Spec check please

[Papillon]

Following on from my thread about building my first system, please could you check the following. There are a couple of things in there pushing the price up. Obviously there's an operating system in there and a router too. I know there are cheaper cases, but I fancy this Lian-Li case. Are there any areas I could cut back on? Is the PSU overkill? Also, I'm not using the computer for gaming, so is the graphics card over the top? I just need to be able to run two monitors from it. The computer will be used for running numerous programs at any one time - office based stuff though, no games. Thank you.

CA-053-LL Lian-Li PC-767 Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-053-LL)
£114.95 £114.95
CP-134-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3800BVBOX) (CP-134-AM)
£183.95 £183.95
MB-088-AS Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)
£59.95 £59.95
MY-006-MK Mushkin 2GB DDR EM3200 Enhanced Performance Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) CAS3 (991461) (MY-006-MK)
£109.95 £109.95
HD-001-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31637) (HD-001-HI)
£44.95 £44.95
GX-055-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X800 GTO16 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-055-PC)
£89.95 £89.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£15.95 £15.95
CA-001-SS Seasonic S12 500W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-001-SS)
£75.95 £75.95
SW-022-MS Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (ZAT-00054) (SW-022-MS)
£81.95 £81.95
KB-065-LG Logitech UltraX™ Media Desktop - OEM (KB-065-LG)
£29.95 £29.95
NW-071-NG Netgear DG834GT 108Mbps Wireless ADSL Modem/Router/Switch/Firewall (NW-071-NG)
£63.95 £63.95
Subtotal £896.40
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £12.95
VAT £159.14
Total £1,068.49

 

[Papillon]

I don't know anything about overclocking - I don't even know what it is!

Are all PSUs compatible with all cases? Is this PSU compatible with the case I have listed?

What do you think about the RAM I have chosen?

And, is that the correct operating system I should be using considering it's a 64 bit system? Will I be able to run anything on this?

Thanks again.

 

[Papillon]

I went for the Athlon 64 X2 because I asked about a system once before. Because I run so many programs at once, someone suggested a dual core processor would be the way to go, so I'm happy with that plan. I'll be running quite a powerful charting program (for financial trading) on this machine aswell as the order entry system for my trades.

What would be a good graphics card to use instead of the X800?

 

[Papillon]

OK, I have figured out a graphics card to use. I'm now just wondering about the memory. What other 2gb recommendations would you make over the Mushkin? Thanks.