MOBO and PSU

[Crossy]

Hi basically putting a rough spec together for my build in march. Of course new products will have came out by then.

Heres what I've come up with.

Which motherboard should i get? Ill be doing some overclocking and i don't think ill be going SLI but it'd be nice to have the option.

And which PSU should i get? I hear the Corsair range is good. Would the smaller 450w model do or should i get the 520w model for extra leg room?

Also budget is about £80 for both Max. So £140 Max.

Also ive decided to pick 2 Hard drives. One for windows and installs and the other for Files, Music, pictures etc. Is it better if i just put one large drive in and put all my pictures music etc on a External HD or keep it the same?

Thanks in advanced

 

[Skyboat]

I'd recommend the 520W. build quality is good and the detachable cables are nice for relieving clutter inside the case, although the P182 helps a lot with that.

As for motherboards, pick any P31/P35-based boards, no SLI support but then IMO it's not worth it, but they overclock a lot better than the nVidia chipsets. ASUS, abit, Gigabyte are the most popular, depends on your needs though, even the very cheapest ones clock just as well for moderate-high clocks.

I wouldn't recommend the CPU though, would either fork out a bit more for a Q6600 C2Q or save some money and get a E2180, less L2 cache but can reach E6750 speeds on stock voltage/cooling with the right motherboard.

RAM is fine.

I would've just gotten a bigger, single HDD with more cache, like the Seagate 7200.11 500Gb or the WD AAKS range.