Yet another spec check thread

Crilly

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Well it's been a couple of years since my last super big upgrade but it's that time again, fairwell to AMD, ATA. x800xl and my chieftec dragon.

So here it is, looking for decent game performance + I'll likely do some oc'ing and under the £800 mark.

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99 1 £49.99
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99 1 £59.99
Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £129.99 1 £129.99
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £79.99 1 £79.99
Western Digital Caviar RE 160GB 1600YS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £36.99 2 £73.98
HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (H195PRQT256DD-R) £112.99 1 £112.99
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £149.99 1 £149.99
Akasa Serial ATA 45cm DAYGLO Blue Data Cable £2.99 2 £5.98

Sub Total : £662.90
Shipping : £18.45
Vat : £119.24
Total : £800.59

Opinions appreciated :)
 
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Nooooo, don't get rid of the Chieftec Dragon, the case is solid enough to withstand all but a direct nuclear attack. :D

Good choice on the case though. Can I ask why you are going for two hard drives as one single often offers better value for money? You might also want to add in a CPU cooler if you are going to be overclocking, if you want to do that and remain under £800 on the budget then you could change the Ram to OcUK PC6400 as it is guaranteed to still run at 800mhz (although it may do more) which should be enough for an overclock to 3.2ghz or so just based on the 8x multiplier of the 6400. :)
 
Oops yeah I'll probably throw in a better cpu cooler + I've always preferred 2 hard drives, one for windows programs and like, the other all my music, page file random files.

Yeah I know I could partition 1 drive but I just prefer it this way. Having said that looking at prices it definately is something to consider could get a lot more gb for the same price, although I couldn't see me ever filling 200gb let alone 300 heh.
 
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my motherboard choice and graphics card are both in this weeks offers + will change hd to the western digital one on sale as well.

Just cut £50, will stick in a good cooler :) Although I do have a Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B already would that work?
 
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