Spec check please?

[Doohickey]

Righty, what do you guys think of this spec I've knocked up, bearing in mind it will be used mostly for document work and internet, quite a lot as a media centre type thing (although not truly a HTPC), music editing, a little Photoshop and some gaming (not bothered about playing FEAR at max or anything like that), and a little overclocking just for the sake of it! However I'd like some room to spare, so not going for absolute basics.

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice
Zalman CNPS7700-CU Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler
Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra
Akasa Ultra Quiet 460W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.0 PSU
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit
Sapphire X800 GTO² LE Dual DVI (PCI-E)
Zalman VF700-CU Quiet Copper VGA Cooler
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 NCQ 250GB 6V250F0 SATA-II 16MB Cache
LG GSA-4167B DVD-RAM

The one thing I wasn't sure about is the mobo, can anyone recommend a better one for a similar price? The total budget so far for the above spec is about £400-500, is it suitable? Oh, and I've not yet decided on a case, but it might be quite expensive, I quite like the look of the new Lian Li's out soon.

 

[Stelly]

I would still go for a Seasonic power supply

Stelly

 

[Doohickey]

I would still go for a Seasonic power supply

Stelly

I'd like one of them, they don't seem too cheap though! And I know not to skimp on the psu and all that, any Seasonic I get my hands on will probs have to come from the MM, grr.

 

[BigDom]

Here you go, good solid spec as you plan on overclocking the 3000 will be fine.

PSU wise I prefer Tagan's but Tagan's, Akaska's Seasonics are all fine.

CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£61.95 £61.95
MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£59.95 £59.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£49.95 £49.95
GX-044-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X800 GTO ICEQII TURBO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (RX800GTO-256ICEQT) (GX-044-HT)
£94.95 £94.95
HD-023-SA Samsung SpinPoint P HD080HJ 80GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-023-SA)
£29.95 £29.95
CD-032-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-032-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
CA-038-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-038-LL)
£47.95 £47.95
CA-007-TG Tagan TG430-U15 430W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-007-TG)
£46.95 £46.95
Subtotal £416.60
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £74.83
Total £502.38

 

[Doohickey]

I coulda swore the Tagan was more expensive than that last I looked

I'm gonna need a larger hard drive than that though, I seem to have mentioned a 250gb in the OP, I think maybe 200 or 160 will suffice (I have a 120gig at the moment and I've had to squeeze every last byte out of it for the last year now).

I could end up re-using an old case I have to save a few bob on that, just won't look as pretty I suppose!

Thoughts on the HIS X800 GTO vs the Sapphire X800 GTO2 (which I planned on oc'ing)?

 

[BigDom]

Oops my bad a 250gig isn't massivly more.

There fixed

CP-117-AM AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)
£61.95 £61.95
MB-129-AS Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-129-AS)
£59.95 £59.95
MY-005-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS2.5 (GE1GB3200BHDC) (MY-005-GL)
£49.95 £49.95
GX-044-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X800 GTO ICEQII TURBO 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (RX800GTO-256ICEQT) (GX-044-HT)
£94.95 £94.95
CD-032-NE NEC ND4571 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Silver) - OEM (CD-032-NE)
£24.95 £24.95
CA-038-LL Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-038-LL)
£47.95 £47.95
CA-007-TG Tagan TG430-U15 430W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-007-TG)
£46.95 £46.95
HD-018-SA Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-018-SA)
£50.95 £50.95
Subtotal £437.60
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £10.95
VAT £78.50
Total £527.05

 

[BigDom]

Oh they don't seem to do the GTO2 anymore. So your choices are a standard GTO, the ICEQII ( which is already overclocked and cooled better ) or a XT. Let your budget decide .