Please check my spec + add comments!

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Ok - I'm looking to build a nice, fast pc with the following requirements(top priority first):
1. Quiet as possible (for music creation / playing DVDs) - must be quiet as a whisper ideally!
2. Fast and quiet disks in 2 RAID-0 arrays and lots of space (for music composition) - backups not an issue
3. Good for gaming (however I am not too concerned about future proofing, ie. Vista / DX10)

So here is the spec I've put together:
Proc: Intel Dual Core E6600 (Socket 775) £220
Case: Antec SLK3000B £35
Mobo: Asus P5W DH Deluxe £158
PSU: Zalman ZM460B-APS ATX Noiseless PSU 460W £64
Mem: GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz £164
HDD: 4xSamsung SpinPoint T HD401LJ 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache £388
DVD: Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) £28
Gfx: HIS ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ £240

Any thoughts on this setup? I've selected it based on replies on this forum and reviews found on google. Would be interested in your opinions thanks!
 
Yep silence is golden as they say, esp. in music production PCs :) Also I watch a lot of DVDs and I'm fed up with my noisy as hell generic DVD drive.

I had a look at other PSUs and thinking of changing the Zalman for a Seasonic S12-500 (500W) as apparently these are solid PSUs, and nice and quiet. I run a similar rig (same number of drives + components) at the moment, except with a more power hungry processor (p4 3.2ghz) on an Antec 400W.
 
Ok I changed the graphics card too, to the 'silent' MSI 7900GTO

So final spec is:

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-152-AS)
Seasonic S12 500W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-001-SS)
Antec SLK3000B Midi Tower Case - No PSU (CA-027-AN)
4 x Samsung SpinPoint T HD401LJ 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-034-SA)
Samsung SH-W183 18x18 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-076-SA)
OS-002-MS Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (E85-04026) (OS-002-MS)
HD-001-OK Sony Floppy Drive - Black (HD-001-OK)
GX-041-OK OcUK MSI GeForce 7900 GTO SILENT 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-041-OK)
Total inc VAT £1,375.72

Should be nice and fast and quiet I hope!
 
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