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Morning

In an hour I'm going to purchase the following

Netgear DG834PN 108Mbps Rangemax Wireless ADSL2 Modem/Router/Switch/Firewall
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS SuperClocked 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk
Intel Core 2 DUO LGA775 E6600 2.40GHz Retail / Asus P5B Deluxe / 2GB GeIL PC2-6400C4 DDR2 Dual Channel Kit - Bundle
Saitek PZ30AU Eclipse Illuminated Keyboard - Blue
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler
Seasonic S12 Energy+ 650W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
Viewsonic VX922 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver Viewsonic VX922 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver
Auzentech X-Meridian 7.1 Soundcard
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 200GB ST3200820AS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM SpeedLink Medusa SL-8793 5.1 ProGamer Edition

Any holes in the list????

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Why three hard drives? Just buy 2x500GB tbh.

Also I'd go for Vista Home Premuim.

The rest looks good, though TBH the 520W Corsair would be more than fine.
 
I'd personally change the PSU for a Corsair HX 620w which is both cheaper and modular or even the 520w as masslac suggests.

I don't know much about soundcards but are you a musician? If not and you are a gamer you might be better off with a Creative X-Fi offering which is cheaper and normally they are better for games.

Why the XP Pro? Do you need the improved networking that it offers? If not I'd save a bit of cash and get Home edition as you lose little or make the jump to Vista as suggested.

Do you already have a mouse? There doesn't appear to be one in the list.

Finally I think you will find 4gb to be a problem in XP as it probably won't recognise it properly, I believe it is only on 64bit systems that they have got round that limit. :)
 
Craigvarr said:
Viewsonic VX922 19" LCD Monitor - Black/Silver Viewsonic VX922 19" LCD

Why not go for a 19" widescreen for the same price? or a 20" widescreen for a little bit extra which is better suited with your 8800GTS.
 
Yeah, I was speaking really about Semi-pro opening comment and the OP. I think that akasa would be ideal for his current spec save him some money too.
 
mishima said:
Yeah, I was speaking really about Semi-pro opening comment and the OP. I think that akasa would be ideal for his current spec save him some money too.

True it is slightly overkill but I was just going on the basis that if they were happy to spend ~£100 on a PSU then the Corsair 620w would be the one to go for. The 520w would be more than sufficient as things stand which is why I edited my first post. :)
 
That's for the comments

Not going with Vista as the drivers are not all perfect for the OS and i hear it's very very resource hungry, so going to stick with XP as i have a laptop with XP Pro.

Have a mouse & Opticial drive already.

The reason i selected the PSU was the fact that a power rating of 600W is recommend for the graphic card and i like the sound of the energy savings in the Seasonic (just my environmentalist side kicking it)

Was thinking of the Dell 19" monitor, not sure which one to go for really :confused:

Cheers
 
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Plus peripherals / router.

IMO the monitor is really worth paying for, and at it's native resolution the 320MB GTS will be up to the job.
 
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wtf???????? a 500gb cheaper than a 250? get away haha!! and why 2 different sizes?...................

and x64 .... nah change for x32 nothing but problems with the x64 editions atm.
 
Use raid 0 across 2 of the same drives, for example 2x 500gb's or 2x 320gb for much improved speed (edit: I see whatyou did there, raid0 on the 2x250... excellent and a 500gb for backup :D)

also you can get a much cheeper 320mb version of that card, just oc it yourself - the speed boost is negligable in such high end cards.

also consider using the money you saved on the GPU to buy a better sound card,

otherwise masslac's build looks good.
 
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