High end spec - everything ok?

Ezyryder · 8 Jun 2007 at 13:51

Akasa Ultra Quiet 650W PowerPlus Active PFC ATX2.0 PSU £69.99 (£82.24)
Asus P5N32-E PLUS SLi nForce PCI-Express DDR2 £99.99(£117.49)
LG L226WTQ 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor £179.99 (£211.49)
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - £69.99 (£82.24)
Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI £304.99 (£358.36)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 £46.99 (£55.21)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - £294.99 (£346.61)
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Soundcard £49.99 (£58.74)
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter £16.99 (£19.96)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD £63.99 (£75.19)
Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB £58.99 (£69.31)
Sub Total : £1,303.88
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £24.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £232.55
Total : £1,561.38

Any incompatibilities with this setup? Anything that can be improved for a few quid?

cheers,

Ezyryder · 8 Jun 2007 at 16:01

First of all, thank you for all the replies!

This computer is not for me, it is for a friend from work that needs some help.

Now the answers:

He wants a Quad Core because he wants to be future proof.
We are not looking at overclocking, really. It is quite simple. He doesn’t understand a great deal of it and it can be quite messy if you do not know what you are doing.
About the PSU. Why the Corsair if its rated 620W instead of the 650W from Antec I have chosen. And if I am going to go for a more expensive brand why not Tagan instead?
About the motherboard and SLI, yes you were right!

) We were planning to do some SLI action. If you say it’s not worth it might be good to move onto one on the new P35 mobos.
Is it really necessary to change the memory if we are not OC?

Cheers,

Ezyryder · 8 Jun 2007 at 17:35

That Gigabyte mobo looks very good but it has only got 2 DDR2 slots. I will need 4 for the 4gigs of RAM.

Ezyryder · 10 Jun 2007 at 22:57

From Jaffa, yours is DDR2 only. Would it be a good idea to have 4Gigs in two sticks and then upgrade to DDR3? I have seen a few benchies and DDR3 didnt seem worthwhile.

Also that Akasa case is very good but requires to spend some extra money on fans.