SPEC CHECK - its still my b'day and i have given up resisting

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A little update on my earlier post..... i have decided to buy today!!!! wooot

Im going to buy now and drive to stoke.

Can you please advise if there is anything that should be changed.

Im going for gaming / overclocking and a raid setup for running Virtual machines and games from.

1 sys drive
2 x drives in RAID O
1 storage drive

I plan to upgrade CPU to a quad core AM3 sometime.

Any help appreciated!

Ooops...forgot to ask if my 500w PSU would run it all

 

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I do have a copy of windows. Im using a Lian Li v1000b plus.

I could go i7 but it would be a bit more expensive without the 4 hard drives...i think it would end up being 1500 with the extra hard drives.

And i have not seen many stats that suggest a vast improvement in games.

 

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As requested here is some pics.

The final buy was slightly different... but this is what i got for £1151.06

Got there 10 mins before they shut shop....

which looks like this in real life

i think i may of got a wee bit of a silly fan.... im going to see if my old SKT 939 Big Typhoon will do and maybe return the Noctura.

Picture shows the relative sizes of Noctura NH-U12P, Thermal Take Big Typhoon, Stock AMD fan

Im really suspecting the Noctura is total overkill. Its pretty and i have to say i actually like the brown coloured fans....

I will do some build pics if people are intrested...however its going to be a bit messy as im missing some cable management stuff and also some Lian Li hard drive screws....anyone in Derby have any?