please check my spec before I buy.....

ChrisBuck

ChrisBuck

ChrisBuck

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Looking to buy a new system, so could someone check that this spec will all work together. Want this system for av encoding/mutlimedia, surfing, not really gaming.

HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE) x2 @ £59.95 each, £119.90
CD-020-AS Asus DRW-1608P3S 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - Retail £24.50
CA-058-LL Lian-Li PC-V600 Aluminum Mid Tower - Black £74.95
CA-008-TG Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU £62.99
OS-002-MS Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (E85-04026) £82.99
Bundle -
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) Total £441.97
GX-080-LT Leadtek GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £84.99
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775), the Sycthe sounds good but as you say, its out of stock for a little while

Don't need a keyboard, mouse or monitor.
Is this a good system for overclocking? And hopefully something that won't be outdated in the next five minutes.....
And do I need anything else? Like cables, thermal paste etc? I want this to work straight out of the box... if you see what I mean.
 
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I would say that a 380W PSU for that setup is probably not a good idea. I'd suggest somewhere between 500W & 600W so the 580W version is probably a safe bet.

The arctic cooling freezer will likely come with it's own paste already on the heatsink, the ones for AMD chips do. You may want to get some arctic silver 5 instead though. The motherboard should come with the relevant IDE/SATA cables etc.
 
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Yeah - the 380W PS will not be enough, get one somewhere near 500W to be safe.

Also I just spotted this heatsink:Scythe Infinity Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 775, AM2, 754, 939, 940) (HS-006-SY) In the other CPU section, Looks a nice piece of kit although it's not in stock yet.
 
If you're not gaming then save the cash you spend on the x1900xt. No need to spend that kind of cash on a card you're not going to use. Go for a lower spec card.

Definately, definately go for at least a 480w PSU
 
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