Is this a sensible rig?

[Morte66]

I'd grateful if you folks would give me a sanity check on this lot:

- drives, keyboard, mouse, 1920x1200 monitor, to be transferred from old PC
- Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
- Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)
- Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
- Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
- Asus GeForce EN8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
- Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
- RAM, um, need some help here.

It's meant mostly as a video processing machine with some gaming on the side. I will overclock, without going berserk (stability is important when you run four day video jobs).

I chose a Gigabyte mobo because I want coaxial S/PDIF sockets (most have optical), and the DS3R specifically for the 8 SATA connectors (I own six SATA drives and counting). I picked the PSU/CPU/cooling because they seem wildly popular around here. I think the 8800GT will do me, I'm not an ubergamer (my current 1950Pro would be fine if I hadn't bought the big monitor).

Any advice on the RAM would be appreciated...

 

[danman2k]

nice system

you could get the 520 corasir and that would be plenty for that setup

if it is mainly for video then i would reccommend an ati 3870 XT

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-089-HT&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=416

as for the ram get this stuff cheap and is great

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-058-GL

 

[Morte66]

nice system

you could get the 520 corasir and that would be plenty for that setup

OK, thanks.

If I thought it was possible that I might end up with a 9800GTX or similar down the line, would the 620 be good insurance? Or is it OTT?

if it is mainly for video then i would reccommend an ati 3870 XT

I prefer to do pure software decoding on the CPU and not be tied into certain playback software that drives GPUs. You get better control, more post-processing options etc. The C2Q should take it in its stride (my A64 X2 3800+ is close).

 

[GregI]

WOW!!!!!!!!

We will have basically the same rig if you choose them components.........im just not sure the DS3R(board i was gonna get) has enough cpu fan ports for the antec case.

Gonna have to power them on PSU

 

[Morte66]

WOW!!!!!!!!

We will have basically the same rig if you choose them components.........

shall we take this as proof that great minds think alike?

im just not sure the DS3R(board i was gonna get) has enough cpu fan ports for the antec case.

Gonna have to power them on PSU

Or maybe use splitter cables.