January is hear and its time to make the leap, my old PC isn't really worth mentioning as it has a geforce2 graphics card. hear are my thoughts, i have been staring at this build for about 3 months now, not planing to overclock but might give it a try after a year when the huge boost in performance's wears off
Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (WD740ADFD) 2 off to put into raid 0 for boot
Samsung SpinPoint T 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD501LJ) 1 off first part of a potential raid 5 array
LG GSA-H66NBAL 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM 1 off
Zalman CNPS9700-LED CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) 1 off
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case 1 off
Asus GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail 1 off
OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply 1 off
Saitek Eclipse 2 Illuminated Keyboard - Blue/Red/Purple 1 off
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) 1 off
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) 1 off
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail 1 off
Dell E228WFP 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black 1 off
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) 1 off
Scythe Card Reader & Floppy Drive - Black 1 off
Asus P5K Premium/WiFi-AP Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard 1 off
total cost £1,338.14 inc vat
don't really want to spend any more, any comments about compatibility and alternatives are welcome, this is my first build in 5 years, so a bit rusty.
Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (WD740ADFD) 2 off to put into raid 0 for boot
Samsung SpinPoint T 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD501LJ) 1 off first part of a potential raid 5 array
LG GSA-H66NBAL 18x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM 1 off
Zalman CNPS9700-LED CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) 1 off
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case 1 off
Asus GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail 1 off
OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply 1 off
Saitek Eclipse 2 Illuminated Keyboard - Blue/Red/Purple 1 off
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) 1 off
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) 1 off
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail 1 off
Dell E228WFP 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black 1 off
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) 1 off
Scythe Card Reader & Floppy Drive - Black 1 off
Asus P5K Premium/WiFi-AP Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard 1 off
total cost £1,338.14 inc vat
don't really want to spend any more, any comments about compatibility and alternatives are welcome, this is my first build in 5 years, so a bit rusty.
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