New Spec - Opinions?

[WantoN]

Hey fellas,
After a lot of help from the guys here, who pretty much specced my rig for me, give or take, I've come up with my final machine.

Now, I'd like to shave a little cash off, if possible. So it falls under the £1k bracket. Specs are :


+AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ - £187.94
+Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire - £82.19
+HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM - £75.14
+Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail - £340.69
+G.Skill 2GB DDR HZ PC4000 (2x1GB) CAS3 Dual Channel Kit - £152.69
+Thermaltake Big Typhoon 4 in 1 Heatpipe - £25.79
+NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Silver) - OEM - £32.84
+Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV - - £62.22
+Lian-Li PC-60 Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - £82.19
TOTAL - £1,041.70

EDIT: For clarification, I'll be attempting to push a relatively meaty overclock (though this won't extend to the x1900 just yet) and it's mainly a gaming rig.

Ant

 

[WantoN]

IIRC the Hipers aren't as good as the Tagan EasyCons. Might be worth switching it for the 580W EasyCon for about £20 more.

I've looked into it. However, the modular system of the Hiper appeals to me more (I loathe untidy cases) and the added cost would mean more cutting somewhere else

If you think it's imperitive I'll give it more consideration... Other PSU ideas?

Ant

 

[WantoN]

The Tagan Easycon is modular, and to save a little money you could switch the Heatpipe for the Arctic Freezer 64 Pro.

I know, but the wires aren't coated are they? Aren't they just the usual black, yellow and red twisted garb?

Ant

 

[WantoN]

Hmmm, ok I shall consider. It's just, as pathetic as it may sound, aesthetics are rather important to me.

On another note, will I need a Sound Card?

Ant

 

[WantoN]

Right, I've gone with the Arctic Cooler instead.

Frankly, I shall be sticking with the Hiper, unless it'll impede my overclock or offer any detriment to the system.

Other tips for reducing the price a little?

Ant

 

[WantoN]

Frankly the reviews make me start to believe I want neither of them :/

What's the liklihood of the Hiper hitting full spec with the proposed system? Stock gfx, overclocked cpu?

Ant