New Rig Sanity Check please

derfderfley

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Just a quick sanity check needed on the following spec please.

I don't need a keyboard/mouse/monitor, as I already have those (just upgraded the display to a 22" LCD).

The machine will be tri-booting WinXP/Vista64/Linux hence the requirement for 4GB of memory rather than just 2GB as both Linux and Vista64 will be able to make use of the extra memory. Also I prefer the idea of 2x2GB over 4x1GB for possible overclocking options.

I'm not 100% on the 8800 GTX over a 640GTS ?

And how about the Gigabyte P35 DQ6 instaed of the Asus ?

Anyway, current thinking below, comments and suggestions welcome :)


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Akasa Mirage 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU

Enermax Infiniti 720W EIN720AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU

Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM

Xilence XPF120R Red Wing 120mm Quiet Fan x2

Sony Floppy Drive - Black

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM x2

BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Asus P5K Deluxe WiFi Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)

G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ)
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Looks good, would suggest two changes though change the PSU to the Corsair 620w

And change the HDDs to two AAKS drives from WD slightly faster then the 7200.10s
 
Will_3rd said:
Looks good, would suggest two changes though change the PSU to the Corsair 620w

And change the HDDs to two AAKS drives from WD slightly faster then the 7200.10s
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I've had a couple of enermax PSU's in the past and rate them very highly (and they have a 8 pin PCI-E power connector), although you may be right with the wattage 720w may be overkill.

Thanks for the tip on the drives, I'll have a look.
 
Yeah, the 720W psu is a bit overkill there, it will definitely kill your electricity bill

(DONT YOU LOVE THE RHYMING?!)
 
derfderfley said:
I've had a couple of enermax PSU's in the past and rate them very highly (and they have a 8 pin PCI-E power connector), although you may be right with the wattage 720w may be overkill.
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Fair enough, stick with what you know.
 
*Chris said:
Yeah, the 720W psu is a bit overkill there, it will definitely kill your electricity bill{snip]
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No. Without getting into to many details, do a search & see how many times that 'myth' has come up!

OP, rest looks good ;)
 
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