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fps133

fps133

fps133

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Lian-Li PC V1000 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower (No PSU) (CA-027-LL)
£129.19 inc VAT

Tagan TG700-U25 700W ATX2.0 Dual Engine Silent SLi Compliant Silent PSU (CA-014-TG)
£115.14 inc VAT

Asus P5W64-WS Pro Intel 975X (Socket LGA775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-180-AS)
£187.99 inc VAT

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
£229.11 inc VAT

Zalman FS-C77 Fatal1ty CPU Cooler - Retail (HS-018-ZA)
£35.24 inc VAT

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) (AC-000-AC)
£7.04 inc VAT

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS)
£205.61 inc VAT

2X BFG GeForce 7950 GT OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-034-BG)
£411.22 inc VAT

Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-069-WD)
£159.79 inc VAT

Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A33435) (HD-021-HI)
£72.26 inc VAT

2X NEC AD7170A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-044-NE)
£46.88 inc VAT

Sony Floppy Drive - Black (HD-001-OK)
£5.86 inc VAT

Saitek Eclipse 2 Illuminated Keyboard - (Red) (KB-019-SK)
£35.24 inc VAT

Razer Copperhead Anarchy Red 2000dpi High Precision Gaming Mouse - Retail (KB-017-RA)
£46.99 inc VAT

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (E85-04026) (OS-002-MS)
£97.51 inc VAT


TOTAL - £1785.07 + Monitor

(I already have a good soundcard and headset).






What are your thoughts? What would you change and why?

Thanks in advance.
 
fps133 said:
{snip}Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition inc. SP2{snip}
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Get that if you need/use...
Wikipedia said:
Windows XP Professional offers a number of features unavailable in the Home Edition, including:
  • the ability to become part of a Windows Server domain — a group of computers that are remotely managed by one or more central servers (many businesses that use Windows have a Windows Server and a domain)
  • the use of a sophisticated access control scheme that allows specific permissions on files to be granted to specific users under normal circumstances. However, users can use tools other than Windows Explorer (like cacls or File Manager), or restart to Safe Mode to modify access control lists.
  • the Remote Desktop server, which allows a PC be operated by another Windows XP user over a local area network or the Internet
  • offline Files and Folders, which allow the PC to automatically store a copy of files from another networked computer and work with them while disconnected from the network
  • the Encrypting File System, which encrypts files stored on the computer's hard drive so they cannot be read by another user, even with physical access to the storage medium
  • centralized administration features, including Group Policies, Automatic Software Installation and Maintenance, Roaming User Profiles, and Remote Installation Service (RIS)
  • support for two physical central processing units (CPU). The number of CPU cores and Hyper-threading capabilities on modern CPUs are considered to be part of a single physical processor.
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Also, anything 'Fatal1ty' you are paying extra for the name/marketing :p

& 2 of those GFXs is OTT :eek: ...& won't you need the 900w Tagan for that :confused:

Rest looks good :)

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You misread, the PSU is 700W. :)

OK, I will get XP home, downgrade the CPU cooler and also change from SLi to 1X EVGA GeForce 7950 GX2 1024MB GDDR3 HDTV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (E592-AX) (GX-009-EA)
£370.11 inc VAT

Maybe now even the 700W tagan is too much? I'm not likely to upgrade this rig at all, more like run it into the ground then buy another mid-range/high-end machine in about 2 years.
 
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