Spec Check Pls

P1Fanatic · 29 Jan 2008 at 12:47

Coolermaster RC-1000 Cosmos Silent Full Tower Case £101.99(£119.84)
Samsung SM-226BW 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £179.99(£211.49)
Asus P5K-E WiFi Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £88.99 (£104.56)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £119.99 (£140.99)
BFG 800W UK/PFC Approved PSU £69.99(£82.24)(£82.24)
Pioneer DVR-215DBK 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99 (£21.14)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA1065) £54.99 (£64.61)

Rest will be taken from my current rig i.e. GFX / HDD/ Sound.

Any glaring issues or other similar components I should take a look at?

Cheers,
Simon

mp260767 · 29 Jan 2008 at 13:00

Seems fine, just keep in mind the mobo might need a bios update to support the wolfdale.

might be worth a look in the mobo forum to see if a threads been started with out of the box workable mobos for the wolfdales.

matty114 · 29 Jan 2008 at 14:55

Should work

Get some 6400 ram and a better cooler.

Shrapnel · 29 Jan 2008 at 15:10

I recommend swapping the PSU for one from the corsair HX series. (eg the HX520 for single GFX card, or HX620 for SLI / crossfire goodness).

Are you planning on overclocking? If not, (or only a bit) then consider swapping the Ram for some 6400 stuff.

I'd be getting the same CPU soon if OcUK could drop their prices to those of competitors.

P1Fanatic · 29 Jan 2008 at 15:20

Shrapnel said:
I recommend swapping the PSU for one from the corsair HX series. (eg the HX520 for single GFX card, or HX620 for SLI / crossfire goodness).

Are you planning on overclocking? If not, (or only a bit) then consider swapping the Ram for some 6400 stuff.

I'd be getting the same CPU soon if OcUK could drop their prices to those of competitors.

Any particular reason for Corsair PSU over BFG? I wont use crossfire as got 8800GT and mobo wont run SLI so only single gfx card for me.

I wont overclock to start with but will try later on. The Crucial price for 8500 ram is like £6 more than 6400 so seems little point in saving that much IMHO.

I saw 8400 cheaper elsewhere but not in stock.

Simon

P1Fanatic · 29 Jan 2008 at 15:29

Hmm I do like the modular cabling of the Corsais HX620. Will have to do a bit more reading. Was also thinking the BFG was too good to be true at 880W for £82 all in.

Cheers,
Simon

mp260767 · 29 Jan 2008 at 17:51

P1Fanatic said:
Was also thinking the BFG was too good to be true at 880W for £82 all in.

no reason to think its poor quality, gfx cards always seem top notch and their usual lifetime guarentee against the corsair 5 yr.