Help/Advice on new components

[N3XU5]

Hello people.
I know some of these components have been covered in other topics, but i wanted to show you the whole setup anyway. I also realise that you've seen this kind of topic many times before, but that means you can help me.

Basicly i'm thinking of getting the following, but i have some questions:

Mobo: ASUS P5N32-E SLi nForce 680i (775) PCI-e DDR2
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.67GHz (1066 FSB)
RAM: 4GB Corsair Dominator XMS2 PC2-8500C5 (2x(2x1GB))
Graphics: BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC2 768MB
HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA II 16MB cache
Sound: Creative X-Fi Extreme Gamer 7.1
DVD: ASUS E616A3T SATA 16x DVD-ROM
PSU: Corsair HK 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLi
Case: Thermaltake Armour SUper Tower (250mm side fan) - Black
CPU cooler: Zalman CNPS9700-LED Aero Flower
LCD/Remote: Soundgraph iMON Ultra Bay - Black
OS: Vista Home Premium OEM
Speakers: Logitech Z-5500 5.1 505W
www.overclockers.co.uk

1) Anyone know if the PSU is big enough or if there is a better (quiet) one for arround the same price (£90), preferably modular?

2) I'm going to take the sata 1 hard drive from my current pc, can i run one HDD SATA 2 and the other SATA 1 at the same time?

3) The ASUS DVD drive is sata, and as it's my only internal drive, i'm going to have to install vista from it, will the mobo pick it up, or do i still need an ide drive for vista install (i hate ide cables)?

4) My current PC sounds like a vacuum cleaner, so i'd like this one to be quieter, it doesn't have to be totaly silent, but if anyone knows if any of the above are irritatingly loud, then please let me know.

5) Lastly, the PC's ive built before have been AMD-ATI systems, but this time i thought i'd branch out, so if there are any glaring mistakes i've made or any general advice it would be much, much appreciated.

Thanks

 

[semi-pro waster]

Welcome to the forums, in order.

1) The PSU is fine for your system, I don't think there is anything better for the price.
2) Not a problem at all, SATA works either way - 150MB/s or 300MB/s as it was designed to be backwards compatible.
3) SATA optical drives should be picked up no problems, however I'd buy a DVDRW, it costs a few pounds more but offers a lot more options.
4) Don't know for certain, not least because I don't have a clue about the case you are using or the fan with it.
5) No massive glaring mistakes but the E6700 is a bit overpriced so I'd get the E6600 and overclock for the same performance. The motherboard is quite expensive and unless you really want SLi the Gigabyte DS3P will offer the same performance and overclockability.

 

[Jaffa_Cake]

Semi-pro beat me to the questions. ( glad i refresh for a post )

With regards to your spec. The E6700 is definitely not worth the extra money over the E6600. I would also recommend a Noctua or Tuniq over the Flower ( HERE and HERE

If your wanting a quiet system probobly better off without the window. Look at the Lian-Li and Antec cases.

The OC2 gfx card you chose is IMO not worth the extra money over the OC. Buy the GTX OC then buy a cooler for it

 

[N3XU5]

Wow, you guys are quick!

The problem is i haven't overclocked before, so i'm looking for components that are good out of the box just in case i can't get anything to work!

The Tuniq looks like it'll rip my mobo in half, but it also looks like it cools like a ba****d!

But thanks for all the advice i'll definatly take it into account!