Spec Check Please

[AndyS_UK]

Hello all, I'm planning to upgrade to something a little faster and hopefully a little quieter too! What do you think of the following, bearing in mind I don't intend to overclock or play many games.

Antec Sonata III Piano Black Quiet Case - EarthWatts 500W PSU £60.99
(£71.66) £60.99
(£71.66)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
Akasa AK-183-L2B Amber Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 pin £9.99
(£11.74) £9.99
(£11.74)
Asus ATI Radeon X1650 Silent 512MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £51.99
(£61.09) £51.99
(£61.09)
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-5400C4 TwinX (2x1GB) £53.99
(£63.44) £53.99
(£63.44)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.66GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £106.99
(£125.71) £106.99
(£125.71)
Asus P5K Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Sub Total : £373.93

1) I'm not sure about the graphics card. I've gone ATI since i assume in the long run i could get a second one and run crossfire.

2) Also I'm still not confident about the Sonata III - how good is the earthwatts PSU? How reliable is it? I don't really want to spend any more on a case/psu, so I'd have to consider the Corsair VX or something maybe with a cheaper Coolermaster case... I'm not too sure really!

Thanks all for looking.

 

[lee87]

Looks good but I would change the graphics card to a ATI 2600XT.

The Antec earthwatts psu is very good and reliable. I am using it to power the system in my sig and don't have any problems.

 

[SGWills]

any reason for ati over nvidia ?

 

[AndyS_UK]

i guess only so i could potentially run 2 graphics cards in corssfire. I didn't really give it too much thought to be honest. I havent played graphically demanding games since my current system became too old for new games!

When it comes to graphics, at the moment I only want value for money. Somewhere around the £40-60 ideally

 

[AndyS_UK]

Yup just looked into ATI graphics cards a little more and expect I'll go with a 2600. Thanks for the pointer.

edit: I still use CRT, but I see these no longer carry a vga output. It's fixable with a simle adaptor though. Would that effect the quality at all?