Spec check

[Mr. Brightside]

Chances are I won't end up buying a new rig but I've been playing around with the idea and come up with this spec;

MO-060-VS Viewsonic VX2235wm 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black (MO-060-VS)
£299.95 £299.95
WC-039-VP WaterChill Power CPU/VGA/Chipset Cooling Kit - Triple 120mm Radiator/Fans (03-L-1315) (WC-039-VP)
£199.25 £199.25
CP-127-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-127-IN)
£154.95 £154.95
MB-020-DF DFI Infinity 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-020-DF)
£129.95 £129.95
MY-002-PA Patriot Low Latency 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (PDC21G5300LLK) (MY-002-PA)
£59.95 £59.95
GX-061-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-061-PC)
£119.95 £119.95
CA-029-LL Lian-Li PC V2000B PLUS Black Aluminium Full-Tower (No PSU) (CA-029-LL)
£138.00 £138.00
CA-001-SS Seasonic S12 500W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-001-SS)
£64.95 £64.95
Subtotal £1,166.95
VAT £204.22
Total £1,371.17

Hard disks, keyboard, mouse, and optical drive would be taken from current rig.

Couple of questions really. First off, how would this compare to my current rig? I mean in terms of game performance (Source based games), number crunching ability (Folding), and general Windows usage. Current rig spec:
P4 Prescott 3.0 (skt 478)
Abit IC7 Max 3
Powercolor Radeon 9800 Pro
Geil Ultra 512mB DC

Secondly, is the Seasonic 500w enough to power that or should I get the 600w?

Thirdly, am I better off getting the WaterChill Power CPU/VGA/Chipset Cooling Kit - Triple 120mm Radiator/Fans or Alphacool Cool Answer II 360 Watercooling Kit (WC-013-AC). Or would I not really benefit from 120.3 at all and be better off with a 120.2 kit in which case could someone recommend a suitable alternative?

Fourthly, I have no idea about current graphics cards. Is the X1800GTO there powerful enough to play games at 1680 x 1050 or would I need something more powerful (can't afford it but meh worth knowing anyway).

Fifth, any other suggestions and improvements are welcome if my choices are not the best (like I said, haven't really kept up with new hardware at all). Only thing I bothered researching for this was RAM bandwidth & timings effects with Conroe (and glad I did!).

Finally, before anyone mentions that monitor choice, I'm not even sure if I would get a new monitor at all, or keep my current one. I don't think I could afford a new one so that might be a later addition, and I'd wait until there are some reviews about before getting it. Infact, the Viewsonic VX2025wm 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Silver/Black looks a very nice option too so might get that instead.

Thanks, null

 

[Mr. Brightside]

Ok it now looks like this:

CP-127-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-127-IN)
£154.95 £154.95
MB-020-DF DFI Infinity 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-020-DF)
£129.95 £129.95
CA-029-LL Lian-Li PC V2000B PLUS Black Aluminium Full-Tower (No PSU) (CA-029-LL)
£138.00 £138.00
CA-001-SS Seasonic S12 500W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply (CA-001-SS)
£64.95 £64.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)
£136.95 £136.95
WC-038-VP WaterChill Power CPU/VGA/Chipset Cooling Kit - Dual 120mm Radiator/Fans (03-L-1311) (WC-038-VP)
£172.50 £172.50
MY-012-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR2 LA PC2-5300 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-5400PHU2-2GBLA) (MY-012-GS)
£99.95 £99.95
Subtotal £897.25
VAT £157.02
Total £1,054.27

I haven't changed the mobo (for now) because like fenderbass86 advised I should wait for the 965 boards. However I have a question; what is the difference between the 965 and X975?

Also ditched the screen because I can't afford it.

Thanks for the advice people