074-LT Leadtek Winfast DTV1000-T Digital TV Tuner Card (GX-074-LT)
£32.95 £32.95
Subtotal £993.54
VAT £173.87
Total £1,167.41
Changes suggested by OC: I would however recommend using a different PSU something like the Tagan TG530-U22 530W ATX2.01 2Force SLi Compliant Silent PSU (CA-005-TG) as the Antec NeoHE is a "High Efficiency" PSU and doesn't have as good a power rating so isn't really recommended for gaming rigs. I'd also advise against Windows 64bit
