Speck check before I hit the buy button.

[Stan_Lite]

Hi guys.

I'm just waiting for a cheque to clear before I buy the following. I would appreciate it if some of you could check it out for compatibility etc. before I go ahead.

This will be my main gaming rig and will be getting crossfire X1950s when they're available. In the meantime, the X1900XT from my current gaming rig will be going in this one and the X1300 will be going in there.

SW-022-MS Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition - OEM - 1Pk (ZAT-00054) (SW-022-MS) 1
£79.95 £79.95
CP-128-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-128-IN) 1
£201.95 £201.95
CD-038-PO Pioneer DVR-111DBK 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM (CD-038-PO) 1
£21.95 £21.95
HS-003-SY Scythe Ninja Plus Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 754, 939, 940, LGA755) (HS-003-SY) 1
£31.95 £31.95
CA-005-HP Hiper HPU-4K580-MK Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Black UV (CA-005-HP) 1
£54.95 £54.95
AC-000-AC Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) (AC-000-AC) 1
£5.50 £5.50
GX-109-SP Sapphire ATI Radeon X1300 Hyper Memory 512MB DDR2 AVIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-109-SP) 1
£33.95 £33.95
HD-104-WD Western Digital Caviar RE 250GB 2500YS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-104-WD) 2
£51.95 £103.90
MY-074-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-7200 Dual Channel EPP XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2N9002GK) (MY-074-OC) 1
£179.95 £179.95
MB-152-AS Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-152-AS) 1
£134.95 £134.95
SP-002-IC Steelsound 5H Gaming Headset (SP-002-IC) 1
£39.95 £39.95
BU-000-AK Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case & Window (BU-000-AK) 1
CA-006-AK Akasa Eclipse 62 Window Side Panel (CA-006-AK) 1
CA-005-AK Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminum Case (CA-005-AK) 1
£82.70 £82.70
FG-008-AK Akasa AK174CB-4BLB 120mm Blue LED Fan (FG-008-AK) 3
£7.95 £23.85
Subtotal £995.50
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £24.95
VAT £178.58
Total £1,199.03

Please feel free to make any suggestions regarding improvements (with a reason), bearing in mind that there is only slight room for manoeuvre in the budget at the moment.

Thank you.

Stan

 

[Stan_Lite]

Having just read a review on the P5W DH Deluxe it appears while it is packed full of useless features and costs more - the P5B is actually better!

Cheaper too

SiriusB

I would have happily gone for the P5B but no crossfire for some odd reason

Stan

 

[Stan_Lite]

I may rethink the PSU as there seems to be a consensus that it won't have enough oomph for the crossfire setup - As far as I can gather, it's only the Intel motherboards which are incompatible, as they are the only ones which have the 8 pin +12V connector, the Asus has a 4 pin connector.

I do intend to overclock as much as possible which is why I chose the "overkill" RAM. I intend to watercool eventually and possibly even put the CPU under phase so I wanted to make sure the RAM was well up to the task.

I chose the case because it is reputedly one of the best as far as cooling goes. It'll be stuffed under a desk so it doesn't really matter how fugly it is - unless someone can suggest a case with equal (or close) cooling which looks better?
How good is the Lian Li V1000 for cooling, I like the look of that case?

Stan