....New PC build time.... Your advice etc on this spec plz?

[f1racer]

Hi

Its that time where I fancy an upgrade on the current PC. My main PC uses is Grand Prix Legends/GTR/BF2 followed by a little DVD encoding and web browsing. I will be keeping my Philips 200W6CS monitor (1680x1050) and Logitech G15 keyboard, but will I need a floppy drive to load SATA drivers when installing Windows? I do with my ABit AV8 Magic eye. I've never been sucessfull with OC'ing, but would like to up the E6600 a little if I can.
Basically, if there is something that could be better for me, even if its a little more or less in money, let me know please


Antec P180 Advanced Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Black) (CA-049-AN)

Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-152-AS)

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)

Scythe Ninja Plus Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 754, 939, 940, LGA755) (HS-003-SY)

HIS ATI Radeon X1900 ICEQ3 SILENT Heatpipe ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-056-HT)

HIS ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-HT)

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-108-CS)

Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31636) (HD-002-HI)

Samsung SH-W163 16x16 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) (CD-076-SA)

Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-002-SS)

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - OEM (SC-043-CL)

 

[hyper_piper45]

I would go for

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)

and

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-079-SE)

Apart rom that it looks fine

 

[f1racer]

Thanks Hyper

I was undecided on the RAM, I've never bought DDR2 before, why do you say Geil & Seagate over Corsair & Hitachi? The reason I liked the Hitachi was its really good performance review in an earlier issue this year in CustomPC mag.

 

[Langer]

Get the Seagate latest and greatest. I would go G SKill HZ personally althought the Geil is very good.

 

[f1racer]

Hmmm, the ninja has disappeared off the webby?

Has anyone tried the Antec P180 and the seasonic PSU's together? I just need to know if the cables are long anough as the PSU in located in the bottom of the case.

Finally, I've seen some Xfire reviews and the difference in fps over just one card isn't that much higher, anyone with a Xfire setup care to comment plz?


TIA

 

[Nami]

I have a Seasonic S12 500w and looked at getting the P180 - came to the conclusion that the cables wouldn't be long enough But you can get extensions for the 24pin mobo connector which is probably the only concern. But just beware of that, try to check some reviews of PSUs as they usually measure the cable length

I'd prob look at a Tagan modular PSU and I'd go for the Geil RAM as has already been recommended