Hi,
Am attempting to build my first computer after too many years of buying ready built ones from [No competitors please - Minstadave], and have picked out the following parts so far...
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CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, Socket 775, 2.4 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail £198.21
Motherboard - ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP iP965, S775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £123.32
Case - Akasa Eclipse-62 Midi Tower Case - Hi-End £82.18
PSU - 600w Seasonic S12-600 SLi Ready Silent PSU 2xPCI-E 4xSATA 120mm Fan ATX1.3/2.01 £89.29
Memory - GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £173.89
HDD - 500Gb Seagate ST3500630AS Barracuda 7200.10, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ £116.31
Soundcard - Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Music £83.90
Graphics - BFG GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £387.74
DVD Writer - Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) – OEM £21.56
Floppy Drive & Card Reader Mitsumi FA404M 1.44 Black FDD+Int USB2 7 in 1 Card Reader (SM/MMC/SD/CF/MD/MS) Fits in 3.5" FDD Bay £14.09
Fans - Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm Blue LED Fan x2 £9.34
OS - Windows Vista £185.00
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What do you guys think? Would this system work nicely? Ideally I want something that will last me for a while and be easily upgradeable..
Any comments & suggestions would be really appreicated!
Am attempting to build my first computer after too many years of buying ready built ones from [No competitors please - Minstadave], and have picked out the following parts so far...
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CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, Socket 775, 2.4 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, Conroe Core, 4MB Cache, Retail £198.21
Motherboard - ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP iP965, S775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX £123.32
Case - Akasa Eclipse-62 Midi Tower Case - Hi-End £82.18
PSU - 600w Seasonic S12-600 SLi Ready Silent PSU 2xPCI-E 4xSATA 120mm Fan ATX1.3/2.01 £89.29
Memory - GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £173.89
HDD - 500Gb Seagate ST3500630AS Barracuda 7200.10, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ £116.31
Soundcard - Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Music £83.90
Graphics - BFG GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £387.74
DVD Writer - Pioneer DVR-111BK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) – OEM £21.56
Floppy Drive & Card Reader Mitsumi FA404M 1.44 Black FDD+Int USB2 7 in 1 Card Reader (SM/MMC/SD/CF/MD/MS) Fits in 3.5" FDD Bay £14.09
Fans - Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm Blue LED Fan x2 £9.34
OS - Windows Vista £185.00
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What do you guys think? Would this system work nicely? Ideally I want something that will last me for a while and be easily upgradeable..
Any comments & suggestions would be really appreicated!