Ordering this rig next week - help

[Andre R]

Hi All,
If anyone out there knows much about compatibility issues with pcs can you have a look at this rig that im ordering next week and see if you can see any problems i may have with component compatibility. (I am an avid fps gamer).

http://www.andres-funserver.co.uk/demos/oc1.jpg

The questions i am tryng to get answered with that setup are:

1. Will the raptor HDD go with that set up smoothly?
2. With the GFX card it states "slave needed" i thought they could run standalone but only needed a slave if cross fire was enabled, is this correct?
3. PSU is it adequate/siutable?
4. Whats best operating system for this rig?

would appreciate anyones views before i order.

Cheers
Andre

 

[Trusty]

Ok, I think you can get a better spec than that for the money. The 4300 can be easily overclocked to the 6600 and quicker. The 6600 isnt worth the price tag mate! Same with the raptors, i sacrificed a raptor so you could have a better graphics card, the antec gets far too dusty so i put in a Lian Li PC7!

The Asus monitor is meant to be a cracking monitor aswell!

NEC AD5170 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£19.96)

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
(£58.74)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
(£16.44)

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series
(£162.14)

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
(£72.84)

Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£82.24)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£66.96)

Gainward BLISS GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£258.49)

Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£112.79)

Asus MW221U 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black
(£270.24)

Sub Total :£953.90
Total :£1,138.40

 

[hp7909]

^ I'd go with the above spec!

{snip}4. Whats best operating system for this rig?

Few weeks ago I'd have said (pre-order) Vista 64. But the number of Vista related posts in 'Windows & Other Software' sub-forum have convinced me its better to wait, awhile. Since you need an OS ASAP, just get XP Home