Ready for new set-up

[shiner]

Well I nearly jumped at this in June but after reading price drops were on the door step I put it off and bought a new LCD instead now I'm ready to get the PC sorted before Xmas arrives.

Thoughts thus far

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
£181

Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£77

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 800MHz Reaper HPC Enhanced Bandwidth Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR800EB2GK)
£70

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO 512MB DDR2 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (11117-02-10R)
£61

Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
£33

Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
£70



I'm not a PC gamer, mainly video editing etc and general use. Anything need changing as I'm going to be ordering this week hopefully

 

[BillytheImpaler]

I'd definitely change the mobo for an Abit IP35-E. They cost just about the same and the Abit is based on a newer, more powerful chipset.

 

[shiner]

Is the rest ok other than that?

 

[mk17]

Rest looks good, maybe an extra hard-drive?

 

[shiner]

would a big case make much difference when using this lot?