Last check before I order?

chrislocalboy · 24 Apr 2008 at 11:36

Right I'm going to order this in the next day or so........ last check with the resident 'Guru's'

Everything look ok? dont need much storage and I already have an OS and will be gaming on a 17" TFT (for the next few months at least)

I'm open to any comments or suggestions.

Cheers

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS)
(£35.24) £29.99

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£76.36) £64.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
(£111.61) £94.99

PNY GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£140.99) £119.99

G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ)
(£61.09) £51.99

Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU
(£70.49) £59.99

Pioneer DVR-215DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£17.61) £14.99

Total : £526.26

chrislocalboy · 24 Apr 2008 at 13:06

Also just thinking..... I wont be overclocking just yet but might add the Arctic Freezer 7 aswell, will be quieter and keep the CPU nice and cool.

bayo000 · 24 Apr 2008 at 13:46

Definetly add the cooler and build it in one go.
I'd swap seagate for samsung but thats only my own preference other than that all is good. The gpu is overkill for that screen so if you want to save ~£40 get 9600gt or even 3850 and then change gpu when you get new screen if you not happy with performance on that.

edit: ocuk dont sell 250gb samsung so forget bout that tho 500gb f1 is good value

michael baxter · 24 Apr 2008 at 13:51

I'd go with the suggestion from bayo000, and choose a Samsung HD.

You sure you want RAID? If not, why not save some cash and go for a:

GA-P35-DS3L

chrislocalboy · 24 Apr 2008 at 13:51

Well I do plan on getting a nice monitor in the next few months so I'll stick with this card, that way I wont have to upgrade again if its not stepping up to the mark.

I'll definately add the cooler though....... I'm going to head to OcUK after work and collect it to save myself a tenner!

As for the motherboard!! I simply clicked the wrong one but thanks for pointing that out!!!

With regards to the HDD, I would prefer Samsung myself but theres no 250Gb option, I simply dont need that much space!

Thanks guys!