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[sprognak]

Always like to get people to "once over" the finalised spec before clicking "Buy"...

I'm redoing the system in my sig, moving some pieces into a second rig which will replace my wife/kids Athlon XP2800.

Very Old System:

Athlon XP2800 (OC'ed to 3200 speeds)
2Gb DDR RAM
40Gb Raptor, 80Gb WD, 200Gb Maxtor
GeForce 6800GT AGP
19" Samsung 913N Panel

My Current System:
(As Sig but with 4Gb DDR2 OCZ RAM).

System 1 (Multiple documents/browsing, heavy gaming, video editing (Sony Vegas), Image Recognition research (MATLAB) etc):

LianLi V1000 Midi Case
Asus Maximus Formula Intel X38 Board
Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 SLACR CPU
OCZ 8Gb (4x2Gb) PC2-6400C5 DDR2
2x Samsung Spinpoint T 500Gb SATA-2 Drives
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB Cooler
BFG GeForce 8800GTX 768Mb
2 OCUK Value L2442WD-VA 24" Widescreen Panels
Sound Blaster X-Fi Fata1ty Pro w/Front Panel
Creative Gigaworks 5.1 I-Trigue Speakers

System 2 (Wife's PC - Accounting/Bookkeeping, Document Editing, Desktop Publishing, Kids gaming in the evenings):

LianLi PC7 Midi Case
Gigabyte 965-DS4 Board
Core 2 Duo E6600 (3.2GHz Overclock)
OCZ 4Gb (4x1Gb) PC2-6400C5 DDR2
3x Samsung 320Gb SATA2 Drives
Scythe Ninja Cooler
OCUK ATI Radeon 3850 512Mb Video Card
1 Samsung SyncMaster 215TW 21" Widescreen Panel

New Order to make up the two out of the one from my sig:

- Akasa Ultra Quiet 550W Power+ iQ Active PFC ATX2.01 PSU - Black Nickel £59.99
- 2x Samsung SpinPoint T 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD501LJ) £52.99
- OCZ 8GB (4x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz Quad Channel Platinum Low Latency XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P8008GQ) £104.99
- Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £134.99
- Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Silver £49.99
- Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7200S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM £15.99
- Asus Maximus Formula Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £129.99
-2x OcUK Value L2442WD-VA 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £199.99
- Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £22.99
- OcUK ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £82.99

Total spent £1107+VAT

 

[semi-pro waster]

I can't see any obvious problems with it, you might find that buying 2x4gb kits works out a bit cheaper than buying that 8gb kit but it is up to you.