Spec Check

[jamest]

Hi guys,

Thinking of buying the following spec. It will be used for gaming only at 1920 x 1200.

GeIL 4GB (4x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Black Dragon DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £64.99 (£76.36)

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £99.99 (£117.49)

Scythe Infinity/Mugen CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775 £26.99 (£31.71)

Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £299.99 (£352.49)

Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £29.99 (£35.24)

Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £81.99 (£96.34)

2x Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm Blue LED Fan £15.98 (£18.78)

Total : £741.27


I have a few questions:

a) i plan to overclock. for similar money are there better cpu/ram/mobo combo's that would give greater overclocking potential / performance?

b) will my current corsair hx 620w psu be ok to power this?

c) which case would people recommend out of the 300 / 900 antec's?

d) will the Scythe Infinity cpu cooler fit in the above two cases and on this mobo?

Thanks

 

[jamest]

bump!

i'm hovering over the buy button, but want to make sure everything is ok!

 

[jamest]

Thanks Aceshigh.

I didn't even realised I'd picked 4x1gb either! Thank you for pointing that out!

1 final thing before I order. I'm weighing up between an X2 or the 1024mb 4870. At 1920 will i notice a big fps difference between the two?

Thanks again

 

[jamest]

thanks all for your advice.

i think i need to have a chat with the wife!