New setup soon... Need abit of advice

[Jakal91]

Soon i will be upgrading my current computer.
I have recently bought a coolermaster wavemaster and that is what i will be building this computer into.

This is what i plan on buying...

Sapphire ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB (PCI-Express) - Retail
£174.95

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail
£119.95

Sapphire PURE RD580 CrossFire Advantage (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard
£79.95

Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200C2PT TwinX (2x1GB)
£129.95

Hiper Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV
£54.95

Viewsonic VX2025 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor
£259.95

ThermalRight SI-120 (Socket 754/939/478) Heatsink
£26.95


Razer Diamondback Plasma 1600dpi Gaming Mouse Limited Edition
£29.95

Enermax Aurora brushed aluminium keyboard - Black
£49.95

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
£5.95

Asus DRW-1608P2 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter
£23.95

Lian-Li TR-3B Black Aluminium Fan Controller
£18.95

Subtotal £975.40
VAT £170.70
Total £1,146.10


I wanted to know wether this would be the best spec for this money.
Also, is the cpu cooler any good (better than the stock one (I wont be OCing))?

Thanks

 

[SiriusB]

That's a pretty decent spec you have there matey. I would however change the cooler to a Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro. It is cheaper and I'll bet plenty better than your current choice.

For not much more money you could also get a Dual Core AMD - the X2 3800+.

If you really want the most out of your money however, you may want to wait until just after the release of Conroe [next month] as AMD plan to destroy the prices of their socket 939 stuff. You may be able to bag a very cheap X2 or even an opty

SiriusB

 

[Jakal91]

Thanks a lot for the reply
I wasnt planning on buying til around next month as i need to get all the money, cheers for the cooler reccomendation.
As for the CPU, thanks a lot for the pricing info ( sounds good ). I dont think i will be able to push to the 3800+ though as im allready pushing it as it is.

 

[MichaelHo]

jakal91, i sent you an email (to add on your vcard).

 

[Jakal91]

jakal91, i sent you an email (to add on your vcard).

How do i read it? Im abit of a n00b you see

EDIT: Aaah i see, it sends to my email lol, thanks ill just check it.