spec advice please!

[williemiller'83]

Hi guys!

Would appreciate any advice you may have on the following spec which i intend to buy sometime in the next week or so.
To be used for gaming, working, photoshop and audio editing.

Many thanks!

Antec EarthWatts 500W PSU Antec EarthWatts 500W PSU
(£52.86)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788)
(£66.96)

Lian Li PC-A16B Aluminium Full-Tower - Black Lian Li PC-A16B Aluminium Full-Tower - Black
(£93.99)

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty 7.1 Champion Series Sound Card - Retail Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty 7.1 Champion Series Sound Card - Retail
(£117.49)

NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
(£18.79)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3250410AS)
(£44.64)

Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775) Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775)
(£35.24)

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
(£246.74)

OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
(£52.86)

Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Abit IP35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£93.99)

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
(£180.94)

 

[Admiral Huddy]

Looks fine... since your going for a 64bit OS, treat yourself to 4GB of memory.

 

[mp260767]

maybe drop the case down to the lian li pc7 plus, sound card down to one of the other x-fi models and upgrade the 8800GTS to the ocuk 8800GTX

 

[williemiller'83]

thanks for your great advice guys!

I chose that sound card as I'm hoping to dabble in audio editing and would require decent support for MIDI keyboards etc. Would I get that from the other Creatives?

As for 4G RAM - it's always just too tempting to go that extra yard isn't it? Might just be taking your advice though...

 

[Admiral Huddy]

If you are photo editing, 4gb will be well worth it.