Final Check - Computer

[DarrenToogood]

Hello,

After many months of considering, I am now getting to that stage where I need my new computer. I will be building it myself, and I believe all the parts I have selected will fit, work together and provide a good spec computer.

Please could you check my specifications, to make sure they will fit, work together and provide a reasonable speed.

Specifications:


Mobo - ASUS P5KC AiLifestyle Series iP35 Socket 775 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard

Processor - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2 8MB Cache (2x4MB (4MB per core pair) Retail Boxed Processor

RAM - Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-18) Heat Spreader Lifetime Warranty

HDD - Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB Hard Drive SATA II 7200rpm *32MB Cache* - OEM

DVD Drive - Sony DRU-190S 20X DVD±RW DL & DVD-RAM Serial ATA - Retail Multi Bezel & Nero

Case - Antec Nine Hundred - Gaming Case with 200mm Top Fan - No PSU

PSU - Corsair HX Series 520W Modular PSU - ATX12V v2.2 APFC

CPU Heatsink/Fan - Arctic Cooling AC-FRZ-7P Freezer 7 Pro Socket 775 Processor Cooler

I will also be transferring my current graphics card from this computer to the new one, a nVidia GeForce 7950GT 512mb.

Please provide any positive/negative feedback, any problems and any better deals around - ebuyer.com only.

Thanks

[Casuals]

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[Excellent]

Why would you waste 70 quid on a case when you can just buy a standard one fitted with a fan for around 20-30? Parts look nice tho, I'm assuming you know how to fit them all?

[DarrenToogood]

The case provides a lot of cooling, which is needed for a system like this.

• Unique Top mounted 200mm TriCool exhaust fan to cool the hottest system
• Perforated front bezel for maximum air intake
• The HDD cages act as air ducts to take air in more efficiently. Optional middle 120mm fan bracket to cool the hottest graphic cards or CPU
• Two 120mm TriCool blue LED front fans to cool hard disk drives
• Window side panel comes with an optional 120mm fan mount for maximum VGA cooling

Advanced cooling system:
- 1 top 200mm TriCool fan with 3-speed switch control
- 1 rear 120mm TriCool fan with 3-speed switch control
- 2 front 120mm special black TriCool blue LED fans with 3-speed switch control to cool HDDs
- 1 side (optional) 120mm fan to cool graphic cards
- 1 middle (optional) 120mm fan to cool CPU or graphic cards

How to fit what...? The fans are no problem, my dad is an electricain.

[RYANNNNN]

I'd still reccomend this mobo: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129125

[DarrenToogood]

Can you explain the differences?

[Lycan]

How to fit what...? The fans are no problem, my dad is an electricain.

I lol'd

Parts do look ok for the job, a few overkills but nevermind

[DarrenToogood]

What do you mean by 'a few overkills' ?

[N!ck]

Looks like decent choices. I'm assumuing you've already sorted out the graphics card as i don't see one in the list. For the RAM http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132904 has less latency and is slightly cheaper and I may even be tempted to get 4 x 1GB for even lower latency http://www.ebuyer.com/product/111439

[Stephen!]

What do you mean by 'a few overkills' ?

Quad core isn't really needed unless you have like 4 videos encoding at the same time