My new build. Your thoughts

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iv finally took the plunge and decided im gona buy myself a new rig :)


Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 (£219.71)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-128-IN

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler(£34.06)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-000-SB

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (£117.49)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-062-GI

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 (£193.86)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-058-GL

HIS ATI Radeon X1950 XT ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB (£211.49)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-067-HT

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB (£74.01)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-078-SE

Akasa Mirage 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU (£98.69)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-AK

Sony AW-G170AB2 18x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer (£21.14)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-054-SO

I already have a Creative X-Fi soundcard, a viewsonic vx922 19' tft, a coolermaster 650W psu and i run windows xp professional

I am unsure about the board as there seems to be incompatibilities with ram and people have been having problems, though i took the advice from the sticky about gigabyte boards and got ram which should work with it

Total = £973.45
Should i go ahead and buy?
 
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It looks good but I'd suggest a Tuniq Tower instead of the Zalman as it is cheaper and at least as effective. Up until very recently I'd have said change the Maxtor for a Seagate 7200.10 which might still be the best option but I've heard of a few problems now so you may wish to consider a WD drive instead. I'd also change the DVDRW for an NEC or Pioneer but that is mainly down to personal preference. :)
 
The Tuniq is a better CPU cooler;
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-000-SB

Not sure about the case. Not heard many good things about that one. This would be my choice;
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-017-AK
or the doorless version;
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-005-AK&tool=3

Depends if looks are more important in a case for you though, and the Shark does LOOK pretty good. But it's a noisy case from what I've read, and the cooling ain't great.

:)
 
It is a good motherboard and very overclockable, you could also consider the Asus P5W DH Deluxe but it doesn't work quite so well at really high FSB speeds I believe so I'd probably stick with the Gigabyte and the Ram is a good choice to pair with it. :)
 
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