First time build, please advise

[JezF]

Hi guys,

Going to attempt my first build from scratch. I think I've done my homework on this but if someone could give it a quick once-over that would be great. I'll be using the system for gaming and also writing up my thesis.

My only concerns are:

Cooling - will the retail CPU fan and the two case fans be sufficient?

Noise - my assumption is that the AMD Cool 'n' Quiet should keep power usage, and hence noise, low while working/writing (I don't care about noise when gaming!). What I've read about the components suggests they'll all autoregulate their cooling. Am I right on that?

HDDs - I've gone for two HDDS. The smaller SATA II for Windows XP Pro, Office, etc. for rapid boot-up and then the larger SATA with its NCQ for data and games. Does that make sense?

Thanks,

Jez

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AMD Athlon 64 "San Diego" 4000+
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?AMD-64940S

Asus A8N-SLI Premium nFORCE4 SLi 939 PCI-E DDR400, SATA, Raid
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?ASU-A8NSP

500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SG-79S258
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB SATA II 7200rpm 8Mb Cache
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SG-79S168

2x1GB OCZ Enhanced Latency PC3200 Platinum Edition
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?OCZ-P322GK

256Mb Asus PCI-E EN7800GT/2DHTV nVIDIA® GeForce 7800GT DDR3 ViVo HDTV-Out Dual DVI
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=256878

Thermaltake Soprano Black Middle Tower Case With Window NO PSU
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?tt-sopbw

LG GSA-4167BRL 16X Dual Layer Dual Format DVD ± RW Writer
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=97238

Netgear Rangemax Wireless PCI Adapter
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NGR-WPN311

1.44MB 3.5 Inch Floppy Disk Drive
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-FD144B

Silent Butterfly Pure Power 480W With Black Housing - Xeser Edition
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?TT-W0019

[Cricket]

Everything looks okay to me except for the power supply (is that a Thermaltake?). If you plan to do SLI you need a SLI certified power supply. Here's the list of SLI certified power supplies. (http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone2_build.html#certified_powersupplies)

:) Cricket