Quick spec check, if you would

matt.hibb

matt.hibb

matt.hibb

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Hi all,

About the take the plunge for a new box. Will be used for dev work as well as some gaming.
Any thoughts on the following?

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail - £131.59
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-192-IN

Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard - £68.14
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-221-AS

OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz SLI-Ready Edition Low Latency Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2N800SR4GK) - £70.49
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-097-OC

MSI GeForce 8800 GTS OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail - £164.49
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-073-MS

NZXT Hush Classic Series Silent Midi-Tower Case - Silver - £66.96
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-007-NX

Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU - £64.61
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-008-CS

Asus DRW-2014L1T 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Black/Silver) - Retail - £22.31
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-002-AP

Western Digital Caviar SE16 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD4000AAKS) - £50.51
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-128-SE

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) - £70.49
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-037-MS


All totalling £709.59 (inc VAT)

Any input welcome, thanks in advance
 
With regard SLI, it has crossed my mind, rather than having a real plan to do it. It certainly wont be in the near future, but I just want to try and keep my options open.
Am I really losing that much with that mobo? nforce 7 worth an extra £20??
Anyone got an idea if the case and PSU I've picked would even support it anyway? (maybe that will be the nail in the coffin)


@TheRedZealot
What i would swap to:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=5&subcat=913
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MY-086-OC
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=56&subcat=927
Click to expand...
Why the change in GFX? The one I picked had faster clock and came with 2 games, worth the £20??
 
Right, think I've decided to go with the above, the only change being the mobo to an nForce7 chipset, as I posted above.

Couple of last min questions:
1. Is the GFX fine for gaming (even the newest games) @1280x1024 (I'm strongly suspecting yes)
2. Is the PSU good enough for the setup I've chosen (this is probably the item I know/care least about)
 
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