Thoughts for a new system

[Chesun]

hi im looking to buy myself a new system to play shooters and real time strategies like company of heroes. im looking to spend around 600-700 and im not planning on overclocking straight away although i may do later on. i will be using the screen, keyboard and mouse forom my current computer but need to get everything else.

so far this is the spec of what i have been looking into:

MB-177-AS Asus M2N4-SLI (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£64.99 £64.99
CP-168-AM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail (CP-168-AM)
£111.99 £111.99
GX-025-BG BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG)
£79.99 £79.99
CD-047-NE NEC ND7173 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-047-NE)
£19.99 £19.99
CA-089-CM CoolerMaster Ammo 533 Aluminum (No PSU) - Silver (CA-089-CM)
£41.99 £41.99
CA-006-HP Hiper HPU-4B580 Type R 580W Modular ATX2.2 PSU - Blue (CA-006-HP)
£54.99 £54.99
MY-034-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 667MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB5300DC) (MY-034-GL)
£139.99 £139.99
HD-094-MD Maxtor MaxLine III NCQ 250GB 7V250F0 SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-094-MD)
£46.99 £46.99
Subtotal £560.92
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £12.95
VAT £100.43
Total £674.30

Any thoughts would be welcome
thanks

 

[unde4d]

Suggestions:
1) How about a Core2Duo System? An E6300 would go toe to toe with that X2 4200, and the E6300 has more overclocking headroom (3Ghz ).
2) Is your PSU overkill? With that much power, you'd be able to throw in a 2nd 7600GT.
Also, there are mixed opinions on Hipers. I'm unfamiliar with them, so I'll keep quiet.
3) Swap out the Maxtor for a Seagate 7200.10. Clever Perpendicular do-dickeys give the Seagates a performance advantage. Also, MaxLines are really mean for Server-Style usage. Eg always-on, continuous usage & long-life. Maxtor's DiamondMax are better for performance, in a regular day-to-day PC.

My 2c

 

[Chesun]

thanks

1) i looked into core 2's but found that i couldnt get a mobo with sli (want this so i can upgrade later) for less than £100 quid really.

2) i planned the psu so that it had enough power for sli if i want to get a second gfx card although i wont get the second card now ill wwait until i need to upgrade or move to dx 10. anyone any thoughts on the Hipers then?

3) yup seagates look good, may get a
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-085-SE)
instead. does the difference in cache 16mb compared with 8mbs make any noticeable difference?

thanks for the help