Please spec check before I buy...

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HIS ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-053-HT)
£204.99 £204.99

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£97.99 £97.99

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR) 1
£12.99 £12.99

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£91.99 £91.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-085-SE)
£45.99 £45.99

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£164.99 £164.99

NEC AD7170A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-044-NE)
£19.99 £19.99

Antec Super LANBOY Aluminum Super Mini Tower Case - No PSU (CA-012-AN)
£29.99 £29.99

Tagan TG580-U15 580W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-009-TG)
£71.99 £71.99

Subtotal £740.91
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £12.95
VAT £131.93
Total £885.79

My original budget was £750 but when you do some research it make you want more lol!

I chose the X1900XT because after weeks of viewing benchmarks I found that this card beat the 7900 GTO (cheaper) at the games i play (e.g. HL2, CoD2, FEAR etc) at the res 1280 x 1024 especially with AA & AF enabled.

The only thing im unsure about is the PSU. I will be overclocking and i need a modular because of the limited space in the Lanboy it will be tidier ;)

Any comments will be great. Thanks!
 
looks a perfect setup :)

order my friend ;)

EDIT: Don't you want a Silver burner rather than a black burner to go with your silver case?
 
It looks fantastic to me, old pal. You probably should get a silver optical drive to match the rest of the case.

Beyond that you could probably get away with a lower wattage PSU but if you're happy with what you have I'd call it a great spec. :)
 
Looks very nice.

Personally I always prefer the extra Cache on the HDD. If I were to choose I would plump for the 16MB Cache HDD; but then I would need the extra.
 
Yes silver is better, i didnt see that lol!

As for the PSU, its the best price i could get as im trying to save the pennies lol! I know 600w would be the best option but 580 is close enough and its modular and silent :)

Im off to uni now but will order when i get back :D I cant wait!

Thanks for the comments guys.
 
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